Размышления
Book 12
21.Thatbeforelongyou’llbenoone,andnowhere.Likeallthethingsyouseenow.Allthepeoplenowliving.
Everything’sdestinyistochange,tobetransformed,toperish.Sothatnewthingscanbeborn.
22.It’sallinhowyouperceiveit.You’reincontrol.Youcandispensewithmisperceptionatwill,likeroundingthepoint.Serenity,totalcalm,safeanchorage.
23.Agivenactionthatstopswhenit’ssupposedtoisnonetheworseforstopping.Northepersonengagediniteither.Sotoowiththesuccessionofactionswecall"life."Ifitendswhenit’ssupposedto,it’snonetheworseforthat.Andthepersonwhocomestotheendofthelinehasnocauseforcomplaint.Thetimeandstoppingpointaresetbynature—ourownnature,insomecases(deathfromoldage);ornatureasawhole,whoseparts,shiftingandchanging,constantlyrenewtheworld,andkeepitonschedule.
Nothingthatbenefitsallthingscanbeuglyoroutofplace.Theendoflifeisnotanevil—itdoesn’tdisgraceus.(Whyshouldwebeashamedofaninvoluntaryactthatinjuresnoone?).It’sagoodthing—scheduledbytheworld,promotingit,promotedbyit.
Thisishowwebecomegodlike—followingGod’spath,andreason’sgoals.
24.Threethings,essentialatalltimes:
i(a).yourownactions:thatthey’renotarbitraryordifferentfromwhatabstractjusticewoulddo.
i(b).
