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Book 4
Letthepartofyouthatmakesthatjudgmentkeepquietevenifthebodyit’sattachedtoisstabbedorburnt,orstinkingwithpus,orconsumedbycancer.Ortoputitanotherway:Itneedstorealizethatwhathappenstoeveryone—badandgoodalike—isneithergoodnorbad.Thatwhathappensineverylife—livednaturallyornot—isneithernaturalnorunnatural.
40.Theworldasalivingbeing—onenature,onesoul.Keepthatinmind.Andhoweverythingfeedsintothatsingleexperience,moveswithasinglemotion.Andhoweverythinghelpsproduceeverythingelse.Spunandwoventogether.
41."Alittlewispofsoulcarryingacorpse."—Epictetus.
42.Thereisnothingbadinundergoingchange—orgoodinemergingfromit.
43.Timeisariver,aviolentcurrentofevents,glimpsedonceandalreadycarriedpastus,andanotherfollowsandisgone.
44.Everythingthathappensisassimpleandfamiliarastheroseinspring,thefruitinsummer:disease,death,blasphemy,conspiracy...everythingthatmakesstupidpeoplehappyorangry.
45.Whatfollowscohereswithwhatwentbefore.Notlikearandomcataloguewhoseorderisimposeduponitarbitrarily,butlogicallyconnected.Andjustaswhatexistsisorderedandharmonious,whatcomesintobeingbetraysanordertoo.Notameresequence,butanastonishingconcordance.
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