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Hold those two ways of thinking over against one another. I think it might go something like this: “Finally, sad comrades, whatever is grimly possible (however unlikely it might be), whatever is degraded, dark and depressing, whatever is askew and cockeyed, whatever is vile, whatever is gruesome, whatever is deplorable, if there is anything wrong, if there is anything that can be complained about, think about these things.”

So I wondered, how would the world (and its proponents) write their call to a way of thinking that represents the loves and commitments of the world-system. It comes to a beautiful crescendo later in the letter, in what is an encyclopedic call to the way we are to think, as enabled by God through His Spirit: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (4:8, ESV).Īs I thought about this beautiful, poetic expression of what the mind of Christ looks like in His people, I thought of how remarkably different is the standard way of thinking in our world. The high point of all this focus upon the centrality of the mind is in Philippians 2:5: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (NKJV).īut Paul is pervasive throughout the letter in making this point. The entire letter might we outlined (even if a bit overly simplistically) around this theme: With the rest of Scripture it calls us not just to Christian thoughts, but to a Christian mind. Repeatedly and in a variety of ways God, though Paul, emphasizes the significance and power of not just what we think about, but how we think. Paul’s letter to the Philippians is one line of evidence that powerfully makes this point. 12:34-35 Mark 7:20-23), and of our relationship to our Creator. Dumaguete is Worth Every Minute of Your Visit - Ag.In the design and plan of God the mind is at the center of all human experience (cf.Self~Empowerment: Today’s Positive Statement- 04/0.Self~Empowerment: Today’s Positive Statement- 04/0.Self~Empowerment: Today’s Positive Statement- 04/1.

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When truth is revealed what happens is the veil of distracted ignorance is removed and where you were once blind you now see, but it’s not a change, it’s a shift and it allows truth to be revealed because you are no longer distracted and can see what has always been there… The mind uses the distractions of what’s familiar because it’s what’s in place, only a honest self reflection allows truth to be revealed this is the way one shifts and truth becomes what is familiar. A step into the unfamiliar will need to be taken so you can get to know yourself. It’s much easier and pleasurable to remain distracted with an out there view and do what is familiar, but there are only benefits when the distractions fall away and an honest self reflection is done. Truly looking at yourself at first isn’t pleasurable, that’s why so many people are hesitant to do it. And as long as it’s pleasurable you will not look within because the pleasure distracts you. It tells you everything is okay, that you do enough to get by in life. The reason why it’s so difficult to shift is because your own mind keeps you distracted. You cannot shift if you don’t know yourself and you cannot know yourself if you don’t understand the distractions of the Conditioned Mind. It’s not a change that occurs, it’s a shift from delusional thinking to an understanding of the true nature of things starting with your own mind. People think there’s a change when a different view is revealed, but the essence of what’s truly happening is the distractions that have been blocking truth shift you see what has always been there. This allows the truth that has always been there to be revealed so where there was once a distraction you now see… What occurs when there’s a shift to view life differently is the heart opens.

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