Mind3
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MIND (3)
There
is but one mind and that mind is the Great Creative Mind and we live and move
and have our being in that Mind.
Each
one of us uses a part of that Great Mind and makes it a personalized part for
our own use. Therefore we have put a
wall around a part of that mind. This
is why we feel that we are separated from God until we are in the lower stages
of illumination.
The
basis of all energy is in the mind of God as God is in Mind.
Thus it is that we have the statement in Romans 8: 5 & 6 --
"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh,
but they that are after the Spirit mind the things of the Spirit.
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life
and peace."
II Timothy 1: 7 --
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and Love
and a sound mind."
The awareness of the spirit of a sound mind is given to us by the Father
through dedication and yielding up all unto him.
We
see in II Corinthians 8:12 --
"For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to
that a man hath and not according to that he hath not."
This
teaches us to be of willing mind; without willingness, nothing can be
accomplished. God our Father will
not force us to do anything. We must
be willing of ourselves to do the will of the Father.
The
reference of the term "to mind" is to pay attention to that which
takes concentration. Using the mind function in concentration is the act of
giving "life" to that which we are paying attention to.
The way this works is that God Energy is the radiation of the mind.
IN
THESE LAST DAYS
If
we as manifestations of the Sons of God dare to operate in Carnal Mind we shall
surely die or become separated from the God Energy.
To be Spiritually Minded is Life
The Spiritual Mind is the Mind of Christ, and the Bible stands fast on
this.
SELF
DISCIPLINE
We must exercise the Mind constantly for God.
We must be prepared to use the mind for God.
In Philippians 2: 5 & 6 --
"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being
in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."
PEACE OBTAINED THROUGH
THE MIND
Isaiah 26: 3 --
"Thou will keep him in perfect peace who's mind is yielded" to
the Christ.
The Christ does the functioning; as it is functioned by the Christ it
will begin to produce the Christ in you.
The doubtful mind is the mind of fear, and has not been introduced to
perfect love.
Luke 12:29 --
"And seek not ye what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, neither
be ye of doubtful mind."
God is your source of your supply.
Romans 14:5 --
"One man esteemeth one day above another: another man esteemeth
every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."
In
the study of any philosophy based upon a thorough examination of mans mental and
spiritual existence, that associated with the Soul is mind, and mind is an
attribute of the soul: the brain is not logically of the body of man unless we
admit that the mind is an attribute of the Soul.
This distinction between brain and mind is apparent as we study the
mental activities and possibilities of man, and with Spinoza and a number of
other careful and unbiased scientists we agree that:
"The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body."
Whether
we accept the theory of other scientists -- that man physically evolved to his
present physical body because of evolution through all the lower forms of animal
life -- or refuse to accept it, the fact remains that among primitive man in his
first phase of Soul-personality -- evolved as an image of God.
It
is also true that mans automatic functions of reflex and body type is recorded
in the Soul Sheath.
OUR BIRTH IS BUT A SLEEP AND A FORGETTING,
THE SOUL THAT RISES WITH US, OUR LIFE'S STAR
HATH HAD ELSEWHERE ITS SETTING AND COMETH
FROM AFAR.
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