Chapter 80
Mastercraftsman work in the
communities where
they find themselves.
Since creating commodities
for a vast market
is not their consern they
tend to keep
small studios and few appentices.
Though they happily use
devices that help
to simplify life, their
intention is to
spend time with their families
and friends
enjoy their living space
and lead a simple
and ballance life. [1]
Though they hear news of
the other mastercraftsman
from around the world, they
are content
to admire from afar.
Knowing that the place in
which they
find themselves is as wonderful
and extraordinary
as any other. [2]
footnotes
[1] The true man of God sits in the midst of his fellow-men, and rises and eats and sleeps and marries and buys and sells and gives and takes in the bazaars and spends the days with other people, and yet never forgets God even for a single moment.
[2] ...These souls know one another by smell, like horses. Though one be in the East and the other in the West, they still feel joy and comfort in each other’s talk, and one who lives in a later generation than the other is instructed and consoled by the word of his friend.