Размышления

           It’sthepursuitofthesethings,andyourattemptstoavoidthem,thatleaveyouinsuchturmoil.Andyettheyaren’tseekingyouout;youaretheoneseekingthem.

           Suspendjudgmentaboutthem.Andatoncetheywillliestill,andyouwillbefreedfromfleeingandpursuing.

           12.Thesoulasasphereinequilibrium:Notgraspingatthingsbeyonditorretreatinginward.Notfragmentingoutward,notsinkingbackonitself,butablazewithlightandlookingatthetruth,withoutandwithin.

           13.Someonedespisesme.

           That’stheirproblem.

           Mine:nottodoorsayanythingdespicable.

           Someonehatesme.Theirproblem.

           Mine:tobepatientandcheerfulwitheveryone,includingthem.Readytoshowthemtheirmistake.Notspitefully,ortoshowoffmyownself-control,butinanhonest,uprightway.LikePhocion(ifhewasn’tjustpretending).That’swhatweshouldbelikeinside,andneverletthegodscatchusfeelingangerorresentment.

           Aslongasyoudowhat’spropertoyournature,andacceptwhattheworld’snaturehasinstore—aslongasyouworkforothers’good,byanyandallmeans—whatistherethatcanharmyou?

           14.Theyflatteroneanotheroutofcontempt,andtheirdesiretoruleoneanothermakesthembowandscrape.

           15.Thedespicablephoninessofpeoplewhosay,"Listen,I’mgoingtolevelwithyouhere.