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How Does Our Mind Work? This is only a gleaning of reading, study, and personal application. Still, it does help to understand some of the longstanding view of how our mind works, as this may assist us in making better decisions. We need to look no further than men/women in their relationship. From a source, an idea appears. The man says to a woman that he wants to take good care of her. She responds that is good and defines that good care would be a house for her. He responds back that is fine I would love to build you a big comfortable house. She says okay, but lets stick to budget. So from that agreement a beautiful design within budget is formed. Then the man says smiling,everything must be done right and according to building standards,so now lets do it. But, the woman says of course, but really now I want some fine curtains, and some appliances and a nice bathroom to enjoy. Okay says the man and the materials are gathered. Both the man and the woman then want very much to start building the house. The home is then soon built. It is beautiful to behold, and they are eager to move into the house. This scenario plays out many times a day. We make almost instant decisions going through this paradigm of logic, reason, and resolution of polarity conflict. What we think of conflict, extremes or polarities in our mind is simple and wonderfully the way our mind find not just a solution but the best solution based on fairness and intention to do the best we can under the circumstances. When one polarity is not balanced by its opposite or a combination of opposites, then we have personality disorders. The Holy Spirit opens our minds more as we listen and learn and practise to see and understand better how life and our minds work. WE are made in His image, according to scripture and so we can understand how His mind works as well. Scripture shows the Lord's mind working this way. He weighs things, finds balance, beauty, and also economy. He prepares before he builds, but also builds according to plans. There is purpose, there is initiation and completion, and maintenance, fairness, and equity. To go from a source, to the idea, to many discussions, and finally the creation is a process of resolution to produce beauty in truth. The devil throws in his pitch to short circuit this process and do it faster, cut to the chase, and ignore balance, equity, and focus on one side of it for instant gratification. This is what unbalances our personality and makes people mentally unstable. Prayer should be part of our inner conversation, and scripture says we have the mind of Christ. Knowing how His mind works helps us with how our mind works. WE need to be clothed with Christ, walk with Him, talk with Him and be more like Him as He leads and empowers. A sound mind is His gift to us. Not spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind is a gift that has been given to us. |
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Your use of the word balance says it all. In my life experience, I have always needed to find balance. The Spirit is a balance to us for guidance, blessing, and harmony of life. Men and women are a balance to each other. The earth has many balancing forces. My post was about how our minds work, and there again, in my opinion, are a number of balances needed to have a sound mind. When one area of mentality is dominate over another, or excessive we have mental problems. Addiction would be an example. My blog post is simply saying that having polarities that are opposite in our minds is a good thing because using them to find a balance in our thinking makes for beauty and truth. Learning how to think is a good thing. It is a process and combination of areas of our soul really. The Spirit is an important part. Faith, prayer, love, scripture, Spirit are all important guides. We have the freedom of will to choose how we are going to configure our minds, what orientation we are going to give it. The results are then predictable. If we do not like our results in life, maybe we should renew our mental configuration like Jesus said?
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