Northwest of Quebec Farm
20 September 1917
Trench map sheet 20 SE 3 Poelcappelle V.25.d.2.1
If individuals have no psychic or magical abilities
then actual things with characteristics,
such as the four elements, hail, poison, boils, precipices,
and so on, become obstacles.
Whenever such forms arise,
remain in a state
of detachment and integrate them
into your path as illusions.
Yesterday, when actual things with characteristics arose,
a detachment tried to integrate them into its path
as illusions, but the actual things with characteristics
were stubborn and well-led.