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There is one thing that must always be remembered when reading any religious text. There are universal timeless truths sprinkled throughout these texts and teachings. However, there are many time-specific truths, as well. These are writings and teachings meant to guide and instruct the people at a specific point in the social / political / economic / psychological climate in which they were penned or taught. This goes for the verbal teachings as well. All through the recorded history of humankind there have been Masters, Avatars, Teachers and Prophets wandering through the inhabited world, teaching and assisting the populace. They have been known by many names; Speakers, Shaman, Medicine Man/Woman, Healers.

These verbal teachings were usually written many years or even centuries after they were given. As a result, errors crept into the transcribed material. The teachings could be (and usually were) outdated by the time they were written down. Further,......

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