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What does it mean?
Embracing the universe with love is an experience of God.
In plain terms
When you love everything around you, you feel God.
What can you take from it?
Love the world openly to connect with the divine.

Where it applies

  • nature immersion
  • feeling isolated
  • spiritual longing

Putting it to work

  • practice open arms meditation
  • engage with community
  • appreciate art

Questions to consider

  • When did you last feel this way?
  • What stops you from embracing the world?

Another view

It romanticizes connection without addressing real conflicts in the world.

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  3. Both the forces of good and evil will keep the universe alive for us, until we awake from our dreams and give up this building of mud pies.

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