And where the world is awake, the sage sleeps” (note 23). Where is the world awake? In the senses. People want to eat and drink and have children, and then they die a dog’s death. ... They are always awake for the senses. Even their religion is just for that. They invent a God to help them, to give them more women, more money, more children — never a God to help them become more godlike!
