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the same token, nations and communities are sometimes guilty of
using their power in the form of wealth, or knowledge of warfare,
science, psychology, religion, etc., to dominate and exploit others.
In washing the arms three times we are reminded that power is
given in three ways: physically, mentally and spiritually. Power
can interrupt, corrupt and disrupt our physical, mental and
spiritual lives. After washing the right arm, we wash the left to
reinforce the principle so that it will become a habit for us.
After washing the arms, we wipe the hair once. The hair is a
symbol of sub-skin intelligence, and wiping it is symbolic of keep-
ing our emotional senses clean. Emotions are subject to the in-
fluence of instinctive intelligence. Once a society develops to a
civilized level, the most important things for its leaders to do are to
preserve its knowledge and to safeguard it from distortions and
impurities. Once its knowledge is corrupted, a society will soon
become corrupt. Right knowledge keeps a society on the path of
growth and development.
using their power in the form of wealth, or knowledge of warfare,
science, psychology, religion, etc., to dominate and exploit others.
In washing the arms three times we are reminded that power is
given in three ways: physically, mentally and spiritually. Power
can interrupt, corrupt and disrupt our physical, mental and
spiritual lives. After washing the right arm, we wash the left to
reinforce the principle so that it will become a habit for us.
After washing the arms, we wipe the hair once. The hair is a
symbol of sub-skin intelligence, and wiping it is symbolic of keep-
ing our emotional senses clean. Emotions are subject to the in-
fluence of instinctive intelligence. Once a society develops to a
civilized level, the most important things for its leaders to do are to
preserve its knowledge and to safeguard it from distortions and
impurities. Once its knowledge is corrupted, a society will soon
become corrupt. Right knowledge keeps a society on the path of
growth and development.