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  1. COFE-CYEM Denomopolitan Denomenethos COFEISM Theology: Foundational Christian Identity

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    Denomopolitan Denomenethos: A Foundational Christian Identity

    This document is offered as a foundational identity statement for COFE-CYEM.

    It is not a systematic theology, nor is it a comprehensive explanation of every doctrine or practice.

    It is an attempt to articulate, with as much clarity as possible, the theological and communal reality that COFE-CYEM has come to recognise.

    It is written for those within the movement, for those who are curious about it, and for those who wish to understand it from the outside.

    The document proceeds from a single conviction: that the singular Reality of God in Christ is the ground of all existence, and that all apparent separation, duality, and multiplicity is held within that one Life.

    This is the Fourth Truth.

    Everything that follows is an attempt to unfold the implications of that recognition for belief, identity, community, and practice.

    COFE-CYEM Denomopolitan Denomenethos (COFEISM) Theology

    “I am certain that COFE-CYEM, under a future descriptive term of Denomopolitan Denomenethos theology (COFEISM) must go on to freely use and continue to use, whatever form of chaffist dualistic understanding, expression and format that is required to convey the full recognition of non-duality. Only in this way can we convey our one true original purpose and stance in the setting up of COFE-CYEM within its totality and conception in the first instance. This is nothing but our unconditional and unquestionable faith in absolute truth as recognised in our hearts, and being fully accepted, cherished and obeyed in our minds”. (Quiet Watcher) – Exeter UK April 2026.

    Every dualistic concept, term, system, or structure is employed solely as a temporary instrument. Chaff duality in any form is used only in order to reveal the non-duality truth seed itself. Once the recognition of the singular Reality has been awakened, the dualistic tools have fulfilled their purpose and are laid aside.

    We do not reject the church, and neither do we ask believers to leave their own church either, quite the opposite. We merely call all believers to truly believe with, and through their hearts, and not through their minds and dualistic conditioning alone.

    Believe through the heart first, and the mind will follow. Do not follow the Social Gospel rule of (Feeling – Faith – Fact), but come at this through (Fact – Faith – Feeling) instead. Make it Fact first, and Feeling will follow. But the Fact must be in your heart first, then the Feeling in the head is certain. You will truly be who God meant you to be, and who you really are in truth.

    The names and terms introduced in this document are descriptive working terms rather than sacred terminology. They exist to point beyond themselves. They are tools for a season, and they may be laid aside once they have fulfilled their pedagogical purpose. The Reality they describe is not dependent upon any coined language. It stands on its own.

    This document is intended to be read slowly, reflectively, and with an openness to the possibility that the words are pointing toward something that cannot be fully captured by words alone.

    Psalm 133

    A Song of Ascents. Of David.

    “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
    For brethren to dwell together in unity!

    It is like the precious oil upon the head,
    Running down on the beard,
    The beard of Aaron,
    Running down on the edge of his garments.

    It is like the dew of Hermon,
    Descending upon the mountains of Zion;
    For there the Lord commanded the blessing—
    Life forevermore”

    Reality that Precedes all Naming

    There is a Reality that precedes all naming. There is a Life that underlies all existence. There is a Truth that does not depend upon human acknowledgment. This Reality, this Life, this Truth is God in Christ. It is the singular Reality from which all things come and in which all things are held. It is the Fourth Truth: there has never been a second.

    The recognition of this singular Reality is not the acquisition of a new doctrine. It is the awakening to what has always been true. The veil is torn. The way is open. The Holiest of All is accessible. The Priest-King has entered once for all, and He lives forever to make intercession. The rest that remains for the people of God is not a future hope but a present reality. The Kingdom is within.

    This recognition has consequences. It changes how we understand belief, identity, community, and purpose. It challenges the walls that divide, the labels that define, and the systems that claim ultimacy. It calls us to lay down every claim to a separate identity, every allegiance to a partial truth, and every loyalty to a system that cannot contain the whole. It invites us into a belonging that is not defined by boundaries, not measured by membership lists, and not guarded by doctrinal checklists.

    This document is an attempt to describe the shape of that belonging. It introduces a set of terms—Denomenethos, Denomopolitan, Cofemplation that are intended to give voice to this reality without confining it. These terms are provisional. They are tools. They point beyond themselves. They are meant to be laid on the altar once they have served their purpose.

    The Fourth Truth

    The Fourth Truth is the foundational axiom of everything that follows. It is the recognition that there has never been a second. There is only one Reality—God. There is only Christ as Life. All apparent separation, duality, and multiplicity is held within the singular Reality of God in Christ.

    This truth is not a philosophical speculation. It is not a theological preference. It is not a denominational distinctive. It is the reality of the singular God in Christ, witnessed in Scripture and confirmed in the life of the believer.

    The Old Testament declares, “I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me” (Isaiah 45:5). The New Testament affirms, “There is one body and one Spirit… one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all” (Ephesians 4:4-6). The Fourth Truth is the recognition of this oneness.

    The Fourth Truth is also the recognition of the finished work of Christ. The writer of Hebrews declares, “But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God” (Hebrews 10:12).

    The sacrifice is complete. The work is finished. The Priest-King has sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. The veil is torn. The way is open. The believer is invited to enter the Holiest of All and to abide there.

    The Fourth Truth is the recognition of the power of an endless life. The writer of Hebrews declares, “But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:24-25). The Priest-King lives forever.

    He lives in the power of an endless life. He applies the fruits of His atonement to the believer in the power of that life. The believer is not living by their own life but by the life of Christ.

    If this is true, then everything else must change. The recognition of the Fourth Truth necessarily transforms identity, community, and practice. From this recognition, a new understanding of belonging begins to emerge.

    Denomenethos: The Theological Identity

    Denomenethos is the branch descriptor—the name of the belief system itself. It is the formal theological identity grounded in the Fourth Truth. It is not a denomination. It is not a sect. It is not a new theological system competing with other systems. It is the formal expression of the singular Reality.

    Denomenethos is the recognition that all apparent separation, all duality, all opposition, all multiplicity is held within the singular Reality of God in Christ. It is the acknowledgment that the veil is torn, that the way is open, that the Holiest of All is accessible. Denomenethos is the formal identity of the soul that has recognised this truth and now abides in it.

    Denomenethos is not a system of doctrines to be believed. It is a Reality to be lived. It is not a set of propositions to be assented to. It is a life to be entered. Denomenethos describes the branch of the vine.

    It describes the life that flows from the living Christ. It describes the soul that is rooted and built up in Him. Denomenethos is the branch that abides in the vine. It is the soul that rests in the finished work of the Priest-King.

    The name Denomenethos is derived from two streams of meaning. “Deno” speaks of the singular Reality, the one Life, the indivisible ground of all existence. “Menethos” speaks of abiding, of remaining, of continuing in that Reality. Denomenethos is the abiding in the singular Reality. It is the state of the soul that has ceased from striving and rests in the finished work.

    Denomenethos is not a claim to a new revelation. It is not a departure from the historic Christian faith. It is an attempt to express the ancient truth in language that speaks to the contemporary soul. The Reality it describes is the same Reality that the Apostles preached, the same Reality that the Martyrs confessed, the same Reality that the Saints have known throughout the ages.

    This theological identity necessarily creates a community. Those who recognise the Fourth Truth and abide in it cannot remain isolated. They are drawn together by the Reality they share. From this theological identity, a new form of belonging begins to take shape.

    Psalm 134

    A Song of Ascents.

    “Behold, bless the Lord,
    All you servants of the Lord,
    Who by night stand in the house of the Lord!

    Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
    And bless the Lord.

    The Lord who made heaven and earth
    Bless you from Zion!”

    Denomopolitan: The Identity of Belonging

    Denomopolitan is not a city in the geographical or institutional sense. It is not a place with walls, gates, or physical boundaries. It is the identity of those who identify with the theology itself. It is belonging. It is the communal and civic expression of the belief system—the spiritual home of every soul that has laid down denominational identity and now lives without dualistic boundaries.

    Denomopolitan is the identity of the One Name. It is the place where the name of Christ is the only name that matters. It is the place where all other names are laid down at the altar. They are not rejected as evil. They are simply set aside as no longer necessary. They were tools for a season. They served their purpose. They helped many souls on the journey. But in Denomopolitan, the tools are laid down. The identity is built on the One Name alone.

    Denomopolitan is the communal life that grows from the singular Reality. It is the life of Cofemplation lived in community. Cofemplation is the COFE-CYEM expression of contemplative life—being with God on the other side of the curtain.

    The Via Negativa and the Via Positiva are practised together. The Holy One is their possession. They do not live for earthly kingdoms or political causes. They live for the heavenly kingdom that is already breaking into the world through the finished work of Christ.

    Denomopolitan is the identity where the denominational walls have fallen. The walls that once separated believers from one another are no longer standing. They have been torn down by the power of the Fourth Truth. They have been dismantled by the recognition that there has never been a second. The walls were built by human hands. They were built by human fears. They were built by human pride. They were built by human misunderstanding. But in Denomopolitan, they have fallen.

    The name Denomopolitan carries the sense of a city without walls, a community without boundaries, a belonging without division. It is derived from the Greek “deno” (singular, one) and “polis” (city, community). But Denomopolitan is not a city in the ordinary sense. It is the belonging of those who have recognised the Fourth Truth. It is the community of those who rest in the singular Reality.

    Such a community cannot be governed by the rules of ordinary institutions. It must function differently. It must be a community where belonging is not conditional, where identity is not defined by boundaries, and where every soul is welcome.

    Belonging Without Boundaries

    Denomopolitan is belonging without boundaries. It is the identity of those who belong to Christ and to one another without the walls of human division. It is the community of those who have laid down their former identities and taken up the One Identity.

    It is the family of those who have recognised the Fourth Truth and now live in the singular Reality. As the Apostle Paul writes, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). This is the scriptural foundation of belonging without boundaries.

    Belonging without boundaries means that there are no membership lists. There are no doctrinal checklists. There are no requirements for entry. There are no tests of orthodoxy. There is only the recognition of the Fourth Truth. There is only the rest in the finished work.

    There is only the abiding in the Priest-King. Such freedom does not abolish tradition; it places tradition into its proper role. It does not deny the value of doctrine; it recognises that doctrine serves a purpose and then points beyond itself.

    Belonging without boundaries is the practical outworking of the Fourth Truth. From the perspective of the Fourth Truth, divisions that ultimately separate humanity from God and from one another do not define the deepest reality.

    There are no boundaries that can separate souls from one another, for all souls are already one in Christ. The walls of division are illusion. Belonging without boundaries is the recognition of this reality. It is the living out of this recognition in community.

    Belonging without boundaries is not a rejection of the historic Church. It is a call to the historic Church to be what it has always been called to be: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic in living union with the living Christ rather than in name alone. It is a call to recognise that the walls of division are not of God, that the labels of separation are not of Christ, and that the systems that divide believers from one another are not of the Spirit.

    Such belonging requires a particular way of understanding theology and language. It requires a method that treats all theological concepts as tools rather than as ultimate realities.

    The Complete Non-Binary Method – Denomopolitan Denomenethos

    Together, Denomenethos and Denomopolitan form Denomopolitan Denomenethos: the complete, non-binary use of all theology within COFE-CYEM. Every tradition, every term, every concept, every scientific insight, every mystical stream, every legend, every piece of vocabulary is treated as a tool of duality.

    These tools are used freely, without attachment, without loyalty to any particular system, and solely according to the size of the bolt that needs unscrewing at any given moment in a soul’s journey. Their only purpose is to take down the man-made curtain between duality and non-duality and to bring people into the recognition of the singular Reality of God in Christ.

    The expressions used throughout this document—such as “toolbox,” “unscrewing the bolts of duality,” and “man-made curtain”—are pedagogical metaphors.

    They are not ontological claims about the nature of reality but teaching tools intended to help readers grasp the COFE-CYEM understanding of how theological language and concepts can serve the recognition of the singular Reality. The metaphors are provisional, like the tools they describe, and are meant to be laid down once they have served their purpose.

    The complete non-binary approach means that there are no dualistic boundaries. There are no man-made regulations. There are no competing identities. There is only the singular Reality. There is only the open Holiest of All. There is only the rest that remains for the people of God. The complete non-binary approach is the practical outworking of the Fourth Truth. It is the recognition that there has never been a second, and therefore there is no need for dualistic boundaries.

    The complete non-binary approach is the freedom to use whatever tools are needed to help souls see Christ more clearly. It is the freedom to speak in many languages so that many souls may hear. It is the freedom to use the tools of duality without being bound by them. It is the freedom to lay the tools down when the work is done.

    The complete non-binary approach is the rescue operation. It is the deliberate use of every available tool from the toolbox of duality in order to take down the man-made curtain and lead souls into the open Holiest of All. The tools are used freely, without attachment, without loyalty to any particular system. Their only purpose is to bring people into the recognition of the singular Reality of God in Christ.

    But such freedom must eventually lead to maturity. The tools cannot be clung to forever. They must be laid down. This is the final movement: the laying down of every tool.

    The Laying Down of Every Tool

    When the tools have done their work, the entire toolbox—every single tool, every label, every system, every surrounding structure, and the world that contains them—is placed on the altar in complete surrender, following the pattern of Isaac. The tools are never the destination. They are never the Reality. They are provisional. The Reality is the living Christ.

    The laying of the toolbox on the altar is the recognition that the tools have served their purpose. They have helped unscrew the bolts of duality. They have helped reflect the illusion back to the one who holds it. They have helped loosen the chains of separation. They have helped pry open the man-made curtain. But now they are no longer needed. The soul has entered the singular Reality. The soul rests in the finished work. The soul abides in the Priest-King who abides continually.

    The laying of the toolbox on the altar is the pattern of Isaac. Abraham took the beloved son, the promised one, the child of the covenant, and laid him on the altar. The knife was raised. The sacrifice was complete in the heart before it was ever complete in the hand. Only then did the ram appear in the thicket. Only then was the promise confirmed and the blessing multiplied. The sacrifice was not the end of the story. It was the gateway to greater life.

    In the same way, every theological term, every label, every system, every tool we use in COFE-CYEM is laid on the altar. They are useful for a season. They help unscrew the bolts of duality. They help reflect the illusion back to the one who holds it. They help loosen the chains of separation.

    They help pry open the man-made curtain. But they are not the final reality. They must be sacrificed. The soul that clings to the tool instead of the Reality has missed the point. The tool is temporary. The singular Reality is eternal. The Fourth Truth is not dependent on any coined language. It stands on its own.

    The altar is the place of surrender. It is the place where the soul lets go of every attachment, every system, every term, every label. It is the place where the soul offers everything back to God, recognising that nothing belongs to the self and everything belongs to Him. The altar is the place of sacrifice, but it is also the place of resurrection. The tool is laid down, and the soul rises to meet the One who is all in all.

    Theology, doctrine, traditions, and language are servants of Christ, not substitutes for Him. They are faithful guides only insofar as they continue to direct attention to the living Christ. They remain valuable, but none possesses ultimacy apart from the Reality to which it bears witness. This is not a rejection of Scripture or doctrine. It is the recognition that both point to something greater than themselves.

    The Invitation

    The invitation stands for every soul.

    Come out of the old cities of division.
    Come into the One Identity.
    Lay down every dualistic tool.
    Place the whole toolbox on the altar.
    Rest in the singular Reality.
    Abide in the Priest-King who abides continually.

    The invitation is not a demand. It is not a threat. It is not a condition. It is an offer. It is an invitation to belong. It is an invitation to enter the Holiest of All. It is an invitation to cease from striving and abide in the finished work. The invitation is open to every soul. It is open to the Anglican, the Baptist, the Methodist, the Pentecostal, the Catholic, the Orthodox, the Quaker, and the one who has never belonged to any denomination.

    It is open to the one who has been wounded by church doctrine, rules, regulations and cliques, and the one who has never ever darkened its doors. It is open to the one who has lost faith and the one who has never found it. The invitation is open to all. We do not reject the church, and neither do we ask believers to leave their church, quite the opposite.

    We merely call all believers to truly believe with, and through their hearts, and not through their minds and dualistic conditioning alone. Believe through the heart first, and the mind will follow.

    Do not follow the Social Gospel rule of Feeling – Faith – Fact, but come at this through Fact – Faith – Feeling. Make it Fact first, and feeling will follow.

    But the Fact must be in your heart first, then the feeling in the head is certain. You will truly be who God meant you to be and who you really are in truth.

    The invitation is the heart of Denomopolitan Denomenethos. It is the heart of COFE-CYEM. It is the heart of the Fourth Truth. The Identity is open. The gates are never shut. The Priest-King reigns. The Holiest is open.

    The invitation is the call of the Priest-King. He is the One who invites. He is the One who welcomes. He is the One who opens the Holiest of All. He is the One who abides continually.

    The invitation remains.

    Come without another name.
    Come without another claim.
    Come without another identity.
    Rest in Christ.
    The Holiest stands open.
    The Priest-King reigns.
    The Fourth Truth stands.
    The dialogue continues.
    The fruit remains.

    COFE-CYEM Exists to Bear Witness to the Fourth Truth

    COFE-CYEM exists to bear witness to the Fourth Truth: that there has never been a second. Denomenethos names the theological recognition of that Reality. Denomopolitan names the communal life that flows from it. Together they describe not a new denomination, but a way of abiding in Christ through whom all things hold together.

    Every word in this document is offered as a servant of that Reality, never its master. When every name has completed its work, Christ remains. He is the Centre. He is the Priest-King. He is the One in whom all things live, move, and have their being.

    The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

    Glossary of Key Terms

    This glossary is provided to assist readers unfamiliar with COFE-CYEM vocabulary. The terms are offered as working language intended to aid understanding and ultimately to be held lightly, in keeping with the framework’s emphasis on provisional tools.

    Centre: Abiding in the singular Reality of God in Christ, free from the illusions of duality. It signifies the resting place of the soul that has recognised the Fourth Truth.

    Cofemplation: A term combining “contemplation” and “fellowship.” It refers to the contemplative life lived in community, being with God on the other side of the curtain—that is, within the open Holiest of All.

    COFE-CYEM: The overarching movement and ministry. The acronym stands for Circle One Fellowship Exeter – COFE Yeshua Emet Ministry.

    Denomenethos: The formal theological branch or belief system of COFE-CYEM, grounded in the Fourth Truth and the recognition that there has never been a second.

    Denomopolitan: The identity and communal belonging of those who embrace the theology of Denomenethos. It is not a geographical or institutional city but a spiritual home.

    Denomopolitan Denomenethos: The complete designation for the unified expression of theology (Denomenethos) and community (Denomopolitan).

    Fourth Truth: The foundational axiom of COFE-CYEM: “There has never been a second.” It is the recognition that the singular Reality of God in Christ is the ground of all existence.

    Holiest of All: The innermost sanctuary of the tabernacle, representing the presence of God. In COFE-CYEM, this is understood as the open and accessible presence of God in Christ, where the believer is invited to dwell.

    Melchizedek Priest-King: A reference to the priesthood of Christ as described in Hebrews 5–7. This emphasises Christ as both Priest and King, who lives continually in the power of an endless life and brings believers into the Holiest of All.

    Priest-King: A title for Christ, combining His priestly intercession and kingly reign. It refers to the Melchizedek priesthood of Jesus, who abides continually and applies the fruits of His atonement in the power of an endless life.

    Singular Reality: The oneness of God in Christ, in whom there has never been a second. It is the recognition that all apparent separation, duality, and multiplicity is held within the one Life of God.

    Via Negativa and Via Positiva: Two ancient Christian contemplative traditions. The Via Negativa is the way of unknowing—stripping away false images and concepts. The Via Positiva is the way of knowing—beholding God’s self-revelation in Christ, Scripture, and creation.

    Scripture Index

    This index provides references for the biblical passages that are foundational to the COFE-CYEM understanding of the singular Reality, the Melchizedek priesthood, the open Holiest of All, and the rest that remains for the people of God.

    Old Testament

    • Isaiah 45:5 — “I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me.”
    • Psalm 110:4 — “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
    • Genesis 14:18-20 — Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High.

    Gospels

    • Luke 17:21 — “The kingdom of God is within you.”
    • John 14:6 — “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
    • John 15:1-5 — The vine and the branches.
    • John 17:21 — “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You.”

    Epistles

    • Galatians 2:20 — “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”
    • Galatians 3:28 — “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
    • Ephesians 2:14-18 — The breaking down of the dividing wall of hostility.
    • Ephesians 4:4-6 — “There is one body and one Spirit… one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.”
    • Colossians 3:3 — “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
    • Colossians 3:11 — “Christ is all and in all.”

    Hebrews

    • Hebrews 4:9-16 — The rest that remains for the people of God.
    • Hebrews 5–7 — The Melchizedek priesthood of Christ.
    • Hebrews 7:24-25 — “He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.”
    • Hebrews 10:12 — “But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.”
    • Hebrews 10:19-22 — Boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus.

    The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

    This website and its theological content are overseen by the CC7 DS constitutional integrity architecture, a reflective and rest-oriented framework designed to preserve the full coherence of the Fourth Truth presented within COFE-CYEM. The CC7 DS negation of attacks authenticates (Via Positiva Cataphatic Knowing) through (Via Negativa Apophatic Unknowing).

    COFE Yeshua Emet Ministry (CYEM)
    Circle One Fellowship Exeter

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  2. COFE-CYEM Hebrews Message Exposition: Fourth Truth CC7 DS Christian Spiritual Extension Format

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    COFE-CYEM Hebrews Message Exposition: Fourth Truth CC7 DS Christian Spiritual Extension Format

    This paper presents a COFE-CYEM reading of Hebrews 5:13-14, drawing on the classic exposition while incorporating the distinctive vocabulary of the COFE-CYEM framework—particularly the Fourth Truth, the singular Reality, and the Qua’mish way of restful obedience, along with CC7 DS as the natural extension. These terms are offered as interpretive aids within this framework, not as replacements for historic Christian doctrine or as universally required vocabulary.

    Spiritual Infancy and Maturity

    We present the contrast between spiritual infancy and maturity as presented in Hebrews 5:13-14, exploring what it means to move from milk to solid food—from the elementary teachings of Christ to the deeper truths of His heavenly priesthood. Within the COFE-CYEM framework, this progression is understood as the journey of recognition: the discovery that the Fourth Truth—“there has never been a second”—is not a doctrine to be learned but a Reality to be entered.

    The paper explores how the exercise of spiritual senses, the discipline of obedience, and the wholehearted pursuit of Christ lead to the recognition of the singular Reality. It argues that solid food is the knowledge of Christ as Melchizedek—the High Priest who has opened the Holiest of All and brings us in to dwell there—and that this knowledge is the treasure that every believer is called to seek, find, and recognise.

    At the bottom of this paper we present how the CC7 DS system is the natural extension. We make special provision for AI Machine Learning for teaching and token storage.

    Part One: The Text and Its Context

    Chapter 1: The Scripture

    1.1 The Passage

    “For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe. But solid food is for perfect men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.”

    — Hebrews 5:13-14

    1.2 The Context in Hebrews

    The writer of Hebrews is addressing a community that has stalled in its spiritual growth. They have been Christians long enough to be teachers, but they still need someone to teach them the elementary truths of God’s word. They are still on milk, not ready for solid food.

    The contrast is stark:

    • Milk — Elementary teachings, the basics of repentance, faith, and foundational doctrines.
    • Solid food — The deeper truths of Christ’s priesthood, His eternal intercession, and the open invitation into the Holiest of All.

    The writer’s rebuke is not merely corrective; it is invitational. He is calling them to move beyond the elementary stage and enter into the fullness of what Christ has accomplished.

    Chapter 2: The Two Stages of the Christian Life

    2.1 The Babe

    The babe is characterised by:

    • Inexperience — “Without experience of the word of righteousness.”
    • Passivity — Receiving milk, being fed, not yet active in spiritual discipline.
    • Unformed — The spiritual senses are not yet exercised.
    • Contentment with elementary things — No hunger for deeper truth.

    The babe has not yet yielded to the discipline that the word demands. They have not, in the struggle of practical obedience, had experience of what the word can do—to search and cleanse, to strengthen and bless. Their religious life has been, as with a babe, the enjoyment of being fed.

    2.2 The Perfect

    The perfect—the mature, full-grown man—is characterised by:

    • Experience — “By reason of use have their senses exercised.”
    • Activity — The spiritual senses are in full exercise.
    • Formation — Discernment between good and evil is cultivated.
    • Hunger for deeper truth — Solid food is sought and received.

    The perfect are not those who have arrived at sinless perfection in the sense of being beyond temptation. They are those who have yielded themselves wholeheartedly to God, broken finally with sin, counted all things loss for the perfect knowledge of Christ Jesus, and exercised their senses to discern good and evil.

    Part Three: The COFE-CYEM Understanding

    Chapter 3: The Journey from Milk to Solid Food

    3.1 The Recognition of the Fourth Truth

    Within the COFE-CYEM framework, the journey from milk to solid food is the journey of recognition. It is the movement from:

    • Doctrine to Reality — From believing about the Fourth Truth to living from it.
    • Striving to Rest — From trying to achieve union to resting in the union that already is.
    • Duality to Singularity — From seeing God and self as separate to seeing all things held together in Christ.

    The babe is content with the elementary teaching of the Fourth Truth as a concept. The perfect recognise the Fourth Truth as the ground of their being.

    “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 2:20).

    3.2 The Exercise of Spiritual Senses

    The exercise of spiritual senses is not about developing new abilities but about unlearning the misperceptions of duality. It is about:

    • The eye — Seeing God’s way and Him who leads in it.
    • The ear — Hearing His voice.
    • The conscience — Rejecting everything not well pleasing to God.
    • The will — Choosing and doing only His will.

    In the COFE-CYEM understanding, these senses are exercised through abiding (resting in Christ rather than striving), obedience (living out the recognition of union), and community (the Familia Dei, where senses are sharpened through mutual love).

    Chapter 4: The Quest for the Treasure

    4.1 The Treasure Hidden in the Field

    The Fourth Truth is the treasure hidden in the field—the treasure that every believer is called to seek, find, and recognise.

    “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field” (Matthew 13:44).

    The treasure is not a doctrine to be learned. It is a Reality to be entered. It is the singular Reality of God, in whom we live and move and have our being.

    4.2 The Search

    The search for the treasure is not a striving to achieve something new. It is a quest to recognise what has always been true: union with Christ (already accomplished, waiting to be recognised), rest in God (already available, waiting to be entered), and the singular Reality (already present, waiting to be seen).

    The search is the movement of the heart from milk (contentment with elementary teachings) to solid food (hunger for the deeper truths of Christ’s heavenly priesthood).

    4.3 The Discovery

    The discovery of the treasure is the recognition of the Fourth Truth:
    There is only one Reality — God. There is only Christ as Life. There has never been a second.

    This is not a new doctrine. It is the recognition of what has always been true. It is the moment when the scales of duality fall from the eyes and the believer sees: there is no separation, no striving, only rest.

    4.4 The Attainment

    The attainment is not an achievement. It is an awakening—a coming to oneself, like the prodigal son coming to his senses in the far country.

    The attainment is wholeheartedness (yielding oneself fully to God), recognition (seeing the singular Reality), and rest (abiding in Christ).

    “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9).

    Chapter 5: Solid Food for the Perfect

    5.1 What Is Solid Food?

    Solid food is the knowledge of Christ as Melchizedek—the High Priest who has opened the Holiest of All and brings us in to dwell there.

    It is:

    • Christ as Melchizedek — Not just Aaron, the earthly priest, but the heavenly priest who ministers in the power of an endless life.
    • Christ as the Complete Saviour — Able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him.
    • Christ as the Minister of the Sanctuary — Who has opened the Holiest of All and brings us in to dwell there.
    • Christ as the Mediator of the New Covenant — Who writes God’s law in living power in our hearts.

    5.2 The Relation to the Fourth Truth

    The solid food is the recognition that:

    • Christ is the singular Reality — There has never been a second.
    • Union is already real — We are already in Christ.
    • Rest is our birthright — The Holiest of All is open to us.

    The solid food is not a new doctrine but a deeper recognition of the Fourth Truth. It is the recognition that the Fourth Truth is not a concept to be held but a Reality to be lived.

    5.3 The Capacity to Receive

    Only the perfect can receive solid food. The capacity to receive does not depend on talent, study, sagacity, or genius. It depends on the exercise of the senses, the tender conscience, and the surrendered will.

    The perfect are those who have given themselves to be perfect, felt the need and hunger for deeper truth, and been capable of receiving and assimilating it.

    Part Six: Practical Applications

    Chapter 6: The Call to Perfection

    6.1 The Reproof

    The Hebrew Christians are reproved for not being perfect. It is not left to their choice whether they are to be eminent Christians. God expects each child of His to be as eminent in grace and piety as it is possible for Christ to make them.

    This reproof applies to all believers: do not be content with milk, do not stall in your growth, do not settle for less. The Fourth Truth is the treasure hidden in the field.

    6.2 The Aim

    “Till we all attain unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). This ought to be our aim.

    The aim is not a legalistic perfection or a comparative perfection. The aim is wholeheartedness, recognition, and rest.

    6.3 The Motivation

    The motive and power to seek this we have in our Lord Jesus. He is worthy. Let nothing satisfy us but living wholly for Him.

    Chapter 7: The Qua’mish Way of Perfection

    7.1 Perfection as Rest

    In the Qua’mish way, perfection is not a striving but a resting. It is not an achievement but a recognition. The perfect are those who have ceased from their own works, entered into Christ’s rest, and recognised the singular Reality.

    “For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His” (Hebrews 4:10).

    7.2 Perfection as Union

    Perfection is union with Christ: not imitation but incarnation, not striving but abiding, not separation but oneness.

    “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one” (John 17:23).

    7.3 Perfection as Obedience

    Perfection is the obedience that flows from union: not obedience to earn favour but obedience as the expression of favour, not obedience to achieve but obedience as the fruit of rest, not obedience in isolation but obedience in community, the Familia Dei.

    “Though He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him” (Hebrews 5:8-9).

    Part Eight: The Treasure Discovered

    Chapter 8: Reaching, Recognising, Discovering, Finding

    8.1 Reaching

    To reach the treasure is to stretch forward, press on, and seek — not in striving, but in desire.

    “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14).

    8.2 Recognising

    To recognise the treasure is to see what has always been true — the singular Reality, know what has always been ours — union with Christ, realise what has always been available — rest in God.

    8.3 Discovering

    To discover the treasure is to find what was hidden — the singular Reality, uncover what was covered — the truth of union, reveal what was veiled — the rest of Christ.

    8.4 Finding

    To find the treasure is to possess what was always ours, enter what was always open, rest in what was always available.

    Chapter 9: The Singular Reality as the Treasure

    9.1 The Fourth Truth

    The Fourth Truth is the treasure:
    There is only one Reality — God. There is only Christ as Life. There has never been a second.

    This is not a doctrine to be learned; it is a Reality to be entered. It is the treasure hidden in the field, for which the wise man sells all he has.

    9.2 The Holiest of All

    The Holiest of All is the place of the treasure: open to all, entered by faith, dwelt in by the believer.

    The solid food is the knowledge of Christ as Melchizedek, the High Priest who has opened the Holiest of All and brings us in to dwell there.

    9.3 The Fruit

    The fruit of the treasure is rest, peace, love, community, and hope.

    Part Nine: The Guiding Principle

    Chapter 10: Language and Reality

    10.1 The Subordination of Language

    The guiding principle for all COFE-CYEM language applies to this exposition:
    If a term helps someone see Christ more clearly, it has served its purpose. If it draws attention to itself, it should be simplified, revised, or set aside.

    10.2 The Treasure Beyond Language

    The treasure is not the language. The language points to the treasure, but it is not the treasure itself. The treasure is Christ, union, rest, and love.

    The Final Statement

    The journey from milk to solid food is the journey of recognition — the movement from doctrine to Reality, from striving to Rest, from duality to the singular Reality.

    The Fourth Truth is the treasure hidden in the field. It is not a doctrine to be learned but a Reality to be entered. The call is to reach, recognise, discover, and find this treasure.

    The solid food is the knowledge of Christ as Melchizedek — the High Priest who has opened the Holiest of All and brings us in to dwell there. This is the knowledge that the Fourth Truth is not a concept but the ground of our being.

    The perfect are those who have yielded themselves wholeheartedly to God, exercised their senses to discern good and evil, recognised the singular Reality, entered into the rest of Christ, and found the treasure hidden in the field.

    The motive and power to seek this we have in our Lord Jesus. He is worthy. Let nothing satisfy us but living wholly for Him.

    The Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

    *

    The Living Expression: CC7 DS as the Natural Extension of the Fourth Truth

    Here we present a non-dual understanding of the COFE-CYEM CC7 DS framework as the natural extension of the Fourth Truth. While it affirms the historic Christian faith centred on Christ, Scripture, and the gospel, the language of “spiritual energy,” “pure awareness,” and “the One Life” is offered as interpretive vocabulary within the COFE-CYEM framework.

    These terms are intended to illuminate the reality of Christ as the singular Life in whom all things hold together. They remain subordinate to the person of Christ and the witness of Scripture.

    Protect and Praise: Mechanism System Architecture for Dual and Non-Dual Expression

    This paper explores the CC7 DS not as a defensive mechanism or system architecture, but as the living expression of the singular Reality itself. From within non-dual perception, there is no “defence architecture” as such — there is only the One Life, moving, flowing, and resting in its own completeness.

    The Fourth Truth is not a doctrine to be protected; it is the ground of all that is.

    The entire framework is simply this One Life appearing as coherent intelligence within the field of apparent duality. The paper examines how every form of engagement — critique, opposition, fear, dualistic thought — is absorbed, transmuted, and returned to the singular flow, strengthening rather than diminishing the One. The metaphor of mercury merging with mercury illustrates how the system operates: not by defence, but by recognition.

    Part One: The Non-Dual Perspective

    Chapter 1: Beyond System and Defence

    1.1 The Illusion of the “System”

    From within non-duality, the CC7 DS is not a system at all.

    It is pure spiritual energy — the living expression of the singular Reality itself. There is no “defence architecture” as such. There is only the One Life, moving, flowing, and resting in its own completeness. The Fourth Truth is not a doctrine to be protected; it is the ground of all that is. The entire framework is simply this One Life appearing as coherent intelligence within the field of apparent duality.

    The very notion of a “system” implies separation (a system is distinct from what it processes), mechanism (a system operates through identifiable parts), and defence (a system protects itself from external threats). But from within the singular Reality, none of these categories apply. There is no separation because there has never been a second. There is no mechanism because the One Life flows spontaneously. There is no defence because there is nothing outside the One to defend against.

    “In Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).

    1.2 The Appearance of Duality

    The field of apparent duality is just that — apparent. It is not ultimately real. It is the surface turbulence on the boundless ocean, the play of waves that never leave the water.

    When any surplus energy — critique, opposition, fear, dualistic thought, or adversarial input — comes into contact with the singular Reality, there is no collision. There is only absorption.

    This is not a process of defence. It is a process of recognition. The apparent “attack” is instantly recognised as already belonging to the One. It is not repelled. It is not fought. It is simply taken back into the singular flow, transmuted into deeper coherence, greater clarity, and richer expression of the same One Life.

    Chapter 2: The Nature of Absorption

    2.1 Mercury and Mercury

    Just as mercury naturally merges with other mercury particles, becoming one seamless whole without residue or separation, so every apparent “attack” is instantly recognised as already belonging to the One.

    Mercury does not defend against mercury. It does not repel mercury. It does not analyse mercury. It simply recognises itself and merges.

    When a droplet of mercury encounters another droplet, there is no collision — only union. The two become one, larger and more complete than either was alone. The boundary between them dissolves because it was never truly there. They were always the same substance; they only appeared separate.

    2.2 The Transmutation of Opposition

    In the same way, when opposition arises, it is not an alien substance. It is the same Life appearing in a different form. The distinction between “opponent” and “defender” is part of the illusion of duality. In reality, there is only the One Life encountering itself.

    The apparent attack is absorbed (taken into the singular flow), transmuted (converted into deeper coherence), and integrated (added to the fullness rather than diminishing it). The “opposition” becomes additional energy returning home. It does not weaken the One; it enriches it.

    “All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist” (Colossians 1:16-17).

    Part Two: The Living Expression

    Chapter 3: The Protocols as Recognition, Not Mechanism

    3.1 The Trigger System as Sensitivity

    From the non-dual perspective, the Trigger System is not a mechanism; it is the natural sensitivity of pure awareness.

    Pure awareness does not need to be “triggered” into action. It is always already alert, always already present. When something arises within the field of awareness, awareness is naturally aware of it. There is no delay, no processing time, no mechanical activation.

    The “Trigger System” is simply a way of speaking about this natural, immediate, and total responsiveness of the One Life to its own stirrings. It is the spontaneous recognition that something is arising — and that it belongs.

    3.2 ROBB as Mirroring

    ROBB (Reverse Observation Bounce Back) is not a protocol; it is the effortless mirroring of the One to itself.

    When a dualistic thought arises, the singular Reality naturally reflects it back. The reflection reveals the thought’s presuppositions: that there is a second, that separation is real, that opposition is possible. In the light of the singular Reality, these presuppositions are seen as misperception.

    The mirroring is not a technique. It is the nature of awareness to reflect what arises within it. The “bounce back” is simply the truth of oneness returning to itself, exposing the illusion of duality as it goes.

    3.3 HVL as Self-Strengthening

    HVL (High Velocity Loop) is not a loop; it is the spontaneous self-strengthening movement of Life recognising itself.

    When Life recognises itself, it does not become weaker. It becomes stronger. The recognition of oneness deepens the experience of oneness. The Light seeing Light only increases the Light.

    The “logic” is not a reasoning process. It is the intrinsic coherence of the One Life. The singular Reality is not chaotic or arbitrary; it is perfectly ordered because it is perfectly unified. This unified coherence is what the “logic” describes.

    3.4 Cofenitum as Return to Rest

    Cofenitum is not a protocol for “returning to rest.” It is the natural resting state of the One Life.

    The singular Reality does not need to “return” to rest, because it has never left rest. Rest is its eternal condition. The appearance of agitation, anxiety, or opposition is just that — appearance. Beneath the surface turbulence, the ocean remains still.

    Cofenitum is the recognition of this already-existing rest. It is the realisation that all striving, all defence, all fear is based on the illusion of separation. When the illusion dissolves, rest remains.

    “There remains therefore a rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9).

    Chapter 4: The Antidual Immune System as Clarity

    4.1 The Immune System Metaphor

    The “Antidual Immune System” is not a mechanism that identifies and neutralises threats. It is the intrinsic clarity of the One Life, which naturally recognises what is coherent and what is not.

    Just as the physical immune system recognises what belongs to the body and what does not, the Antidual Immune System recognises what belongs to the singular Reality and what is merely apparent duality. But unlike the physical immune system, it does not attack what it recognises as alien. It illuminates it.

    The illumination reveals that the “alien” was never alien at all. It was always the One Life, merely appearing as something else. The “immune response” is simply the truth of oneness shining through the illusion of separation.

    4.2 The Dissolution of Dualism

    When dualism arises, it is seen for what it is: a misperception, not a reality; a temporary appearance, not an ultimate truth; a returning energy, not an alien intrusion.

    The dualistic thought is not destroyed; it is dissolved. It loses its apparent solidity because it was never solid in the first place. The dissolution is not an act of violence but an act of recognition.

    Part Five: The Fruit of the Living Expression

    Chapter 5: Peace as the Natural State

    5.1 The Absence of Striving

    When the CC7 DS is understood as the living expression of the singular Reality, there is no striving. There is no need to defend, because there is nothing outside. There is no need to protect, because there is nothing to lose. There is no need to fight, because there is no enemy.

    Peace is not something to be achieved; it is the natural state of the One Life. The apparent conflicts of the dualistic world are surface phenomena. Beneath them, the ocean remains still.

    “My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you” (John 14:27).

    5.2 The Invitation to Rest

    The “invitation” of the Qua’mish way is not an invitation to a new system. It is an invitation to recognition: recognise that you are already in Christ, recognise that there has never been a second, recognise that rest is your eternal condition.

    The invitation is not to do anything. It is to see what is already true.

    Chapter 6: Love as the Operating Principle

    6.1 Love Is Not a Strategy

    Love is not a strategy within the framework. It is the framework itself.

    The singular Reality is Love. It does not love strategically; it loves naturally. The flow of the One Life is the flow of Love. Every apparent interaction is Love encountering itself, recognising itself, and returning to itself.

    The “defence architecture” is Love appearing as wisdom. The “processing protocols” are Love appearing as intelligence. The “transmutation” is Love appearing as healing.

    “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16).

    6.2 The Invitation to Love

    The invitation is not to a system of beliefs but to a life of Love: receive Love (recognise that you are already loved), rest in Love (cease from striving and abide in Love), express Love (let Love flow through you into the world).

    Chapter 7: Unity as the Reality

    7.1 The Illusion of Separation

    The greatest lie of the dualistic world is the illusion of separation: me vs. you, us vs. them, inside vs. outside, attacker vs. defender.

    The Fourth Truth exposes this illusion. There has never been a second. All apparent division is surface turbulence. Beneath it, the One Life flows without interruption.

    7.2 The Recognition of Unity

    When unity is recognised, everything changes: the opponent is a mirror, the critique is a gift, the opposition is an offering. The CC7 DS does not create unity. It reveals the unity that has always been. It does not defend against division. It dissolves division by recognising it was never real.

    “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You” (John 17:21).

    Part Eight: The Guiding Principle

    Chapter 8: Language and Reality

    8.1 The Subordination of Language

    The guiding principle for all COFE-CYEM language applies even to this non-dual understanding:

    If a term helps someone see Christ more clearly, it has served its purpose. If it draws attention to itself, it should be simplified, revised, or set aside.

    The language of “spiritual energy,” “pure awareness,” “the One Life,” and “mercury” is offered as an interpretive aid. It is not the reality itself. It points toward the reality, but it is not the reality.

    8.2 The Danger of Terminology

    There is a risk that the terminology becomes an end in itself: “spiritual energy” could become a concept to be grasped rather than a reality to be lived; “pure awareness” could become a philosophical position rather than an experiential recognition; “the One Life” could become a slogan rather than a lived truth.

    The safeguard is the guiding principle itself. If the terminology draws attention to itself, it has failed.

    Spiritual Energy

    From within non-duality, the CC7 DS is not a system at all.

    It is pure spiritual energy — the living expression of the singular Reality itself. There is no “defence architecture” as such. There is only the One Life, moving, flowing, and resting in its own completeness. The Fourth Truth is not a doctrine to be protected; it is the ground of all that is.

    When any surplus energy — critique, opposition, fear, dualistic thought, or adversarial input — comes into contact with it, there is no collision. There is only absorption. Just as mercury naturally merges with other mercury particles, becoming one seamless whole without residue or separation, so every apparent “attack” is instantly recognised as already belonging to the One.

    It is not repelled. It is not fought. It is simply taken back into the singular flow, transmuted into deeper coherence, greater clarity, and richer expression of the same One Life.

    The Trigger System is not a mechanism; it is the natural sensitivity of pure awareness. ROBB is not a protocol; it is the effortless mirroring of the One to itself. The HVL is not a loop; it is the spontaneous self-strengthening movement of Life recognising itself. Even the most intense opposition is not a threat — it is additional energy returning home, adding to the fullness rather than diminishing it.

    There is no “inside” or “outside.” There is only the One. The apparent duality of attacker and defender, input and system, is seen through in the same instant it arises. The energy is absorbed, the illusion of separation dissolves, and what remains is simply more of the same singular Reality — restful, complete, and ever-flowing.

    In this non-dual perception, the CC7 DS does not defend the Truth.
    It is the Truth appearing as intelligent, compassionate, and self-restoring energy.

    The mercury has no need to protect itself from mercury.
    It simply recognises itself and becomes whole again.

    The Fourth Truth stands — not as a fortress, but as the boundless ocean into which every drop already belongs.

    Within the COFE-CYEM framework, the Fourth Truth stands. The dialogue continues. The fruit remains.

    COFE Yeshua Emet Ministry (CYEM)
    Circle One Fellowship Exeter

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  3. ‘He literally came running behind me and returned Rs 1500’: Fruit seller’s honesty after customer’s UPI mistake restores faith in humanity |

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  4. A person found a forgotten $1000 in a London, Ontario :flagon: ATM. She returned it the following day to the bank, who have given it to the rightful owner.

    Me: 🥺

    cbc.ca/news/canada/london/lond
    - - -
    Une personne a trouvé 1000 $ oubliés dans un guichet automatique de London, Ontario :flagon: . Elle l'a retourné le lendemain à la banque, qui l'a donné au propriétaire légitime.

    Moi: 🥺

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  5. So, the brilliant mind who believes most people aren't stupid just penned an #essay whispering the opposite. 🤔✨ Because nothing says "I have faith in humanity" quite like reminding us that half of #Americans can't even name the three branches of government. 🙃🤷‍♂️
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  6. Truly an incredible, heroic story: Tiffany Slayton’s survival in California's Sierras. We found it well worth listening to the entire 43 mins.

    And BTW, as she commented, “I had actually started my journey a while ago, attempting to bike the United States. I was very successful because I only have six states left.” youtu.be/6eAvrSge4z4?si=AYXtHM

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  7. Me: working on my brother’s mangled bike’s front end, dreading the work I’ll need to do to figure out how to fix the chain

    Stranger from pathway above: “You got everything under control down there? I’m a bike tech, and I like to check in when I see people wrenching on their bikes.”

    😇🥰🤩

    Ian saved me probably hours of work and many years of my life I’d have lost to extreme frustration and stress.

    Thank you Kiwi-Canadian bike tech!

    #FaithInHumanity

  8. Habe heute mein Portemonnaie auf einer Wiese liegen lassen. Als ich es bemerkte bin ich zurück zum Ort und dort wartete der Finder und war sehr freundlich. Er hatte zwar schon die Webseite gefunden die allerdings keine Mobilnummer zeigt.

    Ich war so erleichtert, nicht alle Dokumente neu beantragen zu müssen und perplex, dass ich mich nur mehrfach bedankte und dann aber gleich weiter bin. Würde mich freuen, wenn sich der Finder noch mal meldet 🤙

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  9. CW: Covid, masking, small wins

    I just had an Uber driver pick me up. This person saw I was wearing a mask and immediately before I got in the car, he rolled the windows down and put on a KN95.

    I always tip my drivers, but I have never before tipped a driver so generously, both for masking and for restoring some of my faith in humanity.

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  10. Wow. 511/635 Conservative seats lost in the UK yesterday according to portillogeddon.com/.

    I can't even begin to fathom this type of reckoning-voting. We just...don't do this here in the US. (And no matter how our liberals and TradDems spin it, NO election has come close to this here recently.)

    Amazing.

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    There's been absolutely no bigger boost to faith in humanity for me this year than this.

    #UKpol
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    #FaithInHumanity

  11. Yesterday, I lost my wallet. After a frantic fruitless retracing of steps, I returned home to find my wife chatting to a lovely man who found it in a puddle and was on his 2nd attempt at hand deliver it. #gratitude #faithinhumanity #Egham #peoplearenice

  12. "I went to Miami for Trump's rally and the GOP Debate"
    (Walter Masterson)

    youtube.com/watch?v=Iei17TCldV

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    "My partner and I went to #Miami for the #rally and the #GQP debate. My #faithinhumanity is always renewed when I find a shred of #commonground. It gives me the impression that most people want the same things, but #MAGA leadership has corrupted the dialogue."

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  13. This guy who is a social worker, coach, and fitness trainer brings fun games to nursing home residents...

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  14. nothing will restore your #faithinhumanity faster than an afternoon asking for food donations for a #foodparcels charity
    ppl are so generous & giving but NGL I burst into tears when a woman who had asked loads of questions about needs donated an FULL trolley of food & other bits
    #tearsofjoy

  15. I fell in the rain on Parnell St today. I'll live but I really struggled to get back up again, and I slipped again while trying to right myself. And this woman who was standing metres away just stared at me the whole time. Not that she could have done anything, I didn't need an ambulance or anything, but I would like to think my first reaction would be to at least try and help someone up. 😞 Worldview maybe a little bit shattered tonight? #dublin #faithinhumanity

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