Lehi has a vision of a tree whose fruit makes people incomparably happy. All they have to do is hold to an iron rod and get there, yet many refuse. Some even reach the tree, taste the fruit, and walk away. Is the fruit all it's cracked up to be, or are people confused about the nature of happiness?
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Relevant links:
“I Will Tell You in Your Mind and in Your Heart, by the Holy Ghost”: Doctrine and Covenants and Church History: Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual
Bruce R. McConkie letter to Eugene Englund: https://ia601009.us.archive.org/15/items/wally-tope--bruce-mcconkie-letter/wally-tope--bruce-mcconkie-letter-ocr.pdf
FAIR Joseph Sr.'s dream: https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Book_of_Mormon/Plagiarism_accusations/Joseph_Smith,_Sr.%27s_dream_and_Lehi%27s_vision
Restoration and the Sacred Mushroom by Robert Beckstead: http://www.mormonthink.com/files/restoration-sacred-mushroom.pdf
FAIR Evaluating Claims that Contradict the Prophets: https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2022/09/28/evaluating-claims-that-contradict-the-prophets
Music in this episode:
Grieg - Malmö Symphony Orchestra: https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2016/06/21/daily-download-edvard-grieg--peer-gynt-suite-no-1-morning-mood
FAIRMormon song - Your Own Personal Hell - 17406877: https://pixabay.com/music/action-your-own-personal-hell-8685/
Jazzy Abstract Beat - Coma Media: https://pixabay.com/music/beats-jazzy-abstract-beat-11254/
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