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Easily understood or recognized creations of the mind.
Manifesting is done with thought. As you think, so shall it be. If you would be love, think thoughts of love. If you would have wealth, think thoughts of wealth. The thoughts that entered your mind yesterday are the realities of today. You control your thoughts, you decide what your life will be, and what you will experience. You create your own reality with your thoughts. Exercise discipline on your thoughts, chaotic thoughts produce a chaotic life. You can change a thought by replacing it with another thought. Affirmations help us do this. Look upon your thoughts as clouds, while you are the sky. You are not your thoughts, but you will reap suffering or joy from them. It is your choice.
“Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.”
Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philosopher, wrote a book called “The True Believer.” In it he stated: “the true believer is one, who having lost sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.”
If a “true believer” stared eye to eye with a “true skeptic” he would be looking in a mirror. They are exactly the same person. Each are, black and white, all or nothing, individuals. The beliefs they hold are true, and all other beliefs are false. No amount of evidence, logic, or persuasion will shake the true believer, or the true skeptic from their stance. Most have long forgotten the circumstances under which they came into their beliefs. The whys, hows, and by whom they were taught what they defend so tenaciously. They only know they are right.
The open-minded individual lives in a world of possibilities. He is willing to listen to diverse opinions and “turn them over” in his mind, testing the reality of what he hears. He may, or may not believe new concepts, but is always respectful of those who speak them. To be open-minded, is to realize all is not known about the world we live in, that new discoveries are inevitable. It is a humble position, one from which learning can take place.
The “true believer” and the “true skeptic” are positions of fear. Fear of letting-go past limitations. Fear of the changing face of new knowledge and events. Open-mindedness is a position of love. A willingness to say yes to new knowledge and events.
“Statistical averages are meaningless without other collaborating data:” so spoke my professor in college. He was an exciting teacher despite the dry, dull subject. We spent a whole week of precious class time discovering how statistics can be made to favor anything the preparer desires.
If you add up a list of the numbers 1 through 10 (55), then divide by 10 (5.5), you will have the average of the list. However, the average (5.5) does not appear anywhere on the list, and would not be helpful in understanding it. You would need to see the whole list of numbers in order to bring any meaning to their average. Numbers, like people, are unique.
The research done on Near Death Experiences contain a lot of statistical information. What percentage saw the Light? How many were sent back as compared to those wanting to come back? What events should define the NDE? What religious affiliation did the experiencer have? etc., etc. These statistics, by themselves, have little, or no meaning. They are just generalizations. After reading them, a non-experiencer, still won’t know how it feels to have a NDE.
The Near Death Experience is an emotional/spiritual event, full of feeling and knowledge that goes beyond the intellect. It is different for each individual; no two are alike. Trying to capture it on paper is futile. What is the average NDE? There isn’t any average NDE.
