Chapter
IV
The
Reaction to Sense Living
Genesis
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
THE RESULT of sense
living is the resistance that is a part
of man's consciousness. The mind of man
is constantly at work, and this work results
in the production of thought forms. These
thought forms assume individual definiteness;
they take on personality. They are aggregated
into a composite mind, which works out
into the body. Whenever a new idea is
introduced into the mind, the personality
is disturbed. It resists; but the spiritual
idea is always more powerful than the
personal, and with this resistance comes
more or less commotion in the consciousness.
Those
who have entered into this process of
spiritual evolution, or what Jesus called
the regeneration, are prepared for the
reception of these divine new ideas, and
instead of resisting they say with Jesus, "Not my will, but thine, be done." This attitude opens the way for the easy
advent into their consciousness of God
ideas and leads to an inspiration or steady
flow of ideas into it. In this way the
sense consciousness is being transformed
or lifted up, and the new man appears
while the old man is sloughed off. This
is crucifixion. The assimilation of the
new ideas leads to resurrection and finally
to ascension.
There
have been many floods upon the earth,
and nearly every people has traditions
of a time when to
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