A student distills the episode into a broader human lesson Jiang keeps in play: getting through purgatory or life sometimes requires help from others.
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Help from others
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"...to get through purgatory, to get through life, you need help from other people. And sometimes these forms of help come at you without..."
"...I'll help you. And then what are you gonna do? You'll help others and then they'll help others as well, right? So rather than..."
"...ties back to your question is the more you're able to help others connect to God, the more happiness is created in this world...."
"...And then love is your connection to others. Act as to help others. Be kind. Be generous. Okay. All right. Let's continue. This is..."
"...then able to export its surveillance technology throughout the world and help other nations build up their surveillance networks. Okay. But then, because Israel..."
"...as much as possible to seek wisdom to seek enlightenment to help others do as well as to do as well well this coming..."
"...and you have children. Or you could also choose to volunteer, help other people, be kind and generous to other people. Okay. So that's..."
"...what everyone else hasn't so you have a duty now to help other people okay does that make sense so if you move closer..."
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