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I had a question right here at the end of the last talk about how to keep focused on the light

and not thinking about the absence of the light from the poem prayer from St. John Henry Newman.

You know, it's interesting that, and I know we're going to get a talk about how to overcome

or escape from this, you know, when Aquinas talks about a swaging sorrow, not necessarily

counter to Echadia in particular, it's interesting that he doesn't mention specifically

religious things to do, right?

He mentions pleasure.

He mentions tears.

Tears are the one way in which sorrow is transitive, in which you can dispel it.

He mentions friendship, both because sorrow is the term that gets translated in English as depression.

I was like, is that really the word?

It's aggravare, which we think of as aggravate or irritate, but aggravare is also a way down.

And friendships lessen the weight.

They also teach us that we're loved, which is a counter to sadness.

Taking baths and getting good sleep, he mentions.

It's just sometimes you're sad because you're so worn down, right?

And you're not taking care of the body.

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