But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything. what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.

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The source of all evil is pride. The entirety of our wickedness has its roots in the delusion that we are separate from God, and we must therefore begin to think and act as if we were not. It is the pride that separates us from God and keeps us earthbound. Our ego, which we use to think that we are separate from God, always whispers to us, “I am better than you,” and it is this lie that keeps us from knowing the true love of God.

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