The self is coming from a state of pure awareness from the state of being. All the rest that comes about in a outward manifestation of the physical world, including fluctuations which end up as thoughts and actions.
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And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable.
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.