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       2021-08-25T23:59:49.417268Z
       
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       some meditations for the morning...“There are four particular corruptions of the directing mind for which you must keep constant watch, and eliminate them whenever you detect them, in each case applying one of these formulas: ‘This mental image is superfluous’; ‘This could weaken the bond of community’; ‘This would not be yourself speaking’ (to say what you do not feel should be regarded as the height of contradiction). And the fourth case for self-reproach is that in which the more divine part of you loses the contest and bows to the lower, mortal part, the body and its gross pleasures.” Book 11.19“We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like rows of upper and lower teeth. So to work in opposition to one another is against nature: and anger or rejection is opposition.” Meditations, Book 2, p. 13.1