"Money?What’smoney,Lotus?"
"It’ssomethisideworldusestocalcutethepriceorvalueofathing.”
"Oh，mydearvisitorsfromthewesternworld，pearlsareplentifulhereaworthanything．Nobodybetthem．Idosobecausepearldivingisahobbywithme.”
"It’strue"saidLotus．"Takethem．Deahemallthetime．Asamatteroffact，whydoakethempearldivihesedays，Deanna?Thenyoutwoseethekeisfullofoysters,thoughnotallthepearlsareasperfectlyshapedastheonesshecollects.”
Thatbeingthecase,ElinaandhankedDeannaandacceptedtheirpresentsgraciously．Theysippedtheirteaappreciatively，andafterawhileElinaturoherhostessandasked，
"Iheardyoutalkingaboutliberatingthebodyfromthetrolofthemind．That’saveryiingidea．Howdidyoueveretothinkofit?"Lotuswassilentforamoment,foritwastooplicatedaquestiontoanswerinafewwords．Thenshesaid，
"Wederstandthemovementsofthebodyaredirectedandtrolledbythebrain．Butiy，man’sbehaviorislikeapuppetonastring，trolledbythought，whiturnismaniputedbyinvisibleanduableideas．Butwhatistheforcethattrolsthestring?ThatiswhatImeanbysacredideas．Theseideasaredifferentfromtheunsciousstate,whichislikeano．Alotoffishesswimhereandthereinitswaters，justasthoughtsflitthroughman’smind，fused，disorderlyandtherebyuseless．TheideaI’malludingto,trolthoughtandatcertaintimesmakeyoudocertainthings．Man’sliferunslikeaclock，pre-wounda．Itisasaccurateandorderlyastherotationoftheheavenlybodiesonitsorbit.”Realizingthatheraudienceseemedlostandweren’tquitefollowingher,Lotuspausedtanizeherexpnations．
"Let’sputitthisway．Thegravitationofthemoolyinfluehemandeveningtides．Italsoaffectshalfthepoputionoftheworldasittrolswomerualperiodbyitsfullnessandwaning．Soifthemoonbeassociatedwiththephysicalstateofmankind,whyisitsoinceivablethattheotherpsalsoinfluen’sthoughts?ThatiswhatImeanbysacredideas.”
"Thenwhatyoumeanisfate!"
"Yousaysoinaway．ButKingDimitridoesnotlikethewordfate．Heonlyaowledgestheexistenceofideaswithintheuhatdirectlytrolman’sthoughtsandaydesiretofreemyfleshbodyfromtheinfluehemindisactuallyarevoltagairisofthisdominantandmysteriousforce.”
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