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[[File:ME medallion.jpg|right|Mental Environment]]
  
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"Your mind is a fabulous instrument of [[communication]]. It can comprehend [[Past/Present/Future|the past]]. It can plan for the [[future]]. Indeed, the mind is a great membrane between your [[The Separation|worldly existence]] and your [[Knowledge|spiritual reality]]."
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"When the mind is joined with [[Knowledge|Spirit]], it is in its true role. It recognizes its function and is capable of fulfilling it perfectly."<ref>''[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 12</ref>
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<ref>The Gift (March 2007)</ref>
 
  
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"The mind must be renewable. To have your mind renewed, you must realize that you have a greater foundation than the mind, and you must reclaim your [[Relationships|relationship]] with this foundation, which is your relationship with [[Knowledge]]."
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“Ultimately, the only thing that can keep you from Knowledge is the mind. It may seem like the world is dominating you, but in reality it is the mind."<ref>''[[Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training]]'', Step 17: Today I will not let anything keep me from my practice.</ref>
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== Directives ==
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"You must take responsibility for the content of your
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mind." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 30: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/preception-interpretation-reality Perception]</ref>
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"Gain access to [[Knowledge]] and you will become [[Freedom|free]] of the mind."
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"What must be unlearned is your identification with your mind." <ref>''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 13: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-must-be-unlearned What must be unlearned?]</ref>
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"The mind must be renewable. To have your mind be renewed, you must realize that you have a [[Knowledge|greater foundation]] than the mind, and you must reclaim your [[relationship]] with this foundation, which is your relationship with [[Knowledge]]." <ref name="gcs13"/>
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== Mind, heart and spirit ==
  
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== Short Quotes About the Mind ==
 
 
"You can imagine all kinds of things but, really, the mind cannot understand [[The Spirit|the spirit]]."
 
"You can imagine all kinds of things but, really, the mind cannot understand [[The Spirit|the spirit]]."
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<ref>What Happens After Death (July 11, 2008)</ref>
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<ref>[http://newknowledgelibrary.org/audio-mp3/what-happens-after-death/ What Happens After Death] (July 11, 2008)</ref>
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"Between the [[life]] of the mind and the life of the [[heart]] there is a great gulf, a huge chasm, with no apparent bottom. The distance between the two seems insurmountable. Yet there is a [[The Way of Knowledge|way]] to bridge it." <ref name="ltw4"/>
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==The worldly mind and the deeper mind==
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"You have two minds. You have the mind of the world, conditioned by the world and influenced by the world, a mind that is full of the world’s impressions and influences, and your own responses and decisions in the face of it. But the deeper mind is still connected to Creation.
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In God’s New Revelation, this is called Knowledge—Knowledge here meaning the deeper mind, the mind that is not part of Separation. The difference between this deeper mind and your surface or worldly mind is the difference between Creation and Separation. You could not separate from God completely. The part of you that did not separate represents Knowledge. The part of you that did separate represents your soul." <ref>''The One God'', Chapter 3: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/the-origin The Origin]</ref></blockquote>
  
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"Gain access to [[Knowledge]] and you will become [[Freedom|free]] of the mind."
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== Right use of the mind ==
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<ref name="greater">[[Greater Community Spirituality]]</ref>
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"Your mind serves two primary functions: It is either contemplating and problem-solving with the power of Knowledge, or it is still. Experiencing peace is a still mind. And to reach this state, you must be able to go beneath the surface of the mind into the well of silence."<ref name="dysp">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/deepening-your-spiritual-practice Deepening Your Spiritual Practice] (November 1, 2008)</ref>
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"The mind must be employed or allowed to rest, and its employment is not always in a state of work. It may be focused on an enjoyable activity, but it must be focused. When it is not focused, it should be allowed to rest so that you may use it to listen and to look."<ref name="lfk">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/listening-knowledge Listening for Knowledge] (September 24, 2009)</ref>
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"Long ago when I used to work with people one on one. I would practice letting go all my ideas, recommendations and solutions regarding their problem or need. I would instead become very still, listening for what could be done for that person, if anything. Most of the time with my mind very clear and empty, I would receive the key—I would see it, know it and then find an appropriate way to present it. Often it would have little to do with what that person was telling me or what they thought the source of their difficulty was." <ref>Marshall Vian Summers, February 20, 2016</ref>
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"Give the mind one thing to dedicate itself to. This produces equanimity because when the mind is focused, it becomes still—even when it is working very hard. This gives you freedom from past regrets and from future anxieties. It takes you away from fear and into a concentrated state of mind. It generates activity, observation and many other specific tasks." <ref>''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 31: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/develop-greater-concentration Concentration]</ref>
  
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== Quotes About the Personal Mind ==
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== An instrument for communication ==
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"The personal mind ... seeks to use everything for self-assurance, self-glorification and self-protection because it is weak and vulnerable and has no foundation in life."
 
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"For you see, you were born with two minds—a mind to think with and a mind to know. The mind that you think with is a product of all of your [[Culture|social conditioning]]. It is a product of being in [[the world]]. It is an accumulation of [[ideas]], associations and patterns of thinking that you have been learning since the day you were born. Much of this is useful, and some of it is hazardous and dangerous to you. Certainly, you have had to learn how to survive in the world—how to survive physically, how to survive socially, how to participate within a [[family]] [[environment]], within a [[culture]] or perhaps within a [[religion|religious]] framework. You have had to learn how to [[Communication|communicate]] your ideas and [[emotions|feelings]]. You have had to learn what society has told you you have to learn. As we have said, some of this is useful and important and some of this is hazardous and not in your best interests."
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"If the mind is not preoccupied with its own thoughts, it naturally gives and receives communication. In fact, it does this even when it is preoccupied, but it is not aware that this is occuring."<ref>''[[Secrets of Heaven]]'', Secret 50</ref>
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<ref>The Great Love (November 23, 2007)</ref>
 
  
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==Comprehending God==
 
 
"If you think you are your thoughts and your mind, well, you will not be able to comprehend the Mind, the [[God's Will|Will]] and [[the Presence]] of [[God]], for the mind is a vehicle of [[communication]] in [[the world]]."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref>
 
"If you think you are your thoughts and your mind, well, you will not be able to comprehend the Mind, the [[God's Will|Will]] and [[the Presence]] of [[God]], for the mind is a vehicle of [[communication]] in [[the world]]."<ref name="trust">Trusting God (May 7, 2013)</ref>
  
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==Long Quotes About the Mind==
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"The mind can become a vehicle of [[Higher Purpose|great service]], a marvelous instrument of communication--a medium between your [[Ancient Home]] and [[the world]] in which you now live."
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"Between the life of the mind and the life of the heart there is a great gulf, a huge chasm, with no apparent bottom. The distance between the two seems insurmountable. Yet there is a way to bridge it."
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<ref name="living">[[Living The Way of Knowledge]]</ref>
 
  
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"Your mind is different from your True Being, and as such it is ultimately a vehicle for Knowledge.  This is its highest function and highest service. To be a vehicle for Knowledge, the mind must be fresh and renewable. It must be able to think clearly and freely and be able to rethink or recreate its thoughts. It must be pliable and open, accessible to new experience, open to new thresholds of understanding and willing to release its own ideas in order to gain a greater perspective and a greater Wisdom at every important threshold of life."  
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"Your mind is different from your [[Knowledge|True Being]], and as such it is ultimately a vehicle for [[Knowledge]].  This is its highest function and highest [[service]]. To be a vehicle for Knowledge, the mind must be fresh and renewable. It must be able to think clearly and [[freedom|freely]] and be able to rethink or recreate its thoughts. It must be pliable and open, accessible to new experience, open to new thresholds of understanding and willing to release its own [[ideas]] in order to gain a greater perspective and a greater [[Wisdom]] at every important [[threshold]] of life." <ref name="gcs13">''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 13: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/what-must-be-unlearned What must be unlearned?]</ref>
  
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"With [a foundation in Knowledge], the mind can become a vehicle of great service, a marvelous instrument of communication--a medium between your Ancient Home and the world in which you now live."
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"The mind is a magnificent organizer and vehicle of communication. But it must be wisely directed and employed for a real purpose." <ref name="MVS">Marshall Vian Summers, June 21, 2014</ref><!--this quote previously included "Having a mind is like flying a plane. The plane is always going off course. You have to keep it directed where you want it to go."I will search for this Campfire Chat transcript with so many metaphors for the mind.--ms -->
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"The thinking mind must constantly be stirred by new experience and by adaptation to new experience and new understanding in order to be vital and capable of learning. It is like stirring concrete. If you do not keep stirring it and adding water and new things to it, it hardens. And once it hardens, it can only be broken.
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==Freedom from the oppression of mind==
  
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"People who are learning and living The Way of Knowledge are constantly being renewed and refreshed because they are close to life, and they are close to Knowledge. Their thoughts change, grow and evolve. Their ideas change, grow and evolve. Their conclusions change, grow and evolve. They can do this because there is something greater. There is Knowledge, the dynamic force of life within you, within the world and within the Greater Community as well. Knowledge brings you to the edge of life where you have to learn and adapt, communicate and contribute. This keeps you young, alive and close to the heart of life. Your mind, then, becomes constantly relevant to the present and is able to prepare for the future."
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"Just like people can become [[Obsession|obsessed]] with their bodies, they can also become obsessed with their minds-with their [[emotions|feelings]], with their thoughts, with their emotional states, with their memories, with their future ideas, with their theories, with their philosophies, with their [[fear|fears]], with their terrors, and so forth. And oh, the mind looks so big and so dominant! And oh, it is so confusing with so many levels! And it seems unfathomable. It is layers and layers and layers of thinking. The mind seems to overwhelm existence, and you feel enslaved to its will and to its impulses.
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Where can [[freedom]] be found? Freedom is found in bringing the mind in [[service]] to Knowledge. Freedom is found in reversing the order of [[authority]]. If you are a slave to your mind, then the order of [[authority]] is reversed from what it should be. If the mind cannot be employed, it will run wild. If the mind cannot be directed, it shoots around in all directions. If the mind cannot have authority within you, it will become a slave to other minds in the [[Mental Environment|mental environment]]." <ref name="ltw4">''Living The Way of Knowledge'', Chapter 4: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/living-way-knowledge/sufficient-health The Pillar of Health]</ref></blockquote>
  
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"Because most people are not aware that Knowledge is a reality beyond their mind, the mind then becomes greatly amplified. People become very involved in it. In fact, just like people can become obsessed with their bodies, they can also become obsessed with their minds-with their feelings, with their thoughts, with their emotional states, with their memories, with their future ideas, with their theories, with their philosophies, with their fears, with their terrors, and so forth. And oh, the mind looks so big and so dominant! And oh, it is so confusing with so many levels! And it seems unfathomable. It is layers and layers and layers of thinking. The mind seems to overwhelm existence, and you feel enslaved to its will and to its impulses.  
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“In reality, your worldly mind is meant to serve Knowledge, and here its greater strengths, intelligence and capabilities become really utilized, and it is redeemed and given a greater purpose and integration into your life.  
  
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"Where can freedom be found? Freedom is found in bringing the mind in service to Knowledge. Freedom is found in reversing the order of authority. If you are a slave to your mind, then the order of [[authority]] is reversed from what it should be. If the mind cannot be employed, it will run wild. If the mind cannot be directed, it shoots around in all directions. If the mind cannot have authority within you, it will become a slave to other minds in the mental environment."
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But before this can happen, there must be a revolution—a spiritual revolution, a revolution against ideas and obligations, against fear, against guilt, against obsession, against grievances. A revolution to free you to find that which is calling to you and which has been waiting for you for so long.” <ref>''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 4: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/spiritual-revolution The Revolution]</ref></blockquote>
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"Your future is and will be in the Greater Community. It is not associated with the past. It is new. It is about the present and the future. The future is coming towards you, over the horizons of your life. You can see this if your vision is developed. You can feel this if you are aware of what you feel. You can gain your strength if your mind can become focused and unified."
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[[File:Greater-community-spirituality.jpg|right|http://www.newmessage.org/wiki/Sacred_Texts]]
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<ref>[[Living The Way of Knowledge]], Chapter 6</ref>
 
  
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== Quotes About the Mind as Metaphor ==
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== The transformation of the mind ==
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"The mind must be free. It is as if your house were stuffed to the ceiling with all the possessions you have ever owned--everything--and you had not thrown away anything. It is all in there, things great and small, filling your every room and hallway. And you say, "Well, I want to bring new things into my house, but there is no room.  I want to create a new feeling and atmosphere in my house, but there is no space for it." Everything is cluttered, and you house becomes increasingly uncomfortable. Your experience of being in it is imprisoning, and you find yourself spending all of your time maintaining all of these possessions."
 
  
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"Your mind is like the house that you live in, in the world. It is filled with whatever you put there. It is the place from which you look out into the world. It is your shelter and your protection. It is the place where your spirit generally abides. However, if your house becomes too cluttered and too uncomfortable, Knowledge will not abide there. Then, you will find that you are living in a relic of your own past. You will feel like you are a museum keeper, someone who is taking care of old things."
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“Your mind will be transformed as you learn [[The Way of Knowledge]]. It will not be denied. It will not be repudiated. It will not be destroyed. It will not be condemned or maligned. It will be re-employed. It will be transformed. It will become a great instrument of communication. That is the ultimate purpose and value of the mind.”<ref>''Preparing for the Greater Community'', Chapter 15: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/preparing-for-the-greater-community/greater-honesty-mind Developing Greater Honesty]</ref>
  
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"It is like an orphan child who must fend for itself until it finds a safe parent or guardian."
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==References==
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==See Also==
 
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[[Conditioning]]
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[[Nature and Design]]
 
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[[Power in the world]]
  
 
==Further Study==
 
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[http://www.newmessage.org/nmfg/Wisdom_from_the_Greater_Community_Volume_2.html Greater Community Spirituality: Working With the Mind]
 
  
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[http://www.newmessage.org/relationships-and-higher-purpose-chapter-2-your-relationship-with-yourself Your Relationship With Yourself]
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*''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 30: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/preception-interpretation-reality Perception]
  
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[http://www.newmessage.org/greater-community-spirituality-chapter-7-how-is-wisdom-achieved-in-life How Is Wisdom Achieved In Life]
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*''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 2, Chapter 5: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-2/working-with-the-mind Working with the Mind]
  
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*''Relationships & Higher Purpose'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/relationships-higher-purpose/your-relationship-with-yourself Your Relationship With Yourself]
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*''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 7: [http://www.newmessage.org/greater-community-spirituality-chapter-7-how-is-wisdom-achieved-in-life How Is Wisdom Achieved In Life]
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*''Preparing for the Greater Community,'' Chapter 15: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/preparing-for-the-greater-community/greater-honesty-mind Developing Greater Honesty]
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*''Deepening Your Spiritual Practice'': [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-3/deepening-your-spiritual-practice/deepening-your-spiritual-practice Deepening Your Spiritual Practice]
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*''The One God'', Chapter 3: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/the-origin The Origin]
  
 
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Mental Environment

"When the mind is joined with Spirit, it is in its true role. It recognizes its function and is capable of fulfilling it perfectly."[1]

“Ultimately, the only thing that can keep you from Knowledge is the mind. It may seem like the world is dominating you, but in reality it is the mind."[2]

Directives

"You must take responsibility for the content of your mind." [3]

"Gain access to Knowledge and you will become free of the mind." [4]

"What must be unlearned is your identification with your mind." [5]

"The mind must be renewable. To have your mind be renewed, you must realize that you have a greater foundation than the mind, and you must reclaim your relationship with this foundation, which is your relationship with Knowledge." [4]

Mind, heart and spirit

"You can imagine all kinds of things but, really, the mind cannot understand the spirit." [6]

"Between the life of the mind and the life of the heart there is a great gulf, a huge chasm, with no apparent bottom. The distance between the two seems insurmountable. Yet there is a way to bridge it." [7]

The worldly mind and the deeper mind

"You have two minds. You have the mind of the world, conditioned by the world and influenced by the world, a mind that is full of the world’s impressions and influences, and your own responses and decisions in the face of it. But the deeper mind is still connected to Creation.

In God’s New Revelation, this is called Knowledge—Knowledge here meaning the deeper mind, the mind that is not part of Separation. The difference between this deeper mind and your surface or worldly mind is the difference between Creation and Separation. You could not separate from God completely. The part of you that did not separate represents Knowledge. The part of you that did separate represents your soul." [8]

Right use of the mind

"Your mind serves two primary functions: It is either contemplating and problem-solving with the power of Knowledge, or it is still. Experiencing peace is a still mind. And to reach this state, you must be able to go beneath the surface of the mind into the well of silence."[9]

"The mind must be employed or allowed to rest, and its employment is not always in a state of work. It may be focused on an enjoyable activity, but it must be focused. When it is not focused, it should be allowed to rest so that you may use it to listen and to look."[10]

"Long ago when I used to work with people one on one. I would practice letting go all my ideas, recommendations and solutions regarding their problem or need. I would instead become very still, listening for what could be done for that person, if anything. Most of the time with my mind very clear and empty, I would receive the key—I would see it, know it and then find an appropriate way to present it. Often it would have little to do with what that person was telling me or what they thought the source of their difficulty was." [11]

"Give the mind one thing to dedicate itself to. This produces equanimity because when the mind is focused, it becomes still—even when it is working very hard. This gives you freedom from past regrets and from future anxieties. It takes you away from fear and into a concentrated state of mind. It generates activity, observation and many other specific tasks." [12]

An instrument for communication

"If the mind is not preoccupied with its own thoughts, it naturally gives and receives communication. In fact, it does this even when it is preoccupied, but it is not aware that this is occuring."[13]

"If you think you are your thoughts and your mind, well, you will not be able to comprehend the Mind, the Will and the Presence of God, for the mind is a vehicle of communication in the world."[14]

"The mind can become a vehicle of great service, a marvelous instrument of communication--a medium between your Ancient Home and the world in which you now live." [4]

"Your mind is different from your True Being, and as such it is ultimately a vehicle for Knowledge. This is its highest function and highest service. To be a vehicle for Knowledge, the mind must be fresh and renewable. It must be able to think clearly and freely and be able to rethink or recreate its thoughts. It must be pliable and open, accessible to new experience, open to new thresholds of understanding and willing to release its own ideas in order to gain a greater perspective and a greater Wisdom at every important threshold of life." [4]

"The mind is a magnificent organizer and vehicle of communication. But it must be wisely directed and employed for a real purpose." [15]

Freedom from the oppression of mind

"Just like people can become obsessed with their bodies, they can also become obsessed with their minds-with their feelings, with their thoughts, with their emotional states, with their memories, with their future ideas, with their theories, with their philosophies, with their fears, with their terrors, and so forth. And oh, the mind looks so big and so dominant! And oh, it is so confusing with so many levels! And it seems unfathomable. It is layers and layers and layers of thinking. The mind seems to overwhelm existence, and you feel enslaved to its will and to its impulses.

Where can freedom be found? Freedom is found in bringing the mind in service to Knowledge. Freedom is found in reversing the order of authority. If you are a slave to your mind, then the order of authority is reversed from what it should be. If the mind cannot be employed, it will run wild. If the mind cannot be directed, it shoots around in all directions. If the mind cannot have authority within you, it will become a slave to other minds in the mental environment." [7]

“In reality, your worldly mind is meant to serve Knowledge, and here its greater strengths, intelligence and capabilities become really utilized, and it is redeemed and given a greater purpose and integration into your life.

But before this can happen, there must be a revolution—a spiritual revolution, a revolution against ideas and obligations, against fear, against guilt, against obsession, against grievances. A revolution to free you to find that which is calling to you and which has been waiting for you for so long.” [16]

http://www.newmessage.org/wiki/Sacred_Texts

The transformation of the mind

“Your mind will be transformed as you learn The Way of Knowledge. It will not be denied. It will not be repudiated. It will not be destroyed. It will not be condemned or maligned. It will be re-employed. It will be transformed. It will become a great instrument of communication. That is the ultimate purpose and value of the mind.”[17]

References

  1. ↑ Secrets of Heaven, Secret 12
  2. ↑ Steps to Knowledge Continuation Training, Step 17: Today I will not let anything keep me from my practice.
  3. ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 30: Perception
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 13: What must be unlearned?
  5. ↑ Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 13: What must be unlearned?
  6. ↑ What Happens After Death (July 11, 2008)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 4: The Pillar of Health
  8. ↑ The One God, Chapter 3: The Origin
  9. ↑ Deepening Your Spiritual Practice (November 1, 2008)
  10. ↑ Listening for Knowledge (September 24, 2009)
  11. ↑ Marshall Vian Summers, February 20, 2016
  12. ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 2, Chapter 31: Concentration
  13. ↑ Secrets of Heaven, Secret 50
  14. ↑ Trusting God (May 7, 2013)
  15. ↑ Marshall Vian Summers, June 21, 2014
  16. ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 4: The Revolution
  17. ↑ Preparing for the Greater Community, Chapter 15: Developing Greater Honesty

See Also

Conditioning

Nature and Design

Intelligence

Stillness

Mental Environment

Group mind

Metaphors for the mind

Power in the world

Further Study

  • Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 30: Perception
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