Paraphrased: Among the degrees of the universal Manifestation, each sentient creature typically experiences an illusory sense of autonomy. At the same time, with or without the creature's awareness, the creature subsists eternally as an "immutable prototype" in the divine Knowledge.
You call that evening the odds? You demolished them. " Demolished. He liked that. "I left you one. " "I noticed. " "I promised to share," he told her. "Manners are very important in the Weird. Lying would be quite impolite.