What Outlasts Possession

Reflection

The verse begins, “Look at this dressed-up lump, covered with wounds, joined together, sickly, full of many thoughts, which….” In its chapter, this image points toward the body, time, and the inevitability of change. It locates the turning point before outward action, in the quality of attention you repeatedly cultivate. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.