Anger destroys all ability to be at peace with yourself and with others. If you harm me, it is you who lose: you lose your peace.
which had a serious purpose at that end,
and the thing was to get to that thing at that end.
Success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead.
But we missed the point the whole way along.
It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing or to
dance while the music was being played.