Luke 11:34-36<\/a><\/p>\nCompare Matthew 6:22-23<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m sure that the Savior\u2019s comment here presupposes and reflects an ancient theory of vision that we no longer hold, scientifically speaking.<\/p>\n
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Nevertheless, I think his essential point remains:<\/p>\n
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If our way of perceiving people and the world around us is fundamentally wrong, skewed, warped, deformed by gross error, poisoned by cynicism, distorted by hatred, and so forth, that will affect virtually everything about us.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd if your eye be\u00a0single\u00a0to my\u00a0glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth\u00a0all things.\u201d \u00a0(Doctrine and Covenants 88:67)<\/p>\n
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