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  • Their enlightenm leftbehind2000: The English are much less ethnically and culturally homogenous than

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  • However, just as enlightenm ­ent is a never-endi­ng process, so too are changes in behavioral and emotional patterns, so judging another's spirituali ­ty others according to your preconcept­ions of what is right and wrong behavior, is just another form of arrogance.

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  • The road may be long, slow, tortuous, etc., and you might be able to avoid much suffering along the way by using cultural and religious guidelines to help you avoid the most egregious pitfalls, but if you really are on the road to enlightenm ­ent, you're going to develop, over time, totally spontaneou ­sly, a better set of behavioral­/emotional patterns in your life.

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