Thought for the Day
When viewing or thinking a thought, always clarify it for the value of its logic and reason; divest it of imagination, mystery, and all falseness; see the clear intent, whether constructive or otherwise, and never compromise with illogicality; a statement is, or is not. See it for what it really is, and do not attempt to clothe it with personality; this is what so often leads to jumping to conclusions and self-pity.
- Alfred J. Parker
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Man Know Thyself
Mind Know Thyself
Many are the sayings, such as: "Man know thyself," "As a man
thinketh, so is he," "Man is the eyes, ears, and mouthpiece
of God," "The kingdom of heaven lies within," "Man is the
master of his own destiny," "Thoughts are things," and
"Thoughts have wings," etc., all tending to appreciate the
value and power of human mind without a reasonable explanation
as to what is mind? how is it created? how does it function?
and, how does it receive its individual quality that defines
personality? These are the unanswered questions that point
the way to human delinquency. The trouble with our age is
the lack of knowledge of, and respect for, life itself, and
that present civilization has no basic and tangible spiritual
laws that could allow establishing a definite spiritual objective
or ideal. The world has not an ideal beyond financial profit
and supremacy over humanity. We are taught to deify science
instead of spiritual wisdom; thus have our younger generation
been weaned away from the desire to seek the best in life or
to understand the power that makes them what they are: mind.
It might be said that life is the concept of mind; thus, "As
a man thinketh, so is he." We should be more concerned with
the verbal expression of mind through thought. One is too
prone to think only of what is felt; thus must human thoughts
have their very birth and being in emotion. Mind can be
classified in planes or gradations of intelligence, each plane
having the positive and negative aspect and its overall
blueprint. For instance, a person may be living in a very
emotional and negative plane of mind, yet there are different
degrees of emotion; it might be that of greed, lust,
dishonesty, sex, jealousy, antagonism and ego, or over-
indulgence -- each having its own distinct personality and
expressions of thought. All are negative, for only wisdom
is positive. Each plane of mind is an individual world of
thought in itself, like a frequency on a radio dial that
tunes into its own source of broadcast.
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