By Megan Anderson — 2019
TIO “sat” down via Zoom with renowned spiritual theologian Matthew Fox . . . and Lama Tsomo . . . to talk about compassion and the role it plays in our world today.
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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