-Just as there are some who strive for the tree, there are others who just as
diligently search for and press toward the building of material/temporal glory
to seek salvation there.
"multitudes"
-when, in this life, we find ourselves in the minority as pertaining to things of faith, values, morality and God, we should not be surprised. We should certainly not be shaken in our own faith because they that are against us are more than those who are with us (or at least when taking a poll of mortal beings). In fact, if we find ourselves too often in the camp of the majority, we should engage in sober self-reflection. Is our moral compass accurate and functional.
-the clichéd warning regarding going along with the crowd is not something we age out from. It does not cease after elementary or high school. Swimming against the prevailing current and walking away from the multitudes requires and also produces strength.
"feeling their way"
-the magnetism of the great and spacious building is the satisfaction of carnal appetites and desires. We "feel" our way toward the pleasure palace of mortality by indulging the passions and immediate impulses of the natural man. We indulge our feelings rather than soberly contemplating the things of eternity which largely convince us to delay physical gratifications now for eternal rewards in the future. This is true for the spiritual realm just as it is for the political realm.
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