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Nonviolence
This book seemed incomplete without acknowledging the confluence of spirituality and EQ in the behavior of nonviolence. It is the preferred path of most, but not all, spiritual sources. My own beliefs and values lean toward nonviolence, yet I support violence in some cases, such as in the struggle to defeat Hitler and the Axis powers during WWII, or if someone I love is being physically assaulted. But that is enough about me. I will let the following spiritual sources speak for themselves on this topic:
The root of violence is the illusion of separation—from God, from being one with oneself and everything else, and from Being Itself. When we don’t know how to consciously live out of union (which is called love), we resort to ...
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