Thought and Intelligence
The trouble with the word “mind” is that is used loosely in various shades of meaning by many. It’s a little like the word “soul” which is used in the place of a half dozen other more precise words.
The first thing to clarify is that the mind is not the physical brain even though many in our society use mind in reference to it and its calculating features. The mind survives the brain at death and existed before birth.
What then is mind?
To understand we must first realize what we as entities are. In learning the First Key of Knowledge we discovered that our essence is that power which makes decisions and we manifest as decision makers.
This essence which is us inhabits seven planes of existence, of which the physical is the lowest. The next up is the astral/emotional composed of astral matter. Our essence, blended with the higher planes, interplaying with the matter of this plane creates the feeling nature.
The next step up is the mental plane. Our essence, blended with the higher planes, interplaying with the matter of his plane creates what we know as mind.
Our essence uses mental matter as a vehicle to create mind and mind uses the brain and physical matter to create consciousness on the physical plane. Mind and brain are both vehicles used by our true self to explore the various worlds in this great universe.
Our intelligence is not brain or mind (as we know it) but uses them both. Our intelligence has the ability to shine a light on things made available to it by mind, emotion and the brain. It then has the ability to discern, judge and make a decision based on its power of discernment.
No two intelligences are the same but all have different degrees of light available to discern true reality and to judge that reality for the sake of decision making.
Intelligence is manifest in the decisions we make and mind, emotion and brain are vehicles of intelligence.
The brain works with data, the emotion, feeling and the mind reason and understanding.
The manifestation of intelligence on earth is determined by two things. First, the quality of the initiating intelligence, and, secondly, the quality of the vehicles in use.
Think of it this way. On one hand we have Einstein working with an old Windows 386 and an average guy working with the latest PC. Even though Einstein may have inferior equipment he can still produce some very intelligent effects and work that will surpass the average guy. Even so, you cannot tell a person’s intelligence by the quality of his memory or his college degrees. You have to look at his decisions and what he makes of the talents he possesses.
Question: What if a person trying to commit suicide asked you not to save her? Would you have saved her anyway?
JJ: I would try to save any suicide by any means necessary who still has a good natural lifeline ahead. Now those who are ill and in great pain is another matter and I think should be allowed to make a decision to stay or to go. This would not be an impulse decision as are most suicides.
The Genes and Destiny
A reader wants to know if inherited genes or other factors under our control influence diseases?
The answer is that it is both. In most cases the inherited factors of our body and character are influences rather than anything written in stone. Weaknesses inherited are often the result of past karma.
Those who see illness as caused by inheritance and cannot be overcome are deceived for that which we inherit are merely influences that push or pull us in certain directions. Let me illustrate.
Jim is a happy go lucky character who is very even tempered and likeable. Then his wife’s water breaks and he has to take her to the hospital to have the baby. On the way he is met by a very time-consuming detour because of construction. Then a few blocks later there was an accident that held up traffic. Finally, he gets behind a little old lady who will not let him pass as his wife tells him she thinks the baby is coming now.
Jim gets frustrated and lets out some choice words. His wife thinks that this does not sound like the Jim that she knows.
Now a person may be a fairly spiritual entity overall but incarnates into a family that is quite coarse and carnal and also has a propensity toward cancer.
Until this person connects with his soul, even though he is a fairly advanced person, it may seem like he is one of the family because of the influences. Just as Jim was influenced by temporary forces, even so are we from the forces we inherit.
But just as Jim can choose to remain calm even when the little old lady is in the way even so can we neutralize the forces that we inherit if they are undesirable.
I read about a guy who was diagnosed with a “genetic heart deformity and heart disease. The doctors told him that unless he underwent open-heart surgery, his weak and deformed heart would not be able to pump sufficient blood to an adult body and he would be dead by the age of 20.”
He overcame all this and now is healthy as a horse and makes a living helping others with their health.
People are mistaken when they think we are controlled by our genes. We are controlled by our decisions. The power of decision makes us what we are. We become what we decide to become. Making the definite decision is the hard part for most of us.
Maps
Here’s a link I was sent of interesting maps. I had fun browsing through them.
In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don’t make mistakes. – Robert Kiyosaki
Sept 14, 2013
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