Simplified, and according to me, that explains resist not evil, which, when applied, is the how-to in learning to tame the ego-victory mind with its negative attacks.
That brings to mind the I-wish-it-wasn't-true line, what we see is always ourselves (from I forget what book but it was a goodie). Speaking of a goodie, there's always the Sermon on the Mount with its warning about seeing the mote in his eye and seeing not the beam in your own...and how different is that from today's favorite, if you can spot it, you got it?
All these very well-known quotes are guides for taming our attack mind and "quietly moving to the side and doing it better." I have to laugh as I recognize how easily and eagerly we advise others of their need to use these guides, yet we break no records in applying them to our own self.
The lesson for me boils down to: Cling not to self-determined objectives, seek always still more spiritual growth...move to the side away from the ego, turn within to the Father who doeth the works.
What we're learning is how to change the system...i.e., our own thinking. Then, and only then, can we say without lying: All our troubles, Lord, soon be over.
To which Lucy wonders, "How soon is soon?"
Thank you.
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