[Jesus] teaches that just as the sun gives light to both wicked and good, and the rain brings … - Stephen Mitchell

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We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.

Stephen Mitchell

[Jesus] teaches that just as the sun gives light to both wicked and good, and the rain brings nourishment to righteous and unrighteous, God's compassion embraces all people. There are no pre-conditions for it, nothing we need to do first, nothing we have to believe. When we are ready to receive it, it is already there. And the more we live in its presence, the more effortlessly if flows through us, until we find that we no longer need external rules or Bibles or Messiahs.

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