Thanks for the chuckle, Ray. After a long and tension-filled day, it was very welcome and brought a smile to my face.
L > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ray Evans > Harrell > Sent: Thu, May 29, 2003 11:09 PM > To: Darryl and Natalia; Karen Watters Cole; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Harry Pollard > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] new book > > > Actually, if you look the paragraphs are there. They are just at the end > of the sentences. Once you put them in they are fine. That's the > program. Of course they are not newspaper type paragraphs. Put one in > every four to five sentences whether you need it or not. > > REH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Darryl and Natalia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] new book > > > > Hi! > > > > I found myself skipping through the solid block of small type. > > > > Please, if you can, paragraph your posts. > > > > White space makes it far more readable. > > > > Harry > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > Darryl and Natalia wrote: > > > > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = > > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = > > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"> > > >Hello Everyone, > > > It's great to get comments on topics most would rather not become > > > involved in, yet which remain most challenging. Leap of faith > to follow > > > reason, once we have shed linear thought sounds good to me. It would > > > never have convinced me as an agnostic, however, at a time when I > > > regarded such faith as solace for times of uncertainty and a > crutch for > > > people who could not fulfill their dreams. > > > Keith asks what is mind. May I ask, without mind, what use is the > > > brain and body ? Can a body create without it? Can it offer its > creations > > > all that it is and never incur loss? Mind is the only real thing about > > > you. It is where your thoughts reside, (and as you already > suspect, not > > > just your thoughts). It is that which is witness to your thoughts, as > > > you take form around the needs of your special function, and > it is that > > > which tells you how you feel from moment to moment, > constantly weighing > > > right vs. wrong. You have, in this physical universe both an ego mind > > > (Greek sense of the word), totally concerned with physical matters and > > > self-preservation - which ultimately knows nothing but convinces you > that > > > it knows everything, and a right-thinking mind which you will never > lose, > > > but will spend most of your life on earth unveiling. Mind and its > > > thoughts are the only things of which you really are in complete > > > control, from moment to moment. No one can tell you how to feel, or > what > > > to dream (barring mind control events), and you are free to > change your > > > mind at any time. > > > Each one of us is but an idea, an illusional fragment of a > collective > > > mind, seemingly independent and autonomous, and a "reflection of the > > > thought of the mind that is beyond all form" (quoted from a personal > > > letter sent to me by Kenneth Wapnick, format editor for > original Course > > > manuscript). I think we are learning the very detailed lesson of how > not > > > to be Creator in a collective dream. Arriving at this > knowledge, which I > > > do not claim to have arrived at, means finally recognizing fear and > > > judgment and their chaotic projections as illusory, and > choosing for the > > > truth of peace and love instead, finally aligning yourself with the > only > > > real force that exists--that of love. > > > The new book Selma cited does sound exciting, and I realize how > > > important these findings are, not just to convince skeptics, but for > > > healing's sake. What I find unfortunate is that for decades, if not > > > centuries, people have experienced spontaneous healing, as well as > > > healing considered otherwise miraculous; countless documented cases > > > supported by the allopathic community to give evidence of mind over > body. > > > All of these documented cases have been ignored because they did not > > > conform to hard copy evidence produced by double blind studies, or was > it > > > a thing of any excuse to refute what is too much for the > scientific mind > > > to bear? We are definitely more afraid of our real strengths > and what we > > > could become if we became aware that we really have minds. Hence, a > blind > > > eye to the obvious. Religion, often accounting for these > > > phenomena, still demands a change of mind to take place to reverse > > > terminal cancer, stage four, as example. The body is too weak > to have an > > > immune system rallying at this point. > > > Is it alien intervention? Perhaps, but knowing aliens, they > would want > > > to take the credit, and when they don't, and faith or positive visual > > > re-enforcement does, scientists should give the individual credit to > know > > > the reason for healing. Most drugs that do work were approved by FDA's > on > > > anecdotal evidence alone, but where it comes to professionals > publishing > > > anything that may liberate the minds of the masses, they feel their > > > power-over will diminish. > > > Selma, your need for an objective reality is impossible to realize > > > within chaotic existence. Fear breads exponentially, and trying to > > > perceive correctly is, as you have no doubt read before, not something > > > you can do while still on the battleground. Being clear on limitations > is > > > a clear limitation on your only reality, which is that of spirit. I > agree > > > there is a danger in people expecting that power of the mind > will enable > > > them to do whatever they please. We are still bound by the laws of the > > > collective dream that brought about this mindset of physical > existence. > > > If, for example, you are physically attacked, protect > yourself. Gravity > > > will likely cause you to fall from a mountain top if you lose your > > > footing. The primary goal of A Course In Miracles is not to > teach people > > > the power of the mind so much as it is to inspire forgiveness of self > and > > > the world we think we see in order to achieve inner peace. > > > The Course is definitely not for everyone, and the immature > mind will > > > not be able to wrap round its message without becoming afraid > or feeling > > > incompetent. To unlearn all that we are taught badly requires that we > > > recognise first that we have a mind, next that it is limitless because > of > > > its divine source, and then the task of unlearning what we > learned badly > > > can begin. The lessons are not merely intellectual, they are > > > experiential, which is how we come to recognise them to be truth. That > > > marks only the beginning; experiencing forgiveness on classroom earth > > > takes a lifetime (may be two or three if re-incarnation is > true). If we > > > were meant to accelerate to the point that we could all do the bidding > of > > > our minds without the preparation that manifests in wisdom, we would > only > > > experience further chaos (not unlike the chaotic moment in which we > > > imagined a physical existence). This is precisely why we should be > > > grateful that we are not in charge of anything but our imagined > thoughts. > > > Take the medicine, whatever form, if it does you no harm. Anything > that > > > will allow you a clear state of mind to achieve inner peace--which is > the > > > real goal. > > > Good Night, and choose your dream guides carefully! > > > Natalia > > > > > > **************************************************** > > Harry Pollard > > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > > **************************************************** > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > ---- > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.484 / Virus Database: 282 - Release Date: 5/27/2003 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
