“Apparently, two sets of factors come into action to produce this diversity of mind and consciousness: First, the quality of life from which the thought is formed; second, the beliefs of the person. But, in reality, the quality of life, that is, the character of the consciousness—or vital-thought just defined—is determined by the beliefs of [...]
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Blessed Night, Loves 😊
I Pray All Is Well With Everyone... And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion... For Yourselves... And Everyone Else... All Around the World. And The Simplest Way To Feel Sincere Love For Everyone Else... Is To First Feel Sincere Love For Ourselves - Delving Deep Within Our Beings - And [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter iii (reason and religion)
“There is first a desire and a will to do, followed by the turning of the mind and the centralizing of it upon the subject that we wish to consider. The question here arises as to what is meant when we say that we have turned the mind to the consideration of a subject. Does [...]
Blessed Night, Loves 😊
I Pray All Is Well With Everyone... And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion... For All God's Children... And All God's Creation. If Not... Let Us Be More Loving! For Whenever Sincere Love Is Flowing From Within Any Individual - In Thought Or Deed - For Any Of God's Children... [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter i (development)
“The Cyclopean eye figures a reality of life referred to by our Lord when he said: “If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” (Matt. vi. 22.) For purposes of concentration upon one subject, the physical eyes and the eyes of the mind become one—physically upon the book before you, [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter i (development)
“The terms “inspiration” and “revelation” have been misapplied, and therefore need definition. Inspiration bears to revelation the relation of cause to effect. Inspiration is not necessarily the act of a human agent becoming a medium of expression for a being in the spirit-world, but it is a well-known phenomenon of everyday life. The act of [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter i (development)
“The beginnings of organized life act from instinct without brainpower to define and guide the impulse. The insect moves about apparently without aim, a little way in one direction, and back, then in another. Universal Life runs it in accordance with its form and quality, as the water runs the waterwheel. But as experience is [...]
isis unveiled, volume 2: chapter xii (gazing upon the unveiled truth)
"Plotinus, as is well known, was a clairvoyant-seer during his whole and daily life; and yet, he had been united to his God but six times during the sixty-six years of his existence, as he himself confessed to Porphyry.” “Ammonius Sakkas, the “God-taught”, asserts that the only power which is directly opposed to soothsaying and looking [...]