The Intellectualized Jungle

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Further, “Mankind (with its laws, ceremonies, customs, conventions and public opinion, indeed, even with its religious views) is infiltrated to a great extent with false notions and authorized violations of the real Truth (and the law of love based on this)”. As a result, such substantial bending of the Laws of Life massively contributes to the expansion of mental ‘disorder’ in the ‘Intellectualized Jungle’. On the other side, any observance of the Cosmic Laws naturally irritates surrounding, even confronts the dearest bound by traditions and local customs, and mental fashion trends. For instance, the insistence on regular burial in Will, instead of cremation can produce conflicts with ripple effects. “These traditions are in turn based on

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