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H2O Man

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37. There are two basic levels.

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 05:26 PM

Jul 1

The visible and the invisible. The first is by far more common in our country. In christianity, it involves worshipping Jesus, having rituals, and doing whatever one pleases the rest of the week. But the level that often takes root in is shallow ..... for example, Jesus spoke against doing harm to children. Unless he was telling the only jokes found in the four gospels, one is safe in saying that should be followed in the individual home, community, and national policies. Hence, when someone attempts to justify harming others, here or anywhere else, we know they are blind and deaf.

The invisible compels one to seriously examine themself. To rarely, if ever, judge others -- unless they are destructive and harming others. To recognize that the prophet Jesus, just like the other Enlightened Ones around the earth at different times, was teaching guidelines for an inner evolution, which is the only type of evolution that humanity can experience.

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