WHAT IS THE MIND?
This is actually as big a question as “What is GOD?”
Consider first that “GOD is SPIRIT”. SPIRIT=no form. So what is that? SPIRIT=no form=the “feelings” of LOVE/JOY/PEACE. These feelings, which we all attribute to the character of GOD, are experiential--we can and do experience them very personally in our connection with all things; human, animal, plant, etc.
The conveyance of these feelings/GOD characteristics, do not occur in a vacuum. They need the agency of mind to convey the characteristics of LOVE/JOY/PEACE. Mind, in itself, is inherently neutral--merely the “tool” of conveyance.
So, you have GOD=SPIRIT=LOVE/JOY/PEACE, which is conveyed through or by the MIND of GOD. Mind is the “mechanism” of decision--free will. GOD’S free will was conveyed in our creation, which is why we have one.
Now, a very important point. The most fundamental Law of GOD is that of CAUSE & EFFECT, meaning, GOD (SOURCE/CAUSE) created everything else (that is like GOD--EFFECT). I emphasize that GOD only creates that which is like HIM--like begets like.
GOD=LOVE/JOY/PEACE (cause) simply creates more LOVE/JOY/PEACE (effect) when He creates --the mind of GOD being the agency through which this is done.
This is a long road to get back to the brain/mind question. The mind is not in the brain--the brain and body and everything else is in the mind. We simply cannot grasp the creative power of mind.
Consider this: When you fall asleep and dream, your mind is creating/destroying entire universes of “reality” within each dream. Apart from the experience that dreams seem a little less ordered than waking life, when you’re in them, they seem real. Mind creates the sets, casts the characters, gives them lines, costumes, story, etc. And we do this over and over again. Mind creates all of this, projects it onto the “screen”, and we “sit back” and experience it like a 3-D movie. You will notice that you never really “see” your current body in your dreams, because the REAL you is not your body. This is the great mis-identification. (We all kind of hope that is the case, because we are constantly seeing bodies bite the dust all around us.) Don’t worry--the good news is that you are not your body.
So what the h*ll are we then? Try SPIRIT/MIND projecting our current “temporary vehicle” known as a body--just like in our dreams. We are non-local spiritual beings having a temporary local experience.
The brain/body does exactly what the mind dictates. State of mind=state of body. Ease (PEACE) of mind=healthy body. Dis-ease (conflict) of mind=disease in body.
Western medicine knows about the “placebo effect” but does little to promote the power of its potential.
Consider first that “GOD is SPIRIT”. SPIRIT=no form. So what is that? SPIRIT=no form=the “feelings” of LOVE/JOY/PEACE. These feelings, which we all attribute to the character of GOD, are experiential--we can and do experience them very personally in our connection with all things; human, animal, plant, etc.
The conveyance of these feelings/GOD characteristics, do not occur in a vacuum. They need the agency of mind to convey the characteristics of LOVE/JOY/PEACE. Mind, in itself, is inherently neutral--merely the “tool” of conveyance.
So, you have GOD=SPIRIT=LOVE/JOY/PEACE, which is conveyed through or by the MIND of GOD. Mind is the “mechanism” of decision--free will. GOD’S free will was conveyed in our creation, which is why we have one.
Now, a very important point. The most fundamental Law of GOD is that of CAUSE & EFFECT, meaning, GOD (SOURCE/CAUSE) created everything else (that is like GOD--EFFECT). I emphasize that GOD only creates that which is like HIM--like begets like.
GOD=LOVE/JOY/PEACE (cause) simply creates more LOVE/JOY/PEACE (effect) when He creates --the mind of GOD being the agency through which this is done.
This is a long road to get back to the brain/mind question. The mind is not in the brain--the brain and body and everything else is in the mind. We simply cannot grasp the creative power of mind.
Consider this: When you fall asleep and dream, your mind is creating/destroying entire universes of “reality” within each dream. Apart from the experience that dreams seem a little less ordered than waking life, when you’re in them, they seem real. Mind creates the sets, casts the characters, gives them lines, costumes, story, etc. And we do this over and over again. Mind creates all of this, projects it onto the “screen”, and we “sit back” and experience it like a 3-D movie. You will notice that you never really “see” your current body in your dreams, because the REAL you is not your body. This is the great mis-identification. (We all kind of hope that is the case, because we are constantly seeing bodies bite the dust all around us.) Don’t worry--the good news is that you are not your body.
So what the h*ll are we then? Try SPIRIT/MIND projecting our current “temporary vehicle” known as a body--just like in our dreams. We are non-local spiritual beings having a temporary local experience.
The brain/body does exactly what the mind dictates. State of mind=state of body. Ease (PEACE) of mind=healthy body. Dis-ease (conflict) of mind=disease in body.
Western medicine knows about the “placebo effect” but does little to promote the power of its potential.
So, what is the mind?
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