Tuesday, October 17, 2006

How and why do we wake up from sleeping? What is our intention? Why are we so foolish? If we slip into the sultry stasis of sleep to produce and preserve our energies, why are we so quick to dismiss it as unnecessary? Even the gods of old mythos slept, recovering from the strain of maintaining the human world. Now it is in our own power to change the world, and yet we do not take full advantage of our rest. Work only creates more work, that is the way of things. Then again, relaxation promotes relaxation. It is a vicious cycle of laziness and zeal, and we would be wise to stay away from those things. Truly the only way to promote order is to behave in a balanced manner, correctly measuring the time spent in leisure and in busyness.

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