Размышления
Book 5
What’ssohardaboutthat?
Untilthingsreachthatpoint,I’mfree.NoonecankeepmefromdoingwhatIwant.AndIwantwhatispropertorationalbeings,livingtogether.
30.Theworld’sintelligenceisnotselfish.
Itcreatedlowerthingsforthesakeofhigherones,andattunedthehigheronestooneanother.Lookhowitsubordinates,howitconnects,howitassignseachthingwhateachdeserves,andbringsthebetterthingsintoalignment.
31.Howhaveyoubehavedtothegods,toyourparents,toyoursiblings,toyourwife,toyourchildren,toyourteachers,toyournurses,toyourfriends,toyourrelatives,toyourslaves?Havetheyallhadfromyounothing"wrongandunworthy,eitherwordordeed"?
Considerallthatyou’vegonethrough,allthatyou’vesurvived.Andthatthestoryofyourlifeisdone,yourassignmentcomplete.Howmanygoodthingshaveyouseen?Howmuchpainandpleasurehaveyouresisted?Howmanyhonorshaveyoudeclined?Howmanyunkindpeoplehaveyoubeenkindto?
32.Whydoothersouls—unskilled,untrained—disturbthesoulwithskillandunderstanding?
—Andwhichisthat?
Theonethatknowsthebeginningandtheend,andknowsthelogosthatrunsthroughallthingsandthatassignstoallaplace,eachinitsallottedspan,throughoutthewholeoftime.
33.Soonyou’llbeashes,orbones.
