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“You did investigate yourself very well, no doubt about it.”
“You were excellent in keeping tabs on the little things of human nature that, in an earlier life, you laughed at.”
“Wasn’t life large and heroic at one time? Weren’t we on the ready to slay any dragon that came along? Didn’t we ride high on the horse toward the castle walls?”
“Maybe it was preparation for something you never thought about.”
“Maybe you saw it all one way for a reason, to keep dragging your ass up and up despite all the catcalls and boulders rolled down on you.”
“If that were the case then why would I care about all the inner stuff? The little things as you put it…..the way one consciousness noted the world as it passed along?”
“You had to learn to articulate the difficult. You had to force your attention on thoughts and words.”
“Then it is all mind?”
“No. But your mind counts.”
“And so….those anticipations? They weren’t meaningless?”
“Oh no, you were spot on but you underestimated how offensive it would be to others.”
“I have suffered for that but hold no grudges.”
“Good, that is excellent to hear. You can still wring out stuff, even at this late date.”
“It is a rather late date isn’t it? I feel I’m at the door of forever-waiting.”
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