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|   So that my Father who is unseen before those of the world - my only Father - may be glorified. The
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|   Merciful - Most Merciful - and Compassionate One, the Accepting of repentance.
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|     <br/>
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|     And so that the commandments may be obeyed by a lowly heart and poor spirit such as myself:
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|     <ul>
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|       <li>Love G!D with all your heart, soul, spirit, body, mind and psychic power and unknown powers
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|         and any other powers you may have, and all your eyes - seen and unseen. This is the foundation of
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|         the Law and the prophets - the first and most important and greatest commandment.
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|       </li>
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|       <li>
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|         Love thy neighbour as yourself. This, the second commandment, is like it (the first commandment). :-)
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|       </li>
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|       <li>
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|         To the disciples of the Anointed One, who calls himself the Son of Man: 'this is a new commandment I give to you.
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|         Love one another as I have loved you. By this, the world will know that you are my disciples, when you love
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|         one another as I have loved you. (the 'I am', who have 
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|         spake unto you - 
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|         you, who argued among the numbers of you 
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|         about who the greatest 
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|         among you is - and who have saith to you 
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|         that the greatest among you will serve you).'
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|       </li>
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|     </ul>
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|     <br/>
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|     And especially to my enemies who hath tormented me, (Man's ways all seem innocent to Him, but the LORD weighs each motive)
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|     so that they may have the comfort of knowing they are not alone in their emotional upheavals, if G!D accepts their repentance
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|     and reconciliation to G!D - for G!D knows and I do not know who or where or how or what G!D chooses to <strike>pour</strike>
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|     breathe
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|     His Spirit into. <br/>
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|     And as an advance: worship me not - do not worship me. I am a servant of G!D, just like you. Worship G!D. I am nothing without
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|     the Anointed One, Jesus, who calls himself the Son of Man, as the branch is nothing without the vine - or, as the leaf is nothing
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|     without the tree.
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|     </p>
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|   <p>
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|     Entries:
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|     <ul>
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|       <li>it is the seventeenth day of the third month of the 105th year since a nation was publicly recognised</li>
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|       <li>t is the fifteenth day of the second month of the 105th year since a worldly nation
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|     was publicly recognised.</li>
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|       <li>It is the 27th day of the first month of the 105th year since people found a nation
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|   that they had been searching for.</li>
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|       <li>
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|   It is the seventeenth day of the sixth month of the 106th year since
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|   G!D gave people the comfort of a nation to call their own, regardless
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|   of whether they honour G!D or not, or whether they seek Him, or
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|               seek to know Him, or not.</li>
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|       <li>
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|         It is the eleventh day of the second month of the 105th year
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|         since Man built a city with G!D’s help and provisions
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|       </li>
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|       <li>It is an hour that G!D knows, and I do not know.
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|   Yes, G!D knows, and I do not know.
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|       </li>
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|       <li>It is the thirtieth day of the tenth month of the 105th year since aliens
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|   were freed from oppression in a land that produces green grapes, with the help
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|   of G!D
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|       </li>
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|       <li>Unknown</li>
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|   </ul>
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|   </p>
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|   <p>
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|     it is the seventeenth day of the third month of the 105th year since a nation was publicly recognised<br/>
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|     
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|     It's the twenty-third day of my challenge to eat vegetarian for forty days.
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|   <br />
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|     I went to a gathering where people talked about Christianity. At the end, I wondered, aloud, what kind of person
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|     G!D is. I said in the group discussion that I can't open my heart easily to Him, and told those people in the small group
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|     that I am of the kind who are more suspicious. Afterwards, a <strike>woman</strike> person in the group came up to me
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|     and said that she sensed yearning and a lot of resistance in me. She also showed me a quote by Joseph Campbell, which
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|     went: 'the greatest treasures are in the caves that you fear most to tread'. She asked me how I was feeling. I told her
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|     I felt thankful for the opportunity for discussion. I don't think that covered the depth of my feelings.
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|     
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|     I am angry. I feel anger towards G!D. Where was He when I was hurt, upset or forced to do things [under oppression]?
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|     How can the people at the discussion talk about G!D's plan for me, when He feels distant?
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|     
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|     I feel naked. I feel like the outcast of the group in a reality show [on television], unable and unwilling to join the
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|     group in their comfort, solidarity, trust and security in the group. I feel left out. I feel lonely. Most of all, I
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|     feel afraid. I feel afraid to trust again in someone, something or G!D himself. I feel very vulnerable.
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|     
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|     I went to a <strike>psychiatric</strike> mental-health institution to seek help, attention and resolution. I expected
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|     liberty, but I experienced coercion and oppression [even when I was finite in resources and energy, that is, 
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|     more precisely, needy, as in one of the needy or poor]. I learnt that I could not leave the ward at Acme Institute, 
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|     even if I wanted. [the name of the institute is masked, or anonymised - Jesus said: 'Be merciful, as your Master, who bought you for a price, 
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|     is merciful]. I learnt that the doctor, people who spent time with me previously (who said, "I am your father" and
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|     "I am your mother"), and the social worker decided where and when I would stay and/or leave the ward [in the sense that
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|     their approval, or authorisation, or their company, was required, for those to happen, as I had observed]. I was
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|     pressured into taking <strike>medication</strike> by nurses, despite my
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|     wishes to not consume them;
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|     I was threatened with an indefinite incarceration in the hospital.
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|     although i wanted to leave, I could not. how can people 
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|     say G!D has s plan  for me when G!D feels so 
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|     far away as I went through that?
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|     
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|     <i>from the writer: as the Quran says, even the prophets
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|     and the fellow who were with them, cried out, 
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|     'our Lord 1 where are you / verily, verily, the mercy of  g1d is near 1'
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|     </i>
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|     
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|     Can somebody tell me that was G1D's plan for <strike>me
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|     </strike>
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|     sure?
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|     
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|     the remark that gave me the greatest emotional impact
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|     was that G!D loved me unconditionally.
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|     
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|     <strike>
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|       It felt like a hand 
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|     </strike>
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|         <i>from the writer: 'wipe the tears from your eyes. be dismayed 
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|           no more. For I, the LORD G!D, have struck
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|           you in anger, for your sins were flagrant,
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|           but you- you- I will have compassion
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|           on you. You belong to Me, O Israel,
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|           though I have scattered you into
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|           distant lands and nations, and you
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|           were stricken. You belong to Me,
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|           and you will be with Me for-ever. <br/><br/>
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|           Praise be to G!D. I praise You,
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|           for You have shown lovingkindness,
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|           even to a poor spirit, a lowly heart,
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|           a wretch like myself.
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|           <br/>
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|           Burst into song, mountains! <br/>
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|           Tap-dance, trees! <br/>
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|           Glow and flare, o stars! <br/>
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|           For the LORD G!D hath redeemed for Himself
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|           a daughter, a son, a nation, a city!' <br/><br/>
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|     
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|           (what? would you rather G!D take angels for
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|           daughters, and cherubims for sons?)<br/><br/>
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|           
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|           Praise be to G!D (thank you, Daddy) 
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|           <br/>
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|           
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|           Wipe your tears from your eyes. 
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|           Do not be dismayed. <br/>
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|           
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|           Gardens of bliss, under which rivers
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|           flow, spouses delighting in each other,
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|           the objective of life, the felicity most high,
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|           absolute beauty, supreme over all other felicity,
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|           for the good pleasure of G!D, the Cherisher
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|           and Sustainer of the Worlds. <br/>
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|           
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|           Thou art my shepherd;
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|           I shall not want. <br/>
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|           
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|           I know no other Rock.
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|           There is none like You.
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|           I know no other Stone.
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|           I know no other G!D. <br/>
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|           
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|           Blessed is He who hath given rest to His
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|           people. May all nations come to know
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|           that our Lord is G!D, and that there
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|           is no other G!D other than He, and that 
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|           G!D is our G!D. To G!D be to the glory 
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|           for-ever and ever. Amen. (so it is). <br/>
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|     </i>
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|     
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|     <strike>It felt like a hand, gently being placed against my 
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|     heart.</strike>
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|     
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|     It felt like a piece of cloth being thrown against
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|     my face. 'You don't have to earn that love,' that person
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|     said. What if that was true? How can I trust G!D
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|     not to hurt me? How can I trust G!D to not leave
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|     me on my own? How can someone say, 'If you believe in
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|     G!D, you will go through suffering' so matter-of-factly?
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|     I don't want.
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|     
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|     Why does G!D make me suffer? If He is there, why does
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|     G!D allow people to suffer? Very briefly, I also
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|     wonder how we can end suffering, G!D or not.
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|     
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|     G!D. what will You do with me if I open my heart 
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|     to you?
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|     
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|     Who gave me food, shelter and clothes when I was
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|     looking for them?
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|     
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|     <i>
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|     from the writer: 'I, the LORD G!D, have forgotten
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|       your sins, and remember them no more.
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|       as I said in the days of Noah after 
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|       the flood, I will not again cause
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|       another world-destroying flood.' <br/>
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|       "I promise
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|       I will never stop doing good to her, and remind
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|       her to fear me, and keep my commandment," saith
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|       G!D, the Lord of lords, and King of kings.
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|       <br/>
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|       (O LORD, our Father, you are the potter, we 
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|       are the clay; we are all the work of Your hands)
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|       <br/>
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|       I will never tire of praising G!D<br/>
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|       I praise You, oh LORD, for I am fearfully
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|       and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful;
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|       that I know full well.
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|     </i> <br/>
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|     <br/>
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|     [Who gave me food, shelter and clothes when I was
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|     looking for them?]
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|     I needed those. Is it G!D? Is G!D there?
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|     What does G!D do to people? I felt resentful towards G!D;
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|     I'm not sure if I still do.
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|     
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|     <i>from the writer: the end of a thing is as powerful
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|       as its beginning. and the patient in spirit is superior
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|       to the proud in spirit. (as written in Scripture)
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|       <br/> I love you, G!D.<br/>
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|       G!D hath no begotten son,
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|       and has no beings attached. (as written in Scripture
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|       that some call "Quran")
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| I
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|     </i>
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|     
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|   </p>
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|   <p>
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|     tis to glorify the Compassionate and Most Merciful One, who is Sovereign over the Here-after,
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|     Lord of lords, King of kings, Creator of creators, redeemer of worms, husband to prostitutes with
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|     poor spirit and lowly heart, the Accepting of the repentance of wicked, ungrateful thieves
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|     and theivesses, the Most
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|     Accepting of repentance.<br/>
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|     Inspiration is verse in the Bible: 'Just as Jonah spent three days and nights in belly of fish,
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|     so, too, will the Son of Man spend three days in <strike>belly</strike> of earth'. <br />
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|     With G!D's help, if G!D is willing, one will help the other through a trial <strike>
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|     
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|     from</strike>
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|     that
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|     G!D
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|     causes. To trade stories, if you will. 'For I am strong when I am weak', as written in Scripture,
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|     'even though I am nothing at all [without the Anointed One,
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|     through whom I can do all things], and 
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|     so, am made to be like a fool by you - 
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|     you have made me to be like a fool - boasting 
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|     like this, even though I am nothing at all.
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|     I do not count myself among the most 
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|     eminent apostles, or the so-called super-apostles or uber-apostles. Still, I ought
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|     to be receiving commendations from you lot. For we of the spirit of G!D
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|     walk in each other's shoes, along the same path, and there
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|     is no male or female, Jew or Gentile,
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|     outsider or insider - all are one 
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|     through the Anointed One who calls himself Son of Man, Jesus,
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|     son of Mary, who conceived with the help of G!D when no man has
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|     laid a hand or rod on her. This is to build you up.' <br/>
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|     
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|     As a verse in
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|     Bible goes (yes, another Bible verse :-D ), (so grateful for Scripture), 'two is better
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|     than one. if one falls down, the other can help the one up. if there is only one going at
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|     it, that one has calamity upon them... him... her...'
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|     <br />
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|     It is the fifteenth day of the second month of the 105th year since a worldly nation
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|     was publicly recognised. ('For everything of the world passes away, and is passing
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|     away,' as Scripture has on record.)
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|     
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|     <br/>
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|     <br/>
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|     I'm frustrated at my Heavenly Father's presence,
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|     whenever I think about a mother-figure. It seems that He will not
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|     cease or stop whatever He is doing to remind me of Him when I think
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|     about creating a mother-figure that I have lost. <br/><br/>
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|     I feel grief at such a time - why? G!D, what is the message 
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|     behind these feelings of loss and anxiety? <br/><br/>
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|     I recall the octopus that I coloured rainbow, when
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|     I was in kindergarten [before the age of seven, as the layman
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|     knows it]. I felt hurt and unhappy that I had to colour it another
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|     colour for [the] grades. I feel frustrated and boxed in.
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|     I feel [like] that [feeling of] a square peg in a round
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|     hole. I feel furious!
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     Like Father G!D [who is in Heaven and unseen and has no beings attached],
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|     I created. That was an octopus
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|     that could only be found in the rainbow
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|     that formed from the dew-drops in a magical forest.
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|     It was an octopus that you had to call into existence,
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|     and to transfer to a water body large enough to contain
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|     it. It was killed by the teacher, who was an alien in
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|     disguise[,] and disliked magical beings. 
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     No matter how much I create, I won't be able to create a
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|     mother-figure <br/><br/>
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|     <i>from the writer: As written in Scripture, 'a wise son brings
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|       joy to his Father; a foolish son brings grief to his mother.'</i>
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     Oh G!D, I am grieving. No matter how much magic I do, I won't be
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|     able to get the same mother-figure, nor the memories of the times
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|     with her. I lost someone who could have made great memories with me
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|     as her son. She won't get any more memories with me.
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     <i>
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|       from the writer: 'I despise all those who cling on to worthless idols
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|       or carven images, or images of G!D, who has no beings attached.
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|       All those who would speak up for worthless idols are foolish fools.'
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|       All these can be found in Scripture, which implies you have
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|       to take up a quest to search, if you will, and if G!D is willing.
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|       'I have observed an abhor-able, horrible thing in Ephraim and Israel:
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|       my people prostituting themselves to other gods!' The LORD G!D says.
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|       
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|     
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|     <br/><br/>
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|       I thank G!D who hath counted me among ministry, and enabled me to me
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|       among the faithful.
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       I praise You, G!D, for you have shown lovingkindness. I will tell the 
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|       world about your wonderful deeds in my life, You who
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|       grant even passage of boats across oceans and unknown waters,
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|       and brings wealth from the sea, houses I did not build,
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|       rocks that I did not create, life I did not call into being,
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|       fruits I did not sow the seeds of, and even divine reconciliation
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|       to G!D and godliness, a peace that the world does not give,
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|       and a redemption and promise and eternity that the world cannot
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|       give - does not give - and You are sure to keep Your promises, O
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|       G!D of Truth and truth and Ruth and Naomi, who asked to be
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|       named Mara, which means 'bitter', for she was embittered, even
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|       though her name, 'Naomi', meant 'pleasant'.
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|       </i>
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     It seems as if G!D wants me to go to Him as He creates, not stay on my side,
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|     looking for Mother.
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     <i>from the writer: oh, how horrible - looking for Mother, so-called mother.
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|     </i>
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     Whenever the mother-figure came into my life, she is dead now. I have hardly
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|     any memories of her; the feeling remains in me.
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     <i>
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|       From the writer: No longer. Rejoice in the LORD. I say again, rejoice!
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|       You were bought with a price. Remember G!D's terrors, signs and wonders
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|       that He hath rehearsed to you. Everybody has heard about your obedience,
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|       and I rejoice. As the Son of Man said, 'Blessed are you who
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|       are mourning, for you will be comforted.'
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       As Scriptures have on record: 'little ones, continue doing what
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|       you are doing. Your Father approves.' <br/><br/>
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       On a related note, since came to Mind, people asked or told Jesus,
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|       who was teaching in a synagogue: 'Your mother and brothers and sisters
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|       are outside the city gates, waiting for you.' Jesus said,
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|       'my brothers and sisters and mother are those who obey G!D,
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|       and keep His commandments, and obey them.' This is in Scripture, too.
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       On yet another related note, a famous Zen saying goes,
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|       'When you see the Buddha, kill him! When you see your parents, kill them!'
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|       As fierce as that may 'sound', G!D will show you Truth and truth, if He is willing,
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|       and if you try your best (with all you have: your time and energy and 
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|       resources) to seek Him. For as Scriptures say: 'Seek ye G!D with all your
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|       heart, and ye shall find Me'. And as the Son of Man said
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|       to those who said to those who cried to him - 'We want to enter
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|       the kingdom of G!D, too! We want to enter into Paradise! How should we 
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|       do it?' - 'the road to the kingdom of G!D is a narrow one. But try your best.'
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       On yet another related note, the Buddha was asked which was more
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|       important: wisdom or compassion (something like lovingkindness). The Buddha
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|       answered: 'Effort. Effort is most important'.
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       'Brothers and sisters, I do not think I have made it my own. One thing I do:
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|       forgetting what lies behind, and pushing on-ward, for the upward call of G!D
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|       through the Anointed One, Jesus, through whom I am crucified unto the world,
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|       and the world unto me.' This is in Scripture, too.
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|     </i>
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     There is no one woman who is Her, or can compare to Her.
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|     <br/><br/>
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|     <i>From the writer: oh, how disgusting. Kimochi warui, a Japanese expression
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|       or pronunciation goes. Feeling a sense of despise.
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       On a related note, 'Kimochi warui' is the last line in the ending scene
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|       of a movie in the animated story, 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', which is
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|       described as 'anime (or animated stories) for adults'. The ending scene
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|       featured a cross that evokes a remembrance of the crucifixion of
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|       a famous figure. A sacrifice, scary in nature or feel, if you watch
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|       the scene, of the protagonist, who is somehow in a robot that
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|       seems to be- well, G!D knows, and I do not know. For these are worldly
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|       things, yet the series is popularly posited to be subtly
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|       touching on themes of psychology, if you believe the rumor that goes around,
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|       and yet Bible - Scriptures - express concern that 'I will not like
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|       what I see in you when I come to you, and you will not like
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|       what you see in me. What I will not like to see in you:
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|       deceitfulness, divisions, jealousies, gossip and gossips, slander,
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|       arrogance against godliness, and delight in wickedness.'
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|       So, on that note, praise be to G!D, who is true, and keeps promises
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|       that He makes - I prayed to G!D, the Blessed Father, Ruler of the Universe,
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|       who causes boats to have integrity throughout journeys and pilgrimages
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|       across waters, Hallowed Name, and The Almighty One, who is All-knowing,
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|       All-hearing, All-seeing, heard me and listened. I prayed to Him
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|       to remind me to fear Him always, 'for fear of G!D is the beginning
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|       of wisdom, but fools despise wisdom and instruction, or Guidance', as Scriptures
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|       have on record, and He answered my prayer.
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       On a related note, the ending of the popular anime, or animated story,
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|       Full Metal Alchemist, featured a sacrifice of the protagonist, that is
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|       strikingly resonant with the death and resurrection of the dead
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|       that Scriptures have on record: 'unless it is what I have spoken: that
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|       I have hope of the resurrection of the dead'.
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|       <br/><br/>
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|       Glory be to G!D in the Highest, and peace be upon those whom G!D favours.
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|       Now, may the love of G!D, and the fellowship of those who are in the 
 | ||
|       Spirit of G!D, and the grace of the Anointed One whom we call Teacher
 | ||
|       and Lord, who calls himself 'Son of Man', be with you all. 
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|       (and so it is).
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|       Amen.
 | ||
|     </i>
 | ||
|   </p>
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   It is the 27th day of the first month of the 105th year since people found a nation
 | ||
|   that they had been searching for. <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I browsed through a 
 | ||
|   <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5523892-jesus">book</a> 
 | ||
|   [that is] titled 'Jesus', [and] written by Chopra D.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>from the writer: as written in the Quran, 'Enjoin what is right, avert Evil for Good
 | ||
|     (as Scriptures have on record: 'I want you to be wise about what
 | ||
|     is good, and innocent about what is evil')
 | ||
|     and do righteousness (righteousness? turning
 | ||
|     to the East or to the West is not righteousness. Obeying
 | ||
|     G!D, and believing in the one that G!D sends (has sent... is sending...
 | ||
|     has been sending... will send... on all of these things - G!D knows
 | ||
|     and I know not :-) ), and obeying G!D's commandments, and keeping
 | ||
|     them - those are righteousness, as written in the Quran).
 | ||
|     <br/><br/>
 | ||
|     Another book comes to mind: 
 | ||
|     <a href="https://www.amazon.com/13th-Disciple-Spiritual-Adventure/dp/0062241427">'The thirteenth disciple' 
 | ||
|     </a>
 | ||
|     or something 
 | ||
|     like that, from that same G!D-knows-what-he-she-they-is-and-I-know-not.
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I did that on the Internet. Chopra advises the reader to embrace
 | ||
|   optimism optimism as a way to focus on G!D and good things,
 | ||
|   to journey inward towards G!D. In the spirit of [G!D] and that
 | ||
|   advice [which G!D hath enabled me to received - how blessed He
 | ||
|   is! Glory be to G!D in the highest!],
 | ||
|   I list the things which G!D [hath] gave[n] me, with gratitude:
 | ||
| </br></br>
 | ||
|   Bingxiong's list of gifts from G!D, in His grace (which of course
 | ||
| is boundless. Still, attempt, yes. Effort. Striving. A pregnant word, some
 | ||
| say, 'striving'.)
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and music
 | ||
|   </li>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and potential to leave a legacy
 | ||
|   through fatherhood</li>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and intellectual stimulation and discussion</li>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and and poetry [haiku comes to mind]
 | ||
|   
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|     <i>from the writer: As Scripture has on record, 'At
 | ||
|       a time of day or night - G!D knows, and I know not.
 | ||
|       yes, G!D knows, and I know not whether it was
 | ||
|       day or night - before that hour of morning,
 | ||
|       when one could tell one from the other, came,
 | ||
|       man and woman, who were with each other,
 | ||
|       separated and went their own ways
 | ||
|     </i>
 | ||
|   </li>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and wisdom
 | ||
|   </li>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and technology
 | ||
|   </li>
 | ||
|   <li>Woman and community
 | ||
|   </li>
 | ||
|   
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| I was angry with G!D. I felt disappointed
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <i>from the writer: Praise be to G!D. I praise You,
 | ||
|   because you have shown lovingkindness. As Scriptures
 | ||
|   have on record, 'Your Father knows
 | ||
|   what you want before you even ask for it.'
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
| I felt disappointment and pain[,] when memories began
 | ||
| to surface from where they were locked away, such as the passing
 | ||
| away of my [']paternal grand-mother and grand-father['] [who gave care
 | ||
| to me, at G!D-knows-where-and-when-and-I-do-not point of my 
 | ||
| life].
 | ||
| <i>from the writer: forgot. forgot. have forgotten. praise be 
 | ||
|   to G!D, who keeps His word in truth, and rejoices when others rejoice.
 | ||
| </i>
 | ||
| </p>
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   It is the seventeenth day of the sixth month of the 106th year since
 | ||
|   G!D gave people the comfort of a nation to call their own, regardless
 | ||
|   of whether they honour G!D or not, or whether they seek Him, or
 | ||
|   seek to know Him, or not. <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Blessed is He who have enabled me to be literate in reading,
 | ||
|   computing, computer operation. Who? He who hath 
 | ||
|   enabled me to be among the Believers - even me,
 | ||
|   a worm and little one such as myself, 
 | ||
|   who stole food from shared fridges during a difficult time,
 | ||
|   despite an obvious argument for the case that 'Food theft
 | ||
|   is a crime' that G!D hath brought me to read at that time.
 | ||
|   What looked like a construction to ward away thieves. And
 | ||
|   which thief or theivess is more wicked and ungrateful than
 | ||
|   myself? Electronic letters subsequently promised expulsion 
 | ||
|   from the residence that I was at, or
 | ||
|   'demerit points' (which indicates how close you are from
 | ||
|   expulsion), if the person who executed the theft was found.
 | ||
|   A thing, that looked like a glass ball that was chopped in half
 | ||
|   and had its guts glued onto the ceiling of the kitchen that
 | ||
|   the shared fridge was in, did not and had not deterred me from
 | ||
|   stealing. <br/>
 | ||
|   I was hungry, and there was food. And, thought I to myself,
 | ||
|   'who is there to catch me?' And it was thrilling to see who
 | ||
|   could catch me while I was pinching bits of pastry away from 
 | ||
|   bags that I did not put into the (shared) fridge. <br/>
 | ||
|   And yet G!D hath seen it fit to keep my very soul under His
 | ||
|   care - and watch - so that a wicked theivess as despicable as
 | ||
|   myself may operate a computer to <strike>tell</strike>
 | ||
|   speak of His deeds in my life.
 | ||
|   For as Scripture says, 'Thou shalt not steal.' Yet G!D has
 | ||
|   seen it fit to keep me in His mercy instead of calling
 | ||
|   fire down from Heaven upon me at the moment of my theft, or
 | ||
|   causing the earth to open up and swallow me whole.
 | ||
|   (And He even summoned bits of my soul that I thought I had
 | ||
|   lost).
 | ||
|   And Scripture comes to mind: 'You were bought with a price'.
 | ||
|   So it seems fitting to sum up with a verse from the Bible that is
 | ||
|   related to the Anointed One, who died to pay for the wrongdoings
 | ||
|   of many against godliness and their very souls themselves.
 | ||
|   'The commandments "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," 
 | ||
|   "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and any other commandments, 
 | ||
|   are summed up in this one decree: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
 | ||
|   <a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/13-9.htm">
 | ||
|   (Romans 13:9) 
 | ||
|   </a> <br/>
 | ||
|   And at this point, G!D hath seen fit to remind or bring me
 | ||
|   to another verse:
 | ||
|   'Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love, 
 | ||
|   for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.' (Romans 13:8).
 | ||
|   <br/>
 | ||
|   So, if G!D is willing, I will offer - to <strike>sender of the electronic
 | ||
|   e-mail</strike>
 | ||
|   fellow creations of G!D who
 | ||
|   were associated to the shared fridge that 
 | ||
|   I have stolen from - whatever that G!D hath brought into my life, and given me
 | ||
|   freely. For as Scripture records, "'Freely you have received,' Jesus said.
 | ||
|   Now, freely give."
 | ||
|   (the 
 | ||
|   Anointed One called himself Son of Man, but Joseph named the
 | ||
|   Anointed One 'Jesus' upon the visit of an angel of G!D, who
 | ||
|   gave him instructions on what to name the new-born. And Joseph obeyed G!D.)
 | ||
|   So, with gladness and merriment will I contact whoever G!D brings me to, who
 | ||
|   are associated to that shared fridge, and give with as good a measure
 | ||
|   as G!D hath used in His gifts and mercy that He hath laid upon me. <br/>
 | ||
|   And indeed G!D hath given me a <strike>warning</strike>
 | ||
|   yoke when he revealed the following
 | ||
|   verses to me: 'He who has received much, much will be asked of him.'
 | ||
|   Further, He hath warned me about the hearts and minds of men:
 | ||
|   'Not many of you should become teachers, for we are judged more strictly
 | ||
|   than others. And we indeed make many mistakes. If a man has no fault,
 | ||
|   he would be a perfect man, in perfect control of his body, able to control
 | ||
|   his body in every way.' 
 | ||
|   <a href="http://biblehub.com/bsb/james/3.htm">
 | ||
|     (James 3:1-2)
 | ||
|     </a>
 | ||
| </p>
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   'Which is a more difficult creation? You or the Heavens?' (from the Quran)
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Praise be to the Most Merciful One, who is Oft-forgiving, and 
 | ||
|   the Accepting of repentance, and Compassionate <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   It is the eleventh day of the second month of the 105th year
 | ||
|   since Man built a city with G!D's help and provisions
 | ||
|   <br/>
 | ||
|   I went to a gathering of people today,
 | ||
|   where people talked about hearing voices,
 | ||
|   and their experiences. J, whom I met at the 
 | ||
|   meet-up, said that the people
 | ||
|   were sharing personal experiences,
 | ||
|   not giving advice,
 | ||
|   and that was a plus. <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   A [']Japanese woman['] talked about her
 | ||
|   experience of sexual abuse by her father,
 | ||
|   and her perspective on it: that it was 
 | ||
|   a dark side of her life which she accepted
 | ||
|   as a whole, together with the 'light'.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>Writer's note: she also shared that her marriage
 | ||
|     had... problems. Well, G!D knows truth, and I do not
 | ||
|     claim to be G!D
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I was surprised to discover that her story resonated with me. What 
 | ||
|   happened sexually [or spiritually] between my [']father['] and I,
 | ||
|   when I was a [younger] child? If something did happen, where is my 
 | ||
|   focus - is it on blaming my [']father['], or on reflecting on
 | ||
|   what is inside me<strike>,</strike> that is causing such an
 | ||
|   incident to be mirrored in the outside reality?
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   My body and feelings seem to remember, even though I do not.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I want the truth. Could it be that I could not bear it now?
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I feel discarded, like I was a dirty piece or towel. I feel
 | ||
|   jealous that my [']father['] is spending time with my [']brother['].
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>from the writer: Jesus said, 'You are the salt of the earth. But if salt
 | ||
|     loses its saltiness, who can make it salty again? It is no
 | ||
|     longer good for anything, except to be thrown away, or trampled upon.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Jesus (who called himself the Son of Man) said, 'I am the Life, the Truth
 | ||
|   and the Way.'
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Jesus said to a man, 'Come, please follow me.'
 | ||
|     </i>
 | ||
|   I remember that these feelings 
 | ||
|   <br/><br/><i>Jesus said, 'Can a blind man lead another blind man? Would
 | ||
|   they not soon fall into a ditch?'
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I remember that these feelings are a shadow of a concrete event
 | ||
|   from my past, and that there is a message or lesson to be learnt,
 | ||
|   that is beneath these feelings.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Oh, Father G!D, Abba, lift these feelings so that I can learn
 | ||
|   and <strike>learn</strike> and hear and listen! In the name of 
 | ||
|   Christ Jesus, I ask this. <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   How do I view my [']father[']? What aspects of him do I not like,
 | ||
|   and what do those reflect of myself? What I dislike about
 | ||
|   him can be found within me. He was ignorant. He is unsensitive,
 | ||
|   cowardly, indecisive, spineless, dull, quick-tempered, slow,
 | ||
|   boring and controlling. What does that say about me?
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>from the writer: Jesus, the Anointed One, died to reconcile 
 | ||
|     many to G!D, in one eternal sacrifice. One sacrifice for
 | ||
|     all eternity, in other words. (and it is divine in nature,
 | ||
|     a sacrifice the world cannot give.)<br/><br/>
 | ||
|     As Scriptures say, 'All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures
 | ||
|     of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can
 | ||
|     tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 
 | ||
|     With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, 
 | ||
|     who have been made in God’s likeness. 
 | ||
|     Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. 
 | ||
|     My brothers, this should not be! 
 | ||
|     Can both fresh water and bitter water flow from the same spring? 
 | ||
|     My brothers, can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine bear figs?
 | ||
|     Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. [on the Wisdom from Above]
 | ||
|     Who is wise and understanding among you?
 | ||
|     Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility
 | ||
|     that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy 
 | ||
|     and selfish ambition in your hearts, 
 | ||
|     do not boast in it or deny the truth. 
 | ||
|     Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly,
 | ||
|     unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition
 | ||
|     exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
 | ||
|     But the wisdom from above is first of all pure,
 | ||
|     then peace[-]able, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and
 | ||
|     good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in 
 | ||
|     peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
 | ||
|     <a href="http://biblehub.com/bsb/james/3.htm">
 | ||
|     (James 3:7-18, BSB)
 | ||
|        </a>
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   What kind of hurt or trauma or woundedness did I have, in the past, 
 | ||
|   that is lying stagnant now?
 | ||
| </p>
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   'Do not kill your children for fear of want, for
 | ||
|   the LORD G!D will provide.' (from the Bible)
 | ||
|   <br/>
 | ||
|   fifteenth day of the first month 
 | ||
|   of the 105th year
 | ||
|   since a nation was 
 | ||
|   given a worldly comfort by the LORD, it is.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>from the writer: Praise be to G!D, who daily
 | ||
|     loads or lays benefits upon us, even reconciliation
 | ||
|     to godliness or G!D: a reconciliation that
 | ||
|     no one of the world can give. For as 
 | ||
|     Scriptures say, human effort is nothing -
 | ||
|     futile.
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I went to a lecture on Operating-Systems today.
 | ||
|   I also went to a talk on what it feels like
 | ||
|   to be dealing with 'depression' and recovery
 | ||
|   [from it].
 | ||
|   
 | ||
| </p>
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   It is the fourteenth day of the first month
 | ||
|   of the 105th year since G!D let Man name a
 | ||
|   nation with a name that G!D taught Man
 | ||
|   instead of angels (whom G!D
 | ||
|   asked what the name was, and who said, 
 | ||
|   'Yes, G!D, we do not know', and who were 
 | ||
|   taught the name by Man when G!D commanded Man
 | ||
|   to teach them the name)
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Joanna A, my [']rehabilitation counsellor['], said
 | ||
|   yesterday that circumstances that cause stress
 | ||
|   can cause a [']relapse[']. She talked about
 | ||
|   warning signs of a [']relapse['], and actions to
 | ||
|   take during a [']relapse[']. The latter includes 
 | ||
|   calling her, or checking myself into 
 | ||
|   [']hospital[']. I find it ridiculous and
 | ||
|   counter-intuitive that when stress arises
 | ||
|   [or rises] you run away from the stress-causing
 | ||
|   factor, rather than find ways to cope
 | ||
|   with it, or de-stress, such as getting enough
 | ||
|   sleep, or exercising regularly, or
 | ||
|   talking to people in support groups or
 | ||
|   study groups for undergraduates.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>Praise be to G!D, who rescues us from
 | ||
|     the mouths of the wicked, as a good shepherd
 | ||
|     rescues his flocks from the mouths
 | ||
|     of shepherds that eat mutton (or lamb
 | ||
|     chops) and the fattest portions
 | ||
|     of fattened calves, and dress themselves
 | ||
|     in wool, instead of feeding or tending or caring
 | ||
|     to flocks. Oh, G!D says, too, that He will
 | ||
|     ask an account of those shepherds, or hold
 | ||
|     them responsible for what happened, and those
 | ||
|     shepherds will not eat again. He will judge
 | ||
|     between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep,
 | ||
|     G!D says. And this is in Scripture. G!D says
 | ||
|     He will care for His flocks Himself, and watch
 | ||
|     over them. And G!D is the Most Faithful
 | ||
|     to promises He makes. Thank you, Daddy :-)
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   How can I fight back at [']schizophrenia[']?
 | ||
|   This is in contrast to improving the quality
 | ||
|   of life while coping with [']schizophrenia[']
 | ||
|   
 | ||
|   <br><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>from the writer: Ha-ha-ha (laughing).
 | ||
|     There is a card that has the name of
 | ||
|     'Schizophrenia' in the Tarot card deck.
 | ||
|     And G!D hath brought me to a person who
 | ||
|     had a Tarot card deck, and G!D hath brought
 | ||
|     me to draw the 'Schizophrenia' card with
 | ||
|     His will, which is sovereign (over all), 
 | ||
|     for who is better at planning than He?
 | ||
|     So, out of curiosity, what does so-called
 | ||
|     knowledge of so-called schizophrenia
 | ||
|     have to do with godliness? Does not the Bible
 | ||
|     have on record, 'Turn away from godless
 | ||
|     chatter, and those who have opposing ideas
 | ||
|     with their so-called knowledge, or 
 | ||
|     false knowledge?' For who knows more than G!D?
 | ||
|     'Who among you can tell what will happen
 | ||
|     tomorrow? Come, step forward, let us gather
 | ||
|     and argue the case. Gather you your fortune-
 | ||
|     tellers and diviners.' (from Scriptures).
 | ||
|   </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   
 | ||
|   [How can I fight back at [']schizophrenia[']?
 | ||
|   This is in contrast to improving the quality
 | ||
|   of life while coping with [']schizophrenia[']]
 | ||
|   The former is pro-active, while the latter
 | ||
|   has a passive and sad quality to it, as if it is
 | ||
|   a declaration that the battle is over.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   What do we, those of us with 'schizophrenia',
 | ||
|   come
 | ||
|   in, in this battle? Where do I come in?
 | ||
|   Oh, Father, help us to be more like Jesus,
 | ||
|   who is always available to the marginalised
 | ||
|   in society, and who does not seek praise: Lord,
 | ||
|   you said, 'My Father is greater than I'. You are
 | ||
|   humble, Lord. Draw me closer to you, Lord
 | ||
|   Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ[,] amen.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   <i>from the writer: I cried out to Jehovah,
 | ||
|     the blessed Father who rules the Universe,
 | ||
|     and whose name is hallowed, and He heard me
 | ||
|     and listened. Even me, a wicked, ungrateful
 | ||
|     thievess and a prostitute with a lowly heart,
 | ||
|     and poor spirit - a worm! - even me.
 | ||
|     The song 'Amazing grace' comes to mind:
 | ||
|     Amazing grace / How sweet the sound / that saved
 | ||
|     a wretch like me / I once was lost /
 | ||
|     But now am found / [da-da-da-da-da]. Sing like
 | ||
|     never before, o my soul / 
 | ||
|     praise His holy name.<br/>
 | ||
|     G!D hath no begotten son. And G!D hath no
 | ||
|     beings attached. Abraham laid the foundation
 | ||
|     of the house when he cried out to G!D: 'Our
 | ||
|     Lord! Save
 | ||
|     me and my descendants from idol worshippers!' (from
 | ||
|     the Quran) <br/>
 | ||
|     Praise be to G!D, who brings every kind
 | ||
|     of fruit in boundless measure: houses I did
 | ||
|     not build, fruits that I did not sow seeds of.
 | ||
|     Wow.
 | ||
|     </i>
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|            Someone else, who is wiser than myself,
 | ||
|   said that we need to pray as if it depends on G!D,
 | ||
|   and work as if it depends on us.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   Go home, my people,
 | ||
|     and lock your doors!
 | ||
| Hide yourselves for a little while
 | ||
|     until the Lord’s anger has passed.
 | ||
|  Look! The Lord is coming from heaven
 | ||
|     to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
 | ||
| The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
 | ||
|     They will be brought out for all to see.
 | ||
|   <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+26%3A20-21&version=NLT">
 | ||
|   (Isaiah 26:20-21, New Living Translation)
 | ||
|   </a>
 | ||
| </p>
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   It is the thirteenth day of the first month
 | ||
|   of the 105th year since a nation's prayer was heard
 | ||
|   by the LORD, who heard it, and answered it.
 | ||
|   <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I went to a family therapist today. Christopher
 | ||
|   L was good at putting my [']father['] into a
 | ||
|   positive, compassionate, [and] knowledgable
 | ||
|   light. I was surprised that my father
 | ||
|   was aware of some of the dynamic[s] between
 | ||
|   my [']siblings['] and myself. <br/><br/>
 | ||
|   I feel the pressure to make every pocket of
 | ||
|   time count. It is as if I'm on a giant rolling
 | ||
|   ball, running to keep my balance. It's exciting
 | ||
|   to me, at this point, when the semester begins.
 | ||
| </p>
 | ||
| <p>
 | ||
|   It is an hour that G!D knows, and I do not know.
 | ||
|   Yes, G!D knows, and I do not know.
 | ||
| </p>
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| <p>
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|   Dear Diary,
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|   How are you? May peace be with you, in the name
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|   of the Lord, Christ Jesus. <br/>
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|                                  <br/>
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   <i>from the writer: "They say to themselves:
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|     'Shall I do a detestable thing, and worship
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|     a block of wood (or glass or
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|     plastic or metal which may
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|     or may not
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|     happen to be burning my eyes)?'" (from Scriptures)
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|   </i>
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   It is raining as I write to you: The Almighty
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|   releases water from the sky and how wonderful it
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|   is to not know when it will
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|   cease!
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|   
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   When will I run out of things to say to you, Diary?
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|   I do not know when G!d wil take me
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|   to meet Christ Jesus [who died on a tree]
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|   in Heaven; I smile.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   A splotch of co-lour / <br/><br/>
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|   Al-mighty brush on canvas / <br/><br/>
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|   I am His wit-ness
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| </p>
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| <p><strike>Do you know of the yoke
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|   that</strike></p>
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| <p>
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|   Have you heard of the yoke which the apostles
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|   issued at Jerusalem - Paul, Peter and Barnabas?
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|   The rules are as follows: (there are three)
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|   <ol>
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|     <li>Do not eat b;ood
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|     </li>
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|     <li>Do not the meat
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|       of strangled animals
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|       or food offered to idols (this
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|       is unclean food)
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|     </li>
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|     <li>Do not take a <strike>
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|       prohited</strike>hand 
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|       of someone else, figuratively,
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|       in a prohibited marriage
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|     </li>
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| </ol>
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   <i>From the writer: G!D is telling me
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|     'hold fast to the rope that G!D extends
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|     to you, remembering with
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|     gratitude how you were on the brink 
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|     of Fire, and how G!D rescued you
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|     from it, and how ye were enemies
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|     whose hearts G!D hath turned to
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|     Him, and so made you kin: brethren:
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|     brothers and sisters: family.'
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|   </i>
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   How did you feel about that?
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| </p>
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| <p>When the community heard
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|   about that from the apostles,
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|   the people were encouraged and delighted,
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|   for they were on the brink of 
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|   circumcision!
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   The yellow bird flew / <br/>
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|   past as I rolled and slid /<br/>
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|   the gar-den out-side
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|   
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   Ta, (until next time) Diary!
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   Unknown mark
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   It is the thirtieth day of the tenth month of the 105th year since aliens
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|   were freed from oppression in a land that produces green grapes, with the help
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|   of G!D, who reminds these aliens not to oppress other aliens among them, since
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|   they know what it is like to be oppressed, in the land that produces green grapes,
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|   themselves.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   Dead tree, 
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| </p>
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| <p><i>
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|   from the writer: 'When they say, prophet, "Give us a sign!" say this, O prophet, "
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|   the signs are for G!D, who is Lord of lords, 
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|   Ruler of the Universe, the Almighty One,
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|   to reveal to those whom He chooses. And G!D reveals the Unseen in stages.' (from Scriptures
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|   that some call 'the Quran'). And G!D is the All-knowing, All-seeing
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|   and All-hearing, who knows the hearts and minds of men.. women... people
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|   who may or may not have a spiritual life in them, according to the will
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|   of G!D.
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|   </i>
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| </p>
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| <p>Dead tree, how old were you when you died? [what's your name?]
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|   Do [Oh] you have children? who were your parents? Who killed you?
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|   Or was it a natural death?
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| </p>
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| <p>Very little makes sense in my world, dead tree.
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| </p>
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| <p>Some part of me is thinking [or thinkin' or think'n]
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|   what to do with your killer, if you were killed. Another part of
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|   me accepts that this small mind is unable to understand everything
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|   everything about you and your death.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   I'm sighing. If people do kill trees, why
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|   do they do it? And how can they be stopped from
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|   doing so?
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|     </p>
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| <p>My Zen teacher [who is practising the Sanbo tradition of
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|   the Zen traditions, which may (or may not)
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|   have a tradition that is unknown to me, (why
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|   do I say that?
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|   I am not a man of great wisdom. How can I know
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|   whether there is a tradition that is being
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|   practised or not, or is Zen or not?)
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|   that include the Soto tradition and the Rinzai tradition.
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|   And G!D knows what is Zen, and I do not know. Yes,
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|   G!D knows, and I do not know.
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| </p>
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| <p><i>from the writer: 'Interestingly enough,
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|   it is a known saying among those who are related or
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|   associated to Zen, that the student that is just
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|   as bright as the teacher can pass down, or impart,
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|   fifty percent (that is, half of a whole thing. half
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|   of a thing that is whole
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|   ) of what
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|   the teacher teaches. The student has to be brighter
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|   than the teacher, for what the teacher is passing down 
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|   through the student to be passed down in full.' (laughing.
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|   huk-huk-huk-hur-herk) <br/>
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|   Jesus (who called himself the Son of Man) said, 'Truly,
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|   truly, I tell you, those who believe in Me shall
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|   do the same works as I, and even those greater than
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|   these.' :-)
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|   (as has been recorded in Scriptures)
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|   </i>
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| </p>
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| <p>My [']Zen['] [']teacher['] would tell me to count my breath.
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| If I have time for these thoughts, I'm not spending all I have
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|   on counting my breath, according to him.
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| </p>
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| <p><i>
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|   from the writer: "As it is written, in Scriptures: 'Men love
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|   to be called 'teacher', 'Rabbi', 'Leader', 'Instructor', 'sensei',
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|   'Pastor', and so on and so forth, but- (greeted in market-places,
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|   they love to be, too. And given the best seats in public, love they.
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|   And honourable places in synagogues or places where hierarchy or
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|   a so-called 'chain of command' or an authority or power
 | ||
|   distribution is obvious. Or just to have their 'name' displayed before the world,
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|   they love. Or ranking. Or display of their so-called 'level of power' or
 | ||
|   'power level' or place among rank and file.) But, you: do not desire
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|   to be called 'Rabbi', 'Instructor', 'Alpha' or 'Omega' or so on and so
 | ||
|   forth, because you have only one Instructor or Teacher, and that is the
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|   Christ, the one who has the Name. And all of you are brethren, or
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|   kin, or brothers and sisters. (And there is only one Alpha, and only
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|   one Omega.
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|   Who is He? As it is written in Scriptures, the LORD G!D says, 'I am the First
 | ||
|   and the Last. I am the Alpha and the Omega. Who then is like me? Who was
 | ||
|   with me when I created the Heavens, or separated land from sea, with Wisdom?
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|   Is there one who is like me? No, I know no other Rock. I know no other Stone.
 | ||
|   I know no other god.' LORD G!D saying, 'Who among you can tell what will happen tomorrow?
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|   Gather your diviners and tea-leaf-readers and fortune-tellers and palm-readers,
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|   and let us sit and argue the case.'" </i>
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| </p>
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| <p>
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|   I'm idling.
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