"I was riding through the forest and saw some ripe fruit in the thicket. And I thought: no one will see these berries, they are not needed by anyone and they are not needed by anyone, but they rigorously fulfill, with all their might, not their purpose, but the one destined for them, doing the will To that "I" who lives as a separate being in this plant. So is man who, unlike the plant, has the (relative) advantage of being able to have the consciousness of this universal "I" in his separate being.
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Author
Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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I was riding through the forest and saw some ripe fruit in the thicket. And I thought: no one will see these berries, they are not needed by anyone and they are not needed by anyone, but they rigorously fulfill, with all their might, not their purpose, but the one destined for them, doing the will To that "I" who lives as a separate being in this plant. So is man who, unlike the plant, has the (relative) advantage of being able to have the consciousness of this universal "I" in his separate being.
""Mergeam călare prin pădure și am văzut în desiș niște fructe coapte. Și m-am gândit: nimeni n-o să vadă aceste fructe de pădure, nu sunt nimănui de trebuință și lor nu le e nimeni de trebuință, dar ele îndeplinesc riguros, din răsputeri, nu menirea lor, ci cea care le e destinată, făcând voia Acelui „Eu“ care trăiește ca ființă separată în planta asta. La fel și omul care, spre deosebire de plantă, are avantajul (părelnic) că poate avea conștiința acestui „Eu“ universal în ființa sa separată."