Размышления
Book 8
Otherwisetheharmtheydowouldcauseharmtome.WhichisnotwhatGodintended—formyhappinesstorestwithsomeoneelse.
57.Wespeakofthesun’slightas"pouringdownonus,"as"pouringoverus"inalldirections.Yetit’sneverpouredout.Becauseitdoesn’treallypour;itextends.Itsbeams(aktai)gettheirnamefromtheirextension(ekteinesthai).
Toseethenatureofasunbeam,lookatlightasitfallsthroughanarrowopeningintoadarkroom.Itextendsinastraightline,strikinganysolidobjectthatstandsinitswayandblocksthespacebeyondit.Thereitremains—notvanishing,orfallingaway.
That’swhattheoutpouring—thediffusion—ofthoughtshouldbelike:notemptiedout,butextended.Andnotstrikingatobstacleswithfuryandviolence,orfallingawaybeforethem,butholdingitsgroundandilluminatingwhatreceivesit.
Whatdoesn’ttransmitlightcreatesitsowndarkness.
58.Fearofdeathisfearofwhatwemayexperience.Nothingatall,orsomethingquitenew.Butifweexperiencenothing,wecanexperiencenothingbad.Andifourexperiencechanges,thenourexistencewillchangewithit—change,butnotcease.
59.Peopleexistforoneanother.Youcaninstructorendurethem.
60.Anarrowhasonemotionandthemindanother.Evenwhenpausing,evenwhenweighingconclusions,themindismovingforward,towarditsgoal.
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