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Post by Rogier van Vlissingen on Apr 11, 2007 20:17:21 GMT -5
P/GoTh:
quote They showed J a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman Emperor's people demand taxes from us." He said to them, "Give the Roman Emperor what belongs to the Emperor. Give God what belongs to God." unquote
Content: This in the parlance of the day is the recipe against what the Course would later call level confusion. And it highlights the ego's strong tendency to always want to apply things on the physical plane, which is the reason why Jesus' teachings were constantly misunderstood. So in the world you do what everybody does, and you do not confuse the world with the realm of the spirit.
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