"<p>Observe the uninterrupted flow of phenomena: all different and always different and yet always the same. Observe the aches and pains of your body: from the dull ache to the sharp flash of pain, how many varieties! And they are constantly changing, layered on top of each other, like the motifs of a musical score, or the lacework of leaves, twigs and flowers on a tree. Observe the intertwining of goodwill, passion, lies, violence in history, in the present and in your own everyday life: all that you know to be bad, ugly, petty, in itself, weaves itself into a harmony as harmonious as the wandering of clouds or the chain of mountain peaks.<br />Life must be understood like a piece of music. If you can disassociate yourself from all the pleasant or unpleasant effects that the things of life, one by one, have on your individuality: you will recognize the common beauty in the play of the waves and the aches and pains of your body and the alternation of events and the flow of your feelings and thoughts and everything. All different and always different and yet always the same. Pay attention not to the role and effect of things, but to their pattern and pace: only in this way can you understand life, nature, your fellow human beings and yourself.</p>"