gurdjieff:
justice is a big word. objective things are not small things like microbes, they go according to law. remember: as ye sow, so shall ye reap, but also families and nations. it often happens that that which happens on earth comes from something which was done by a father or grandfather. the results converge on you, the son, the grandson, it is for you have to regulate them. this is not an injustice, it is a very great honor for you; it will be a means which will allow the past of your father, grandfather, great grandfather to be regulated. if misfortune comes to you in your youth, it means that someone brought them - for this you must reap. he is dead, it is another on earth who reaps. you must not look at yourself egotistically. you are a link in the chain of your blood. be proud of it, it is an honor to be this link. the more you are obliged to repair the past, the more you will have a remorse of conscience. you will succeed in remembering all that which you have not done as you should in the past. those things which you have done contrary to Justice have mortified your grandfather. thus you can have ten times more remorse of conscience and your worth will be augmented in proportion. all your family, past and future, depend on you. your entire family depends on the way you repair the past. justice is not occupied with your little affairs, unredeemed pledges, it is occupied with big things. justice does not touch all that, and at the same time, nothing is done on earth without it. you are obliged to have a position of responsibility in the line of your blood - you must work to repair the past.
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