How is aspiring toward perfection, as defined in this course, different from trying to be better, purer, wiser, or more loving?

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Perfection is a ‘state of being’ of having the shalom peace of God in the midst of a trying world. It is not a strive to do better, to be purer morally, to be wiser, more loving – these are outcome when one is drawn into the shalom peace of God – the complete work of Jesus sits deeply in us.