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Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

The Living Hour

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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, an exclusive series for the patrons of the Inspirational Living podcast. This episode was edited and adapted from An Eternal Career by Frank and Lydia Hammer, published in 1947, published in 1916.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: A Hindu child once said to his playmate: "If you can tell me where God is, I will give you a mango." The playmate replied: "If you can tell me where God is not, I will give you two mangos."

Yes, where is God not? While most religions teach that God is omnipresent, the majority of people have difficulty in ....

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0:49.9	Today's talk was edited and adapted from An Eternal Career by Frank and Lydia Hammer, published in 1947.
1:05.4	A Hindu child once said to his playmate,
1:09.3	If you can tell me where God is, I will give you a mango.
1:12.6	The playmate replied,
1:14.6	If you can tell me where God is not, I will give you two mangoes.
1:20.6	Yes, where is God not?
1:24.6	While most religions teach that God is omnipresent, the majority of people have difficulty
1:32.0	in grasping this truth. They are under the illusion that God must be sought in particular
1:40.2	places and in definite localities, such as in churches and in heaven.
1:47.0	Many make the mistake of attempting to fit their ideas of the deity into their limited intelligence
1:55.0	and liken God unto themselves. They ascribe to him hands, feet, a face, senses, and emotions.
2:05.6	The majority are also unable to realize God's ever-present nearness, but believe he is
2:12.6	remote and separated from the universe, inaccessible and only to be approached through intermediaries.
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