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Antagonism Can Only Lead to Mutual Destruction

October 20, 2023
Antagonism Can Only Lead to Mutual Destruction

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People operating at the ego level go to war out of love—whether it is love of family, country, land, treasure, conquest, or glory. But only lovers of God—who have realized God in all beings and therefore cannot hate anyone or act with aggression or violence toward anyone—can bring peace to the world. To love God is to love your Self. This love transcends all worlds. It is now the will of God to bring complete peace by returning all souls to their Source in the Unmanifest Supreme Reality.

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Namaste,

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