stage of such growth brings a different conception of God to your mind . And so, God simply represents the ethical state or the state of spiritual attainment of the person who has conceived that god. Now you tell me, what’s the level of spiritual evolution of someone who says that the god he has created is a jealous god who commands you to destroy the gods of other people?’ This flew over my head. I could barely understand his words. I looked at his face blankly. He understood that I hadn’t understood, and said, ‘See, I believed that the essence of all religions is the same, the language in
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