Either Or

If you marry or do not marry, you will regret both; Laugh at the world’s follies, you will regret it, weep over them, you will also regret that; laugh at the world’s follies or weep over them, you will regret both; whether you laugh at the world’s follies or weep over them, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it, believe her not, you will also regret that; believe a woman or believe her not, you will regret both; whether you believe a woman or believe her not, you will regret both. Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will also regret that; hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the sum and substance of all philosophy.

In life we are thorn between choices and this creates certain angst in our souls. How do I know which is the best path to chose, when I will possibly eventually regret either?

In my understanding, to follow that which is above the personal choice and self, the divine path. How may one know what is that path, one may ask again? In each situation, in all different personal worlds and paths one choses to act according to the path.

Thus, one may marry or not marry, and in either case, one may live according to the same path: the path that transcends the particular choice. The alternatives differ, but the ultimate orientation remains the same. Rather than seeking the life one can be certain never to regret, one seeks to live whatever life one chooses in accordance with that which is above oneself.