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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.

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Everything above and below is one unity.
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Above Below Unity
From every human being there rises a light.
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Being There Humans Light
As man acts, God reacts.
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Act God Man React
The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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Manifestation Men Revelation
We should learn and reflect to the best of our capacity, but when we reach a point where we are unable to make sense of life, we should supplant faith for understanding, and reflect again on what we do know.
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Capacity Should Understanding
Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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Loses Losing Yourself
When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
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Father Son Taken
I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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Doors Going Out
For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
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Accomplishment Common Understanding
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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Curriculum Self Esteem Unique
The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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Aspect Feelings Worship
A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Clean Guilty May
Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Bars Light Wall
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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Feelings Gratitude World
Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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Heaven Stories Thrones
To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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Dirty Friend Hesitate

Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.

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