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Becoming Nothing to Birth Everything: The Hidden Power of the 4th Commandment

Becoming Nothing to Birth Everything: The Hidden Power of the 4th Commandment

If we start with morality, we end up with idols.

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It is curious that the 4th Commandment — remember the Sabbath day — is placed roughly in the middle of the Decalogue. When you look at the 10 Commandments as a whole, the Sabbath roughly marks the middle between the first half which has nothing to do with morality, and the second half which has everything to do with morality.

In other words, morality is …

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