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==Excerpts== | ==Excerpts== | ||
"Your body is a beautiful instrument. It is marvelous in what it can do. But its real value is determined by what it serves. If it serves a conflicted agenda of the mind, then the body will do destructive things to itself and to other bodies in the world around you." | "Your body is a beautiful instrument. It is marvelous in what it can do. But its real value is determined by what it serves. If it serves a conflicted agenda of the mind, then the body will do destructive things to itself and to other bodies in the world around you." | ||
<ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-gift The Gift]</ref> | <ref>[http://newmessage.org/ee/index.php/special-teachings/the-gift The Gift]</ref> | ||
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"The purpose of the body is not to be beautiful. It is to be an instrument of communication, to be a vehicle and to participate in a physical world in a physical reality. Like an automobile, if it can get you where you need to go, it has done its job." | "The purpose of the body is not to be beautiful. It is to be an instrument of communication, to be a vehicle and to participate in a physical world in a physical reality. Like an automobile, if it can get you where you need to go, it has done its job." | ||
<ref name="ltw4">''[[Living The Way of Knowledge]]'', Chapter 4</ref> | <ref name="ltw4">''[[Living The Way of Knowledge]]'', Chapter 4</ref> | ||
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==Metaphors== | ==Metaphors== | ||
"The car is supposed to serve the driver, not the other way around." | "The car is supposed to serve the driver, not the other way around." | ||
<ref name="ltw4"/> | <ref name="ltw4"/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[category:higher purpose]] | [[category:higher purpose]] | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 21 August 2013
Excerpts
"Your body is a beautiful instrument. It is marvelous in what it can do. But its real value is determined by what it serves. If it serves a conflicted agenda of the mind, then the body will do destructive things to itself and to other bodies in the world around you." [1]
"The purpose of the body is not to be beautiful. It is to be an instrument of communication, to be a vehicle and to participate in a physical world in a physical reality. Like an automobile, if it can get you where you need to go, it has done its job." [2]
Metaphors
"The car is supposed to serve the driver, not the other way around." [2]
References
- ↑ The Gift
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Living The Way of Knowledge, Chapter 4