keeping those feelings in their place. When they make their
way into your thoughts, through the sympathetic link between
mind and body, don’t try to resist the sensation. The
sensation is natural. But don’t let the mind start in with
judgments, calling it “good” or “bad.”
- “To live with the gods.” And to do that is to show them
that your soul accepts what it is given and does what the
spirit requires—the spirit God gave each of us to lead and
guide us, a fragment of himself. Which is our mind, our
logos. - Don’t be irritated at people’s smell or bad breath.
What’s the point? With that mouth, with those armpits,
they’re going to produce that odor.
—But they have a brain! Can’t they figure it out? Can’t
they recognize the problem?
So you have a brain as well. Good for you. Then use your
logic to awaken his. Show him. Make him realize it. If he’ll
listen, then you’ll have solved the problem. Without anger.
28a. Neither player-king nor prostitute.
- You can live here as you expect to live there.
And if they won’t let you, you can depart life now and