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Vol. 14, The Smiling Forehead
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Points of View held by Spiritual Persons
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A Pity
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Vol. 14, The Smiling Forehead
Points of View held by Spiritual Persons
A Pity
Then there is still another point of view of the spiritual soul, and that is that humanity is to be pitied. - The wrongdoer must be pitied for his doing wrong, and
- the welldoer must be pitied because he does not know how to do better.
- The foolish one must be pitied because he does not understand better, and
- the clever one must be pitied because he is not wiser.
The spiritual soul thinks that humanity is a process of development of the lower creation, that all that exists in the lower creation is to be found in humanity -- passion, anger, wrath, spite, vengeance -- and that everyone does not only cause harm to others, but also to himself. One can only enjoy life when one has got rid of all these things and does not harm others by his character.
Therefore the one who has this point-of-view, instead of concerning himself with others, concerns himself with his own being and tries to make himself free of all these things in order to experience the joy that comes from it, proving to the world the teaching of harmlessness.
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