The sensation in the first A was 1000, in the first B it was 998, giving a disappearance of 2. In the second A it was 980, and in C, which starts concurrently with the second A, it was not 20 as might have been expected, but 16, giving a loss of 4. The second A is less than the first A by 20. Searching for that 20 we find 16 in C. But there has been a disappearance of 4.
Looking now at the successive acts in the series we have in A 1000 sensation, in B 998 sensation, in A and C together 996 sensation.
The cause of the loss between A and B has already been explained. That between B and the second A with C remains to be accounted for.
It has been already said that the king withdrew some of his pain-bearing power from the routine AB and all routines connected with it, thus he was enabled to start activities altogether unconnected with those which he had originated, and was with regard to the products of his own activity as he had been at first, with regard to the beings in the valley before he started them on the path of life. And it was in consequence of his withdrawal of his pain-bearing power that the amount of sensation in C was not 20 but was less. This loss of 4 of sensation to the being corresponded to a setting free of a certain portion of pain-bearing power on the part of the king. And thus as the process went on, a portion of his power was continually being returned to him.
In the table below the first line of figures contains the amount of sensation in the actions AB, AB. The second line of figures contains the amount of sensation in the actions CD, CD. The third line of figures relates to another connected routine EF, EF, which originates in a manner similar to CD. The fourth line of figures represents the amount of pain borne by the king, the fifth line represents his pain-bearing power set free.
(1) 1000 998 980 978-40/1000 960 958-80/1000 A B A B A B (2) 16 15-998/1000 15-630/1000 15-658640/1000000 C D C D (3) 16 15-998/1000 E F (4) 2 1-992/1000 1-991/1000 + 360/1000000 (5) 0 8/1000 8/1000 + 640/1000000
If the total amount of sensation which is experienced by the being in the original routine and the connected routines in the consecutive stages be summed up, it will be found to be