Similar to the previous post, Marcus returns to the concept of fully embracing the desires of the Whole. A tool may be formed by a maker and the maker is entirely separate and external. However, with living things, they are made from living things. Living beings literally spring from and are born from within other living entities. As we are made from the Whole, we should therefore conform to the Whole. This passage is nothing more than Marcus saying, "submit your will to the Universe and embrace what life sends you."
Furthermore, he seems to also be referring to the divinity within. We each possess a rational faculty which is a piece of the divine. If we tap into this divinity, we will be afforded a rational way of living and realize we possess all the tools needed to live and flourish in the cosmos.
(see also Citadel p. 166)
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