Mind5
Tree
of Life Lessons
Level 1
MIND (5)
In the study of Mental Law we are considering one of
the most vital of all the laws of life, except those which have to do with the
creative function of God.
That
Law and your consciousness of it, the ability to demonstrate it, the supremacy
of spiritual thought force over all apparent material resistance must
necessarily depend on your understanding of these mental laws and how they
operate, for it is the canvas upon which we paint the scene of our life.
We
must come to think of this mental medium and Law which is the principle
governing spirit mind control which brings to us our likes and dislikes and is
the foundation of spiritual healing and its many ramifications.
We
must do one thing and this is to think in terms of this Law as an exact Law
which does not vary nor does it err.
The
law is in the mind of God; it was in his mind when he created this universe.
It is in his mind yesterday, today, and forever.
The
law is imprinted and is part of the nature of the spirit of God.
It is a facet of God's personality.
This
law functions thus automatically because the spirit is self-knowing and
conscious of the things in the mind of God and causes all mental patterns to be
filled with the energy and force because of the self-knowing of the spirit,
because God also passed on the word, his creative word to us through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Now
let us consider this all-important idea and reality of God and the reality of
Him in terms of the Infinite Knower and a Limitless Doer.
Let us assure you that here in this universe of pure spirit which is
filled with warmth and color which produces warmth.
The
following are five steps to the understanding and the putting into use the mind
function so that it becomes a part of your KNOWING.
These
steps are not only the steps of mental system of assimilation or digestion or
assumption, they are the steps and the pattern of the complete function of the
Law.
1. DIGESTION:
Digest = to assimilate mentally; obtain information, ideas, or principles
from; to arrange methodically in the
mind; think over; to arrange in convenient or methodical order; reduce to a
system; classify; to condense, abridge, or summarize.
From Latin, digest (us) = separated, dissolved.
2. ASSIMILATION:
Assimilate = to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: to bring
into conformity; adapt or adjust; to make like; cause to resemble; to compare;
liken. From Latin assimilat (us)
= likened to. made like.
3. ASSUMPTION:
the act of taking for granted; or supposing; act of taking to or upon
oneself; the act of taking possession of something; the bodily taking up into
heaven of the Virgin
4. COMPREHENSION:
inclusion; perception or understanding; capacity of the mind to perceive
or understand; power to grasp ideas; ability to know; the act or process of
comprehending. Comprehend = to
understand the meaning or nature of; grasp with the mind; perceive; to take in
or embrace; include; comprise. From
Latin com + prehendere = to
grasp.
5. REALIZATION:
The making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.; the
act of realizing or the state of being realized.
Realize = to grasp or understand clearly; to bring vividly to the mind.
Real = true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent; existing or occurring
as fact; actual rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious; being an actual
thing; having an objective existence; not imaginary; being actually such; not
merely so-called; genuine; not counterfeit, artificial, or imitation; unfeigned
or sincere. From Latin re (s)
= thing + alis = pertaining to.
These steps are the paths, the rungs in the ladder, the higher consciousness and the creation of a new life and a new body in reality. They are the reality of God because this is the way that the mind works from the dense to the less dense, from the small to the greater. This is the way of mental life.
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