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What does it mean?
Loving truth is the closest humans can get to experiencing the divine.
In plain terms
Loving truth brings you close to God.
What can you take from it?
Seek truth to connect with the divine.

Where it applies

  • personal growth
  • spiritual practice
  • ethics

Putting it to work

  • prioritize honesty
  • study truth

Questions to consider

  • What truth do you love?
  • How does truth connect you?

Another view

Definitions of truth vary across cultures.

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