Размышления

           Thinkaboutyourlife:childhood,boyhood,youth,oldage.Everytransformationakindofdying.Wasthatsoterrible?

           Thinkaboutlifewithyourgrandfather,yourmother,youradoptedfather.Realizehowmanyotherdeathsandtransformationsandendingstherehavebeenandaskyourself:Wasthatsoterrible?

           Thenneitherwillthecloseofyourlifebe—itsendingandtransformation.

           22.Gostraighttotheseatofintelligence—yourown,theworld’s,yourneighbor’s.

           Yourown—togrounditinjustice.

           Theworld’s—toremindyourselfwhatitisthatyou’repartof.

           Yourneighbor’s—todistinguishignorancefromcalculation.Andrecognizeitaslikeyours.

           23.Youparticipateinasocietybyyourexistence.Thenparticipateinitslifethroughyouractions—allyouractions.Anyactionnotdirectedtowardasocialend(directlyorindirectly)isadisturbancetoyourlife,anobstacletowholeness,asourceofdissension.LikethemanintheAssembly—afactiontohimself,alwaysoutofstepwiththemajority.

           24.Childishtantrums,children’sgames,"spiritscarryingcorpses";"OdysseusintheUnderworld"sawmorereallife.

           25.Identifyitspurpose—whatmakesitwhatitis—andexaminethat.(Ignoreitsconcreteform.)Thencalculatethelengthoftimethatsuchathingwasmeanttolast.

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