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A ''hapax'' is a singular occurence in the text, for instance, a word found only once in all the teachings.  This expression occurs more than once but is unusual in expressing a cultural bias, an orientation known primarily to Westerners, i.e., evoking the New Testament record.
 

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Short Quotes

[T]he crown of thorns that you wear ... represents your attempt at fulfillment in the world.

Great effort is exerted in building things that can fall apart in a moment, things that have no stability or permanence.

  • Continuation Step 3

Quotes from Outside the New Message from God

what Got him was Noth
ing & nothing's exAct 
ly what any one Living
(or some
body
Dead like even a Poet)could 
hardly express what 
i Mean is 
what knocked him over Wasn't 
(for instance)the Knowing your

whole(yes god

damned)life is a Flop or even 
to 
Feel how 
Everything(dreamed 
& hoped & 
prayed for 
months & weeks & days & years 
& nights & 
forever)is Less Than 
Nothing(which would have been

Something)what got him was nothing

e. e. cummings

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