I began my meditation by consoling myself with the truth that something in common runs through all nature, but I went on to consider that this cut no ice, and that the heart needed something more.

• 起初，我用自然界运行的事物都有共性这个真理安慰自己，但是当我深一层思索时，却发现它丝毫未解决我的困惑，心灵的确是需要更多的东西来慰藉的。