I sat down in a company and listened to my acquaintances talking about their problems so much by enjoying their own bad feelings as if they were eating some favorite meal. They were so occupied with the negative side of their everyday life, and so much was the thick mass of their energy that I could not do anything to tell them. It was the thought of self-bribery that made me feel obliged to change their views on life. When I got out of my mind, I realized that they would not even be able to hear me because they were out of reach of anything that was different from what they occupied. It seemed as if they were indulgent in all this because it was not so why would they pour on their wounds.
