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title: "104 Witnessing Quotes by 77 authors"
description: "Browse 104 Witnessing quotes by 77 authors. Discover the best Witnessing sayings and thoughts."
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> [Witnessing injustice, in person, leaves an indelible mark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-davey/witnessing-injustice-in-person-leaves-an-indelible-mark/)

[Ed Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-davey/)

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> [“The purpose of witnessing is to make something manifest that is hidden.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reformation-trust-publishing/the-purpose-of-witnessing-is-to-make-something-manifest-that-is-hidden/)

Reformation Trust Publishing

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> [And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/and-of-course-there-is-always-joy-in-witnessing-the-joy-of-others/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

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> [“Go to Shoney's and do some witnessing!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pastor-gaines/go-to-shoney-s-and-do-some-witnessing/)

Pastor Gaines

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> [“Witnessing is the alchemy of enlightenment. It can transform mud into gold.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/witnessing-is-the-alchemy-of-enlightenment-it-can-transform-mud-into/)

[Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/)

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> [“Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? (Luke 6:46)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-do-you-call-me-lord-lord-and-do-not-do-what-i-say-luke-6-46/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/life-is-a-dance-mindfulness-is-witnessing-that-dance/)

[Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/)

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> [Basically, we are witnessing the twilight of democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ali/basically-we-are-witnessing-the-twilight-of-democracy/)

[Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ali/)

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> [WITNESSING: God loves it; Satan hates it. So do you think you should be doing it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-cahill/witnessing-god-loves-it-satan-hates-it-so-do-you-think-you-should-be/)

[Mark Cahill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-cahill/)

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> [Meditation has only one meaning, and that is going beyond the mind and becoming a witness. In your witnessing is the miracle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-has-only-one-meaning-and-that-is-going-beyond-the-mind-and/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [I'm not a reality TV star. I pride myself on witnessing, watching people, studying people, and being able to recreate that and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-montgomery/i-m-not-a-reality-tv-star-i-pride-myself-on-witnessing-watching/)

[Janet Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-montgomery/)

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> [“Witnessing is not flowing with the current of the river but observing the flow from the bank of the river.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/witnessing-is-not-flowing-with-the-current-of-the-river-but-observing/)

[Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/)

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> [The innermost core is witnessing, awareness, watchfulness. You can call it anything, but it will be another meaning of witnessing. Truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-innermost-core-is-witnessing-awareness-watchfulness-you-can-call/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [“Whatever we do, we must not treat the Great Commission like it's the Great Suggestion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swindoll-charles-r/whatever-we-do-we-must-not-treat-the-great-commission-like-it-s-the/)

[Swindoll Charles R](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swindoll-charles-r/)

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> [“There's something about the joint witnessing of the world that gives the experience a sense of permanence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-carter/there-s-something-about-the-joint-witnessing-of-the-world-that-gives/)

Mike Carter

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> [I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-corrie/i-feel-like-i-m-witnessing-the-systematic-destruction-of-a-people-s/)

[Rachel Corrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-corrie/)

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> [We do not, after all, simply have experience; we are entrusted with it. We must do something--make something--with it. A story, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-hampl/we-do-not-after-all-simply-have-experience-we-are-entrusted-with-it/)

[Patricia Hampl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-hampl/)

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> [As Christians we are tempted to make unnecessary concessions to those outside the faith. We give in too much. Now, I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/as-christians-we-are-tempted-to-make-unnecessary-concessions-to-those/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [There's something about witnessing something in the sky that makes people think they're seeing something unique or special. I don't really understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-s-something-about-witnessing-something-in-the-sky-that-makes/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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> [“I would know of myself through the witnessing and naming of others. As Jesus in the Gospels is only seen and spoken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/i-would-know-of-myself-through-the-witnessing-and-naming-of-others-as/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [I guess I tend to see divine appointments everywhere. I am always on the alert for opportunities. So I prefer to err…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/i-guess-i-tend-to-see-divine-appointments-everywhere-i-am-always-on/)

[Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/)

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> [So to overcome the problems of personality the best thing is to witness, practice witnessing everything: before talking, practice witnessing, before giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/so-to-overcome-the-problems-of-personality-the-best-thing-is-to/)

[Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/)

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> [In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-maria-aznar/in-crises-the-old-is-dying-and-the-new-has-not-been-born-hence-the/)

[Jose Maria Aznar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-maria-aznar/)

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> [“God does remain in a state of witnessing (sakshibhav), but that is a worldly God. Worldly God means witnessing through ‘egoism’. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/god-does-remain-in-a-state-of-witnessing-sakshibhav-but-that-is-a/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [“I imagine some artists like myself love the spotlight. It is a beautiful thing to have your art recognised. for it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malebo-sephodi/i-imagine-some-artists-like-myself-love-the-spotlight-it-is-a/)

[Malebo Sephodi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malebo-sephodi/)

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> [“All abusive systems are facilitated by bystanders, whose awareness of what is disavowed is always partial, resulting in a state of knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-solinski/all-abusive-systems-are-facilitated-by-bystanders-whose-awareness-of/)

Sylvia Solinski

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> [“But Jesus replied, 'Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?'...From his statement we see that Jesus clearly connects their fear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-mally/but-jesus-replied-why-are-ye-fearful-o-ye-of-little-faith-from-his/)

Grace Mally

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> [“But when we allow and expect each other to change and, even more to the point, when we witness the learning, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gay/but-when-we-allow-and-expect-each-other-to-change-and-even-more-to/)

Ross Gay

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> [“Think about it: virtually every atrocity in the history of humankind was enabled by a populace that turned away from a reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-joy/think-about-it-virtually-every-atrocity-in-the-history-of-humankind/)

[Melanie Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-joy/)

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> [“If I had my way, I would declare a moratorium on public preaching of 'the plan of salvation' in America for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paris-reidhead/if-i-had-my-way-i-would-declare-a-moratorium-on-public-preaching-of-2/)

[Paris Reidhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paris-reidhead/)

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> [“Witnessing the blind fury of this mob and seeing them kill before my eyes the Jews who refused to be converted (some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danilo-ki/witnessing-the-blind-fury-of-this-mob-and-seeing-them-kill-before-my/)

[Danilo Kiš](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danilo-ki/)

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> [“become so mechanical in his witness that he can go through all the motions of witnessing without actually looking and praying for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-d-phillips/become-so-mechanical-in-his-witness-that-he-can-go-through-all-the/)

[Richard D. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-d-phillips/)

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> [“1:8 The apostles’ mission of spreading the gospel was the major reason the Holy Spirit empowered them. This event dramatically altered world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/1-8-the-apostles-mission-of-spreading-the-gospel-was-the-major-reason/)

[John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/)

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> [“I once expected to spend seven years walking around the world on foot. I walked from Mexico to Panama where the road…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-whitman/i-once-expected-to-spend-seven-years-walking-around-the-world-on-foot/)

[George Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-whitman/)

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> [“While the church as church refrains from entering secular forms, its influence is felt in these forms through the influence of individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-l-saucy/while-the-church-as-church-refrains-from-entering-secular-forms-its/)

Robert L. Saucy

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> [“T-1.IV.4. The emptiness engendered by fear must be replaced by forgiveness. That is what the Bible means by “There is no death,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/foundation-for-inner-peace/t-1-iv-4-the-emptiness-engendered-by-fear-must-be-replaced-by/)

[Foundation for Inner Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/foundation-for-inner-peace/)

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> [“Finally, in terms of overall spiritual intelligence—which we have been briefly tracking—on the other side of the leading edge of evolution we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/finally-in-terms-of-overall-spiritual-intelligence-which-we-have-been/)

[Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/)

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> [“Animals are the lower intelligent of creatures, yet God illustrates man as one of them. Why? To demonstrate to us how careless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-pearl-johnson/animals-are-the-lower-intelligent-of-creatures-yet-god-illustrates/)

Rosa Pearl Johnson

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> [“Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals, and of our own participation in that suffering, can bring up painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-joy/becoming-aware-of-the-intense-suffering-of-billions-of-animals-and-of/)

[Melanie Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-joy/)

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> [“Bearing witness takes the courage to realize the potential of the human spirit. Witnessing requires us to call forth the highest qualities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-joy/bearing-witness-takes-the-courage-to-realize-the-potential-of-the/)

[Melanie Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-joy/)

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                        "text": "“I imagine some artists like myself love the spotlight. It is a beautiful thing to have your art recognised. for it to be admired like a flower in the field. But I wonder, does a flower know it’s a marvel? Does it feel pleasure to be adored? Does it realise when it’s been cut? that it’s been commodified, that an entire value chain exists around it, that hands will decide its worth or would it prefer to be left alone, admired from a distance, its petals untouched, for the bees, for the air. I wonder…”",
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                        "text": "“All abusive systems are facilitated by bystanders, whose awareness of what is disavowed is always partial, resulting in a state of knowing and not-knowing. As dynamics shift, bystanders may behave like victims—passive, helpless, frightened and frozen, or like perpetrators—taking vicarious and voyeuristic pleasure in abuse or actively aiding and abetting the abusers.”",
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                        "text": "“But Jesus replied, 'Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?'...From his statement we see that Jesus clearly connects their fear with their lack of faith. Fear is the opposite of faith. When we have faith we're not afraid. When we're afraid, it's because we lack faith. It really comes down to this: Do we believe God's promisses go us, or not?”",
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                        "text": "“But when we allow and expect each other to change and, even more to the point, when we witness the learning, the changing, the grieving, with curiosity and patience and care and love; when we make room for and witness and invite each other's unfixing and so are unfixing ourselves; when we join the grieving, or when we join in grieving, and when we do it again and again, making of that soft, mutual, curious, groundless witnessing not only an endeavor, but also a practice (we're talking about practice again); when we do these things, we fall apart into one another. We fall into each other.”",
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                        "text": "“Think about it: virtually every atrocity in the history of humankind was enabled by a populace that turned away from a reality that seemed too painful to face, while virtually every revolution for peace and justice has been made possibly by a group of people who chose to bear witness and demanded that others bear witness as well.”",
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                        "text": "“If I had my way, I would declare a moratorium on public preaching of 'the plan of salvation' in America for one to two years. Then I would call on everyone who has use of the airwaves and the pulpits to preach the holiness of God, the righteousness of God, and the Law of God until sinners would cry out, 'What must we do to be saved?\" Then I would take them off in a corner and whisper the gospel to them. Don't use John 3:16. Such drastic action is needed because we have a gospel hardened generation of sinners by telling them how to be saved before they have any understanding why they need to be saved.”",
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                        "text": "“Witnessing the blind fury of this mob and seeing them kill before my eyes the Jews who refused to be converted (some out of faith, and others from that pride which can sometimes be perilous), I answered that I would rather be converted than killed, since, in spite of everything, the temporary agony of being is more valuable than the ultimate void of nothingness.”",
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                        "text": "“become so mechanical in his witness that he can go through all the motions of witnessing without actually looking and praying for the response to Christ in faith by the other person. If we could remember this, we would find witnessing exciting, and we would learn that winning the argument often becomes far less important than winning the person to the Lord. ,4 Since our goal is to persuade unbelievers and win over sinners, we should be eager to display the grace of the gospel in our lives; we should labor earnestly in prayer before and after our witness;”",
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                        "text": "“1:8 The apostles’ mission of spreading the gospel was the major reason the Holy Spirit empowered them. This event dramatically altered world history, and the gospel message eventually reached all parts of the earth (Matt. 28:19, 20). receive power. The apostles had already experienced the Holy Spirit’s saving, guiding, teaching, and miracle-working power. Soon they would receive His indwelling presence and a new dimension of power for witness (2:4; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 3:16, 20). witnesses. People who tell the truth about Jesus Christ (John 14:26; 1 Pet. 3:15). The Greek word means “one who dies for his faith” because that was commonly the price of witnessing. Judea. The region in which Jerusalem was located. Samaria. The region immediately to the north of Judea. Jesus Ascends to Heaven 9Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”",
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                        "text": "“I once expected to spend seven years walking around the world on foot. I walked from Mexico to Panama where the road ended before an almost uninhabited swamp called the Choco Colombiano. Even today there is no road. Perhaps it is time for me to resume my wanderings where I left off as a tropical tramp in the slums of Panama. Perhaps like Ambrose Bierce who disappeared in the desert of Sonora I may also disappear. But after being in all mankind it is hard to come to terms with oblivion - not to see hundreds of millions of Chinese with college diplomas come aboard the locomotive of history - not to know if someone has solved the riddle of the universe that baffled Einstein in his futile efforts to make space, time, gravitation and electromagnetism fall into place in a unified field theory - never to experience democracy replacing plutocracy in the military-industrial complex that rules America - never to witness the day foreseen by Tennyson 'when the war-drums no longer and the battle-flags are furled, in the parliament of man, the federation of the world.' I may disappear leaving behind me no worldly possessions - just a few old socks and love letters, and my windows overlooking Notre-Dame for all of you to enjoy, and my little rag and bone shop of the heart whose motto is 'Be not inhospitable to strangers lest they be angels in disguise.' I may disappear leaving no forwarding address, but for all you know I may still be walking among you on my vagabond journey around the world.\" [ Shakespeare & Company, archived statement ]”",
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                        "text": "“While the church as church refrains from entering secular forms, its influence is felt in these forms through the influence of individuals who have been transformed by the Word. The member of the church lives not only in the church but in the secular forms of the world. In these structures of human society he is called to a supernatural life, witnessing to the world the reality of the power of the gospel to change the characteristics of this fallen life into those of the life to come. Through every member’s attitudes and actions in the world, so different from those of the world that the supernatural is required for their explanation, the church bears witness to her Lord. The effect of this witness is described as being-light to the world and salt to the earth (Mt 5:13-16; Phil 2:15). As such, it will most certainly have a beneficial effect upon society. But the transformation of the world is not the ultimate goal. Neither the Lord in His ministry nor the apostles in theirs set about to reform society as an end in itself. As a matter of fact, if the reformation of the world was envisioned, the injunctions to be separate from it would be pointless. The final end of the church’s witness of good works is revealed everywhere in Scripture as that of causing others to acknowledge God and glorify Him (Mt 5:16; 1 Pe 2:12; 3:1). In this function good works are linked to evangelism in the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Thus the total church witness is born when the Word is proclaimed in all its fullness and application to all areas of men’s lives, and then lived by each believer in the contacts with the world in which the Lord of the church has stationed him for a witness.”",
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                        "text": "“T-1.IV.4. The emptiness engendered by fear must be replaced by forgiveness. That is what the Bible means by “There is no death,” and why I could demonstrate that death does not exist. I came to fulfill the law by reinterpreting it. The law itself, if properly understood, offers only protection. It is those who have not yet changed their minds who brought the “hell-fire” concept into it. I assure you that I will witness for anyone who lets me, and to whatever extent he permits it. Your witnessing demonstrates your belief, and thus strengthens it. Those who witness for me are expressing, through their miracles, that they have abandoned the belief in deprivation in favor of the abundance they have learned belongs to them.”",
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                        "text": "“Finally, in terms of overall spiritual intelligence—which we have been briefly tracking—on the other side of the leading edge of evolution we have 3 or 4 higher, at this point mostly potential, levels of development, including levels of spiritual intelligence. Individually, their basic strcture-rungs are referred to as para-mind, meta-mind, overmind, and supermind; collectively, they are called 3rd tier. What all 3rd-tier structures have in common is some degree of direct transpersonal identity and experience. Further, each 3rd-tier structure of consciousness is integrated, in some fashion, with a particular state of consciousness (often, para-mental with the gross, meta-mental with subtle, overmind with causal/Witnessing, and supermind with nondual, although this varies with each individual’s actual history). Previously, in 1sst and 2nd tier, structures and states were relatively independent. One could have a state center of gravity at gross and yet structurally evolve all the way to Integral without fully objectifying the gross stage (i.e., fully making it an object, fully transcending it). But beginning with the 3rd-tier para-mind, whenever you experience that structure, you also implicitly or intuitively understand or experience the gross realm as objectified, which means that state is intimately connected to the structure at this level, which gives rise, or can give rise, to expanded states such as nature mysticism (this can be experienced at earlier levels but not inherently, and is interpreted according to the Views of those lower levels; but at this level becomes an inherent potential). Likewise, because of the conjunction with the gross state, this level often carries variations of the realization that the physical world is not merely physical, but is rather psychophysical in its true nature. This can also evoke flashes of higher state presences, such as Witnessing states or even nondual. And so on with the subtle state and meta-mind; causal/Witnessing and overmind; and nondual Suchness and supermind. Those states are all “minimally” connected to those structures, in the sesne that, for example, a person at meta-mind might have already and previously moved his or her state center of gravity to subtle, but if not, the person cannot proceed beyond the meta-mind without doing so at this point. And likewise with causal/Witnessing and overmind; and nondual Suchness and supermind.”",
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                        "text": "“Animals are the lower intelligent of creatures, yet God illustrates man as one of them. Why? To demonstrate to us how careless, how thoughtless, and sometimes how cruel and low-life we can be without him. Without God, we go through a hard, disappointing, and dreadful life. We are like fearful, untrained, and bitter children that have played all day and are afraid to go to sleep at night, thinking we are going to miss out or be left out of things. A sailor out on a stormy sea needs a strong sail and anchor for the days and a lighthouse for the nights to survive. This is a good illustration of witnessing. We draw from one another’s strength for the day and mediate on it in the nights in accordance with God’s Word. God has faded out of the mind of this generation, we like immature children, believe that the Toyland of material wealth is a sufficient world. Yet houses, cars, and money really do not fulfill. Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob – a generation of God-fearing men. But in the next generation, God was not the God of Isaac. He had faded and became second place in their lives. Even in the mother’s womb, there was a struggle for honor and success. Jacob stole his brother’s birthright. Morals were decaying, rottenness appeared. The same things have happened with us. Our whole nation is reaping the results of a fading faith and trust, which is producing decaying morals and a decaying country. We are morally out of control. Unless we, like Jacob, who when frightened for his life desired a moral renewal, acknowledge that we are wrong and find God in the process. We must seek God with our whole hearts. The future of this world is in the hands of the believers. God has left everything in the hands of the church. Therefore, we must witness. An evangelical team must go out and bring the people back to the Garden of Eden as God had originally planned. Grace is always available!”",
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                        "text": "“Becoming aware of the intense suffering of billions of animals, and of our own participation in that suffering, can bring up painful emotions: sorrow and grief for the animals; anger at the injustice and deception of the system; despair at the enormity of the problem; fear that trusted authorities and institutions are, in fact, untrustworthy; and guilt for having contributed to the problem. Bearing witness means choosing to suffer. Indeed, empathy is literally 'feeling with.' Choosing to suffer is particularly difficult in a culture that is addicted to comfort--a culture that teaches that pain should be avoided whenever possible and that ignorance is bliss. We can reduce our resistance to witnessing by valuing authenticity over personal pleasure, and integration over ignorance.”",
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                        "text": "“Bearing witness takes the courage to realize the potential of the human spirit. Witnessing requires us to call forth the highest qualities of our species, qualities such as conviction, integrity, empathy, and compassion. It is easier by far to retain the attributes of carnistic culture: apathy, complacency, self-interest, and \"blissful\" ignorance. I wrote this book––itself an act of witnessing––because I believe that, as humans, we have a fundamental desire to strive to become our best selves. I believe that each and every one of us has the capacity to act as powerful witnesses in a world very much in need. I have had the opportunity to interact with thousands of individuals through my work as a teacher, author, and speaker, and through my personal life. I have witnessed, again and again, the courage and compassion of the so-called average American: previously apathetic students who become impassioned activists; lifelong carnists who weep openly when exposed to images of animal cruelty, never again to eat meat; butchers who suddenly connect meat to its living source and become unable to continue killing animals; and a community of carnists who aid a runaway cow in her flight from slaughter. Ultimately, bearing witness requires the courage to take sides. In the face of mass violence, we will inevitably fall into a role: victim or perpetrator. Judith Herman argues that all bystanders are forced to take a side, by their action or inaction, and that their is no such thing as moral neutrality. Indeed, as Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel points out, \"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.\" Witnessing enables us to choose our role rather than having one assigned to us. And although those of us who choose to stand with the victim may suffer, as Herman says, \"There can be no greater honor.”",
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