As a Man Thinketh

As much as many would like to admit, the mind is a dark place, where all of the inner anxieties and and stresses lie. These are the parts that when opened up, show a beauty all man can relate with, giving power to the string of words that seemed so futile before. But with power,

Item learned for Christian Faith, trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understandings in all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your path

A man will find in himself a perfect comprehension. The world is his for who can see through its pretension.

“When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his "proper place" and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.”

The Narrow Line of Belief Godliness, as well as the doctrine of one’s faith, is always a mystery. Many believe that man comes nearer to God through their piety and doubt given towards Him. From this rests faithful talk. One’s faith and doubt leads to humanity asking for answers. Yet, sometimes one’s faith may not reveal the true answers, moreover, recognize answers relinquished to them.

"All of it is clear to a person who has understanding and right to those who have acquired knowledge." (Proverbs 8:6-9)

This anecdote from his own life provides insight into the prophecy that he preaches. One should treat all things with reason and not merely accept knowledge regardless of the prestige of the source, but should test the knowledge through examination.

Ultimately, though, he realizes that he cannot mistrust his own existence. In order to mistrust or to contemplate, there have to be someone acting the doubting or thinking. Deceived as he could be concerning supplementary things, he cannot aid but finish that he exists. As his attendance follows from the fact that he is thinking, he concludes that he knows at least that he is a thing that thinks. He more reasons that he comes to understand this fact by way of his intellect, and that

Then with men, the more intelligent they become, the more intelligently they will see after their own welfare, and the less they will need the goad to keep them out of danger… And pain gets needless. (127)

Once the foundations of a building are undermined, anything built on them collapses of its own accord; so I will go straight for the basic principles on which all my former beliefs rested. Whatever I have up till now accepted as most true I have acquired either from the senses or through the senses. But from time to time I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us even once. (384)

Those who are watchful enough to find and welcome wisdom will also find that they will be prepared for the rest of the journey – from this life to the next. The message given by the first reading is clear: God willingly reveals Himself, but mysteriously in His own way, according to His own timetable. God can be found, but only by those who never give up the search, yet patiently await His initiative. “The deepest wisdom and fullest readiness is to live chastely, honestly, nonviolently (Mt 5). and to meet our neighbors’ basic needs (Mt

Albert Einstein, the man who prioritizes imagination over knowledge, implies that the thoughts and feelings of an individual, similar to how Plato views the body, are barriers that prevent the mind to fully perceive wholeness and connectedness. These internal experiences restrict individuals to fully understand their true desires. The fate of the exterior tends to be determined by one’s inner self, meanwhile, external factors are also simultaneously affecting one’s internal self. Because mentality and cognition can be easily triggered by emotions, components of nature, as well as of mankind, are often misperceived. The mind unconsciously creates delusions that inhibit the brain from acknowledging one’s sense of self. For example, a man believes in the nature of living yet fall in disbelief when facing death. Everyone, if not most,

Man, being at the top of material beings, can achieve universal and perfect goodness through the beatific vision, while things below man achieve what they can though a handful of distinct powers. At the same time, however, man is at the lowest point of the hierarchy of spiritual beings. Therefore his spiritual operations must be achieved by a plurality of powers in contrast to the supreme

Only from the public physical world can the mind of one person change or make a difference of another person. People can see, hear, and touch one another's bodies, but they are irremediably blind and deaf to the work of one another's mind and impaired upon them. A person has direct knowledge of the best possible kind of work of one's own mind.

Through the examples of Oedipus and Socrates, the saying “the unexamined life is not worth living” proves true in three ways: first, to live a life full of discovery is a direct calling from God; second, an examined life leads to humbleness; and lastly, a life spent in investigation will constantly be in pursuit of truth.