5. For we are subject to the same fluctuations as nature
6. This is why it is important to know when each phenomenon is going to recur.
7. If you cannot see that the pendulum is about to swing back to a difficult period, you may commit yourself unwisely to such or such undertaking
8. And then when the time comes, you find yourself in the doldrums, without inspiration or joy
9. You could have avoided this if you had realized in advance that the dark days were about to begin and that you would be feeling weak and dejected All our faults are commited in darkness when our consciousness is obscured
10. So learn to sense the advent of those moments, and when they come do not undertake anything important