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When we worry about things we can&#8217;t control, we&#8217;re not actually doing anything to fix the problem. We&#8217;re just making ourselves more upset.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to focus on the things we can control. We can control our own actions and our own thoughts. We can&#8217;t control everything, but we can control how we react to the things that happen to us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If we focus on the things we can&#8217;t control, we&#8217;ll never be happy. We&#8217;ll always be anxious and stressed. 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background-color: #ffffff;color: #000;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Discomfort Is The Price Of Admission<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To A Meaningful Life<\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 1px; border: none;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8B6e2ca2_qw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8B6e2ca2_qw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-002bfcb\" data-id=\"002bfcb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67d85e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67d85e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb8a67d\" data-id=\"fb8a67d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09525b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-share\" data-id=\"09525b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-share.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t<ul class=\"ekit_socialshare\">\n                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-5ae6cbb\" data-social=\"facebook\">\n                    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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b47084\" data-id=\"2b47084\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea5716a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea5716a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55bc6fd\" data-id=\"55bc6fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-921ebec\" data-id=\"921ebec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e89a88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e89a88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teevens.cindy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/E2KckHyVoAY0Kde?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a2dd04\" data-id=\"0a2dd04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a378cb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a378cb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12f21ed\" data-id=\"12f21ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c86378c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c86378c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #fff;\">\n\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">RANT WARNING!<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px 10% 5px 10%; text-align: left;\">\n\nThere is a terrible trap of an idea that many modern, popular, *leading* spiritual teachers have set for you.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nThey have elevated suffering to some sort of spiritual heroism.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nYou must suffer, they say, otherwise you would have no character, compassion, or humility.Worse, they say that you *need* suffering to crack the ego.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nI am sorry you\u2019ve heard and possibly accepted this falsehood.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nSuffering is a symptom, not a cause\u2014and not a solution!\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nSuffering is NOT necessary.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nWisdom only strikes where and when suffering stops.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nIt is the end of suffering that ends suffering, not suffering that needs suffering to stop suffering. This is nonsense.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nAll of these teachers (if they actually attained peace) FIRST stopped suffering, THEN had access to wisdom\u2014and not before.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nSuffering is a stupid, ignorant and limited state.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nIt&#8217;s in the cracks between suffering that wisdom shines.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nSuffering is never necessary, and is an action that you don\u2019t have to take.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">You are already free.<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">So free that you can suffer. And so free that you can simply stop doing it.<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teevens.cindy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #fff; text-align: center; font-size: 17pt;\">Cindy Teevens<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8fbb91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8fbb91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1da1a01\" data-id=\"1da1a01\" 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rel=\"noopener\">Empathy, Group Identity, and the Mechanisms of Exclusion<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cad7c19\" data-id=\"cad7c19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e86f20c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e86f20c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-350afd0\" data-id=\"350afd0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df88e13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df88e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/38296434\/Empathy_Group_Identity_and_the_Mechanisms_of_Exclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empathy, Group Identity, and the Mechanisms of Exclusion<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p>Group Identity\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 17px; background-color: transparent;\">1.4 Dissociation of Empathy: the Mechanisms\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px; background-color: transparent;\">of Exclusion<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0The genocides of the twentieth century, by which I mean the mass murders of the Armenians, Jews, Tutsi, Bosnians and others, despite all differences regarding their causes, conditions and extent, had one fundamental common feature: the genocide was preceded by an exclusion of an ethnic or religious group within the respective society. This exclusion was implemented, on the one hand, through a definition and radical separation of a \u201cthey-group\u201d from the \u201cwe-group\u201d; on the other hand, through an objectification and degradation by which the members of the excluded group were refused their recognition as persons and even denied their humanness. These excluding, depersonalizing and dehumanizing ideologies and policies were also able to neutralize or suspend basic empathetic feelings in the perpetrators toward their fellow humans.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-648ff56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"648ff56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eeff48\" data-id=\"6eeff48\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6856f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6856f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600;\">In a widely respected study entitled \u201cOrdinary men: reserve police battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland\u201d, Browning (2001) has analyzed a piece of history of the Nazi genocide, namely the mass execution of Polish Jews by the Hamburg police battalion 101. It consisted of reservists, many ordinary family men, no fanatic Nazis, who in 1942\/43 killed 38,000 Jews, men, women and children A peculiar feature was that at the beginning of the executions the policemen were explicitly given the choice whether to take part in the killings or not. Very few refrained and subsequently were not punished in any way.\u00a0 As Browning writes: The fundamental problem is to explain why ordinary men\u2014shaped by a culture that had its own peculiarities but was nonetheless within the mainstream of western Christian, and Enlightenment traditions\u2014 under specific circumstances willingly carried out the most extreme genocide in human history (Browning 2001, p.\u00a0222).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/38296434\/Empathy_Group_Identity_and_the_Mechanisms_of_Exclusion?auto=download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empathy, Group Identity, and the Mechanisms of Exclusion<\/a><\/p><hr style=\"color: #919090; background-color: #919090; height: 1px; border: none;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da41c31 elementor-section-boxed 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color: #666699;\">They become like shadows that we don&#8217;t even realize are there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the fascinating part &#8211; our psyche is actually trying to protect us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we can&#8217;t bear to hold certain feelings or beliefs about ourselves, our system\u00a0<strong>&#8220;outsources&#8221; them onto others<\/strong>. It&#8217;s much easier to see these qualities in someone else than to face them in our own inner world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This creates what we might call &#8220;psychological blind spots&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; we genuinely aren&#8217;t aware we&#8217;re doing this because the parts doing the projecting are themselves unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>The process is almost like our internal parts are constantly asking:\u00a0<strong>*&#8221;How can I keep this person safe from pain?&#8221;*\u00a0<\/strong>And sometimes their answer is:\u00a0<strong>*&#8221;By making sure they see the problem as &#8216;out there&#8217; rather than &#8216;in here.'&#8221;*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is where the beautiful work of making unconscious beliefs more conscious comes in &#8211; as mentioned in approaches like Coherence Therapy. When we develop what we might call a &#8220;harmony mindset&#8221; rooted in empathy, we begin to question our automatic judgments.<\/p>\n<p>We start asking ourselves: *&#8221;What am I protecting myself from seeing? What part of me is being triggered right now?&#8221;* Carl Rogers&#8217; concept of active listening becomes crucial here &#8211;\u00a0<strong>when we truly listen to others (and ourselves) with curiosity rather than judgment<\/strong>, we often\u00a0<strong>catch glimpses<\/strong>\u00a0of these projections.<\/p>\n<p>The key is approaching both our inner experience and others&#8217; with\u00a0<strong>genuine compassion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>The good news?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every time we recognize this pattern, we&#8217;re reclaiming our projection and bringing it back into our own system where it can be<strong>\u00a0witnessed, understood, and eventually unburdened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like taking back borrowed energy that was never ours to carry in the first place.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now?ns_url=xou3tk&amp;mid=935&amp;fch=b98cb814\" 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6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px;text-align: center;border: thin solid gray;margin: 1px;line-height: 200%;font-weight: 550;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 120%;padding: 3%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">..::\u201d Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact <br \/>One and the same.\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">~Marshall Rosenberg<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 600;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"Slide 2 of 6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px;text-align: center;border: thin solid gray;margin: 1px;line-height: 200%;font-weight: 550;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 120%;padding: 3%\"><br \/>\n<p>\u201cNothing is more despicable than <br \/>respect based on domination.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">~ Albert Camus<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-weight: 600;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"Slide 3 of 6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px;text-align: center;border: thin solid gray;margin: 1px;line-height: 200%;font-weight: 550;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 120%;padding: 3%\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">&#8220;The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the seed of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is already dead. <\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">~Albert Einstein\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"Slide 4 of 6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px;text-align: center;border: thin solid gray;margin: 1px;line-height: 200%;font-weight: 550;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 120%;padding: 3%\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">..::&#8221;For me, the Jewish religion, like all others, is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions&#8230; And the Jewish people have no different quality for me than all other people&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">~ Albert Einstein<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"Slide 5 of 6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px;text-align: center;border: thin solid gray;margin: 1px;line-height: 200%;font-weight: 550;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 120%;padding: 3%\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Einstein viewed the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/ego-fabricated-identity\/\">cult of individuals<\/a>&#8221; as unjustified and often in bad taste, noting that it was unfair to select a few for &#8220;boundless admiration&#8221; while ignoring everyone else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt\">(He explicitly stated he could not see anything &#8220;chosen&#8221;<br \/>about Jewish people)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"Slide 6 of 6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-info-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px;text-align: center;border: thin solid green;margin: 1px;line-height: 200%;font-weight: 550;background-color: #fff;color: #000;font-size: 120%;padding: 3%\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u201dRefusing humility traps you in delusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">~People will convince themselves they are fighting you&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">~while being blind to the fact that it was never actually about you&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">~it has actually been a one-sided beef with their Creator all along.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">~This is why we say, \u201cDon\u2019t kill the messenger <span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u2661<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Poetess+gina+n%C3%A4uman+%E2%80%A2+%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7+%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86+%40entertheunseen&amp;oq=Poetess+gina+n%C3%A4uman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poetess Gina N\u00e4uman \u2022 \u062c\u06cc\u0646\u0627 \u0646\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0646 @EnterTheUnseen<\/a><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;letter-spacing: 0.2px\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-screen-only\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\" id=\"pp-info-box-carousel-status-a4430c4\">Showing Slide 1 of 6<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-a4430c4\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-slider-arrow elementor-swiper-button-prev swiper-button-prev-a4430c4\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-slider-arrow elementor-swiper-button-next swiper-button-next-a4430c4\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next slide\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c4d59c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c4d59c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab29aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ab29aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86585b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"86585b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f6ccb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28f6ccb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b5d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"05b5d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid gray; margin: 1px; line-height: 200%; font-weight: 550; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 120%; padding: 3%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">\"The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the seed of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is already dead. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">~Albert Einstein\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid gray; margin: 1px; line-height: 200%; font-weight: 550; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 120%; padding: 3%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">..::\"For me, the Jewish religion, like all others, is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions... And the Jewish people have no different quality for me than all other people\".\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">~ Albert Einstein<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 550; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid gray; margin: 1px; line-height: 200%; font-weight: 550; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 120%; padding: 3%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">Einstein viewed the \"<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/ego-fabricated-identity\/\">cult of individuals<\/a>\" as unjustified and often in bad taste, noting that it was unfair to select a few for \"boundless admiration\" while ignoring everyone else.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">(He explicitly stated he could not see anything \"chosen\"<br \/>\nabout Jewish people)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 11pt;\">\n<div style=\"width: 11%; margin: 0 auto; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid green; margin: 1px; line-height: 200%; font-weight: 550; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 120%; padding: 3%;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u201dRefusing humility traps you in delusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~People will convince themselves they are fighting you...<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~while being blind to the fact that it was never actually about you...<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~it has actually been a one-sided beef with their Creator all along.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~This is why we say, \u201cDon\u2019t kill the messenger <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">\u2661<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Poetess+gina+n%C3%A4uman+%E2%80%A2+%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7+%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86+%40entertheunseen&amp;oq=Poetess+gina+n%C3%A4uman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poetess Gina N\u00e4uman \u2022 \u062c\u06cc\u0646\u0627 \u0646\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0646 @EnterTheUnseen<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 550; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid gray; margin: 1px; line-height: 200%; font-weight: 550; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 120%; padding: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">..::\u201d Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact <br \/>\nOne and the same.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~Marshall Rosenberg<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 550; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; text-align: center; border: thin solid gray; margin: 1px; line-height: 200%; font-weight: 550; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 120%; padding: 3%;\">\n<p>\u201cNothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">~ Albert Camus<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 550; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf3a<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9749cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid black; margin: 1px; line-height: 180%; font-weight: 500; background-color: #fff; color: #000000; font-size: 120%; text-align: center; padding: 2%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@emmasworld.101\/post\/DYuomwbDA7w?xmt=AQG0VQ6ydd4z6ogUbmw_WNyzWtYFWUany_gBDQoTzdEtaVo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EmmasWorld.101<\/a><br \/>\nWhat\u2019s #memoricide ?<br \/>\nIt\u2019s time to save our stories, our history, our truth.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/emmasworld.101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#emmaswords #wordsmatter<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cb3c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2cb3c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a765c0e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a765c0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deeda7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-pp-twitter-tweet\" data-id=\"deeda7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pp-twitter-tweet.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\" data-align=\"center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\" data-align=\"center\" data-lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BladeoftheS\/status\/2059654551146258591\/\">View post on X<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4355747 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4355747\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da95f37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"da95f37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db14f49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db14f49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/darvo-101\/\">DARVO = DoubleSpeak<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcd8396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pp-twitter-tweet\" data-id=\"dcd8396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pp-twitter-tweet.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\" data-align=\"center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\" data-align=\"center\" data-lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zeteo_news\/status\/2059685439506616688\">View post on X<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de0a32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4de0a32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d5608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24d5608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/darvo-101\/\">DARVO = Domination<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a4a43b elementor-widget elementor-widget-embedpres_elementor\" data-id=\"1a4a43b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"embedpres_elementor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-elements-wrapper  \" id=\"ep-elements-id-1a4a43b\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-1a4a43b\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1a4a43b\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tep-google-photos-\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-show-title=\"yes\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-1a4a43b\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1a4a43b\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose-facebook ose-uid-d00cfa72a172893d4775fa3767d34453 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:414px; height:631px; max-height:631px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Facebook\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v27.0\"><\/script><div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/3223319171185947\" data-width=\"414\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8282c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa8282c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb091f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb091f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Domination+leads+to+Ritual+Sacrifice&amp;oq=Domination+leads+to+Ritual+Sacrifice&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTExNTI1ajBqN6gCCLACAfEFYnNw_NzOQcLxBWJzcPzczkHC&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domination becomes Ritual Sacrifice<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3bae88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pp-twitter-tweet\" data-id=\"a3bae88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pp-twitter-tweet.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\" data-align=\"center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\" data-align=\"center\" data-lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BladeoftheS\/status\/2059654551146258591\/\">View post on X<\/a><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b35e5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b35e5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7092fca elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7092fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2188ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d2188ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d54688 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d54688\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b57340f elementor-widget elementor-widget-embedpres_elementor\" data-id=\"b57340f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"embedpres_elementor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-elements-wrapper  \" id=\"ep-elements-id-b57340f\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-b57340f\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"b57340f\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tep-google-photos-\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-show-title=\"yes\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-b57340f\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"b57340f\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose- ose-uid-2be91b6e01ee508b6f075901827c1e01 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"document_\/photo\/\"><iframe allowFullScreen=\"true\" class=\"embera-facebook-iframe-f75f7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto%2F%3Ffbid%3D2109184602984901%26%23038%3Bset%3Da.1823239361579428&width=600&height=550&show_text=true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f476c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51f476c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb3712 elementor-widget elementor-widget-embedpres_elementor\" data-id=\"fcb3712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"embedpres_elementor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-elements-wrapper  \" id=\"ep-elements-id-fcb3712\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-fcb3712\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fcb3712\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tep-google-photos-\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-show-title=\"yes\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-fcb3712\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fcb3712\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-5ea3a0ffb9dc5ad1a03fb3b6ad341816 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-yica6QtOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e1a73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f6e1a73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c544044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c544044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=2109184602984901&amp;set=a.1823239361579428&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x10flsy6 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1tu3fi x3x7a5m x1nxh6w3 x1sibtaa x1s688f xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">Brad Blinstrub <\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 &#8221; <\/span>Amen. What we are seeing is the march of the Khazars. A disaster renamed Israel.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daeeaca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"daeeaca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d478cf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d478cf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@entertheunseen\/post\/DZDysSMDgij\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EnterTheUnseen<\/a> &#8221; If you truly understand the bridge between Spirit &amp; psyche, you\u2019d NEVER condone forcing religious beliefs on others &amp;\/or disempowering people\u2019s spiritual decision making. 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