A tragic mask. Turn it around and look at it closely. See? It doesn't bite. Your body will be separated from your spirit either now or later — just like it was separated before you were born. So why worry if it happens now? If it doesn't happen now, it will happen later. Why does this have to be? So the universe can complete its cycle. The universe needs the present, the future, and the past. What is pain? Another mask. Turn it around and examine it. Your flesh gets roughed up, then it smooths out again. If this doesn't work for you, the door is open. If it does work, then bear with things. The door should always be open for every situation. That way we don't have any real problems.
A tragic mask. Turn it and examine it. See, it does not bite. The poor body must be separated from the spirit either now or later as it was separated from it before. Why then are you troubled if it be separated now? for if it is not separated now, it will be separated afterwards. Why? That the period of the universe may be completed, for it has need of the present, and of the future, and of the past. What is pain? A mask. Turn it and examine it. The poor flesh is moved roughly, then on the contrary smoothly. If this does not satisfy (please) you, the door is open; if it does, bear (with things). For the door ought to be open for all occasions; and so we have no trouble.