Размышления

           Letthepartofyouthatmakesthatjudgmentkeepquietevenifthebodyit’sattachedtoisstabbedorburnt,orstinkingwithpus,orconsumedbycancer.Ortoputitanotherway:Itneedstorealizethatwhathappenstoeveryone—badandgoodalike—isneithergoodnorbad.Thatwhathappensineverylife—livednaturallyornot—isneithernaturalnorunnatural.

           40.Theworldasalivingbeing—onenature,onesoul.Keepthatinmind.Andhoweverythingfeedsintothatsingleexperience,moveswithasinglemotion.Andhoweverythinghelpsproduceeverythingelse.Spunandwoventogether.

           41."Alittlewispofsoulcarryingacorpse."—Epictetus.

           42.Thereisnothingbadinundergoingchange—orgoodinemergingfromit.

           43.Timeisariver,aviolentcurrentofevents,glimpsedonceandalreadycarriedpastus,andanotherfollowsandisgone.

           44.Everythingthathappensisassimpleandfamiliarastheroseinspring,thefruitinsummer:disease,death,blasphemy,conspiracy...everythingthatmakesstupidpeoplehappyorangry.

           45.Whatfollowscohereswithwhatwentbefore.Notlikearandomcataloguewhoseorderisimposeduponitarbitrarily,butlogicallyconnected.Andjustaswhatexistsisorderedandharmonious,whatcomesintobeingbetraysanordertoo.Notameresequence,butanastonishingconcordance.

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