Tag Archives: Metaphysics

“A healed mind does not plan”

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Jiffy Read

“A healed mind does not plan. It carries out the plans it receives through listening to wisdom that is not its own. It waits until it has been taught what should be done, and then proceeds to do it. It … Continue reading →

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One Self, Infinite Expressions

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Jiffy Read

Just as a prism refracts light, and separates it out into an infinite variety of colors, so does Mind refract God, and separate out limitless expressions of Infinite Being. And just as refracted colors are never apart from the light from which they receive their illumined quality, … Continue reading →

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Consciousness and the brain

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Jiffy Read

“You also believe the body’s brain can think. If you but understood the nature of thought, you could but laugh at this insane idea.” (W-92.2) One of the most vexing—if not the most vexing—problems in science is known as “the hard … Continue reading →

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Free Will

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Jiffy Read

The separate self feels as though it is free to think and do as it pleases. But all its thoughts and actions arise from the ego thoughts in which it believes, and ego thoughts are not original; they are the thoughts of conditioned thinking. … Continue reading →

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