and its tool, logic, are incomplete—telligent artist kno o express perfectly t nature of an angel or a saint. Still try, tist, eac and may not do otries to realize s ure  and only meaningful ts o you: dont try to imitate tic man, but be yourself, try to realize yourself.quot;

    quot;I understand somet you say, but  mean to realize oneself?quot;

    quot;It is a p, I cant express it in any ototle and St. t is t of all concepts: perfect being. God is perfect being. Everyt exists is only , is becoming, is mixed, is made up of potentialities. But God is not mixed. entialities but is total, te reality. ransitory, entials; tion for us, no complete being. But ial to deed, from possibility to realization, icipate in true being, become by a degree more similar to t and divine. t is  means to realize oneself. You must knoist and atues. If suc it to pure form—tist, realized t;

    quot;I understand.quot;

    quot;You see me, friend Goldmund, in a place and function o realize myself. You see me living in a community and a tradition t corresponds to me and furter is no  is filled ions. Still, a decently run cloister life is infinitely more o men of my nature t  from a merely practical point of vieice and teacask, offers a certain protection from t e of ty, you found a o become an artist, and I admire t a great deal. Your life ;

    t, and also o c, errupted ;Ive been able to understand most of ed to tell me. But till cant get t images, and t imagine anyt;

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