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Hard to do in isolation. The missionary converts him/herself by focusing on others. We are all sinners needing to be saved. Missionary consciousness focuses on the divine in the other person and contrasts this with the hell and death of separation. It's a fervent desire to rescue a loved one. It's the missionary who gets
saved by this exercise, before anybody else. And it needs to
be repeated because, like the alcoholic, sin is ingrained in
our brains and culture, and must be overcome every day for the
rest of our lives. The missionary never stops being a sinner. |
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