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I may love my neighbor as myself. But if my love for myself is limited, sentimental and conditional, then my love for others can turn out to be also very limited, and thus of questionable value. But if I rise to the level where I love as Christ loves, from the higher Self or Soul level, then that is a new expression of love indeed, at least for most persons.

— Howard Ray Carey The Joy of Christ's Coming: From Traditional Religion To Ageless Wisdom (1988)

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Some of us dare to believe that He is about to show His face to the whole world, and that again it is to be an occurrence to usher in joy, hope and peace. Even away back in the New Testament we have assurances to this effect...

The Joy of Christ's Coming: From Traditional Religion To Ageless Wisdom (1988)

This emphasis on sharing, justice, brotherhood, and love is like a powerful refrain, running through His appeal to us, and pointing up another facet of our unique opportunity, another facet of the diamond of our joy, as we begin now to share, and to make known His requirements of sharing, justice, brotherhood and love.

The Joy of Christ's Coming: From Traditional Religion To Ageless Wisdom (1988)

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