"I wrote in February: why does the world present itself to us im Werden, in motion, and why will I no longer exist, and the world will continue to change? And I answered then: I don't know. I know. The world presents itself to me im Werden, becoming, because it is not in my power to embrace the whole world, as it is outside of time, just as I embrace the whole of a dead (beloved) being, it is no longer for me change, but complete entity. The fact that the world will change without me is an assumption that is not based on anything. The world will present itself to other beings (that is, it seems to me that it will present itself to other beings) again.
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I wrote in February: why does the world present itself to us im Werden, in motion, and why will I no longer exist, and the world will continue to change? And I answered then: I don't know. I know. The world presents itself to me im Werden, becoming, because it is not in my power to embrace the whole world, as it is outside of time, just as I embrace the whole of a dead (beloved) being, it is no longer for me change, but complete entity. The fact that the world will change without me is an assumption that is not based on anything. The world will present itself to other beings (that is, it seems to me that it will present itself to other beings) again.
""Am scris în februarie: de ce lumea ni se prezintă im Werden, în mișcare, și de ce eu nu voi mai exista, iar lumea va continua să se schimbe? Și am răspuns atunci: nu știu. Ba știu. Lumea mi se prezinta im Werden, în devenire, pentru că nu-mi stă în putere să îmbrățișez toată lumea, așa cum este ea în afara timpului, la fel cum îmbrățișez întreaga o ființa moartă (iubită), ea pentru mine nu mai e în schimbare, ci entitate completa. Faptul ca lumea se va schimba fără mine este o ipoteza care nu se intemeiaza pe nimic. Lumea se va prezenta altor ființe (adică mie mi se pare ca se va prezenta altor ființe) din nou."