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THE MIND
A Life Changing Experience
QUOTE
 “The
mind is everything. What you think
you become.”
Buddha
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QUOTE
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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the
earth, so a single thought will not make a
pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical
path, we walk again and again. To make a deep
mental path, we must think over and over the
kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
Henry David Thoreau
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Mind & Brain
 Mind
is related to brain. Most people do
not find any difference between the two
words mind and brain.
 While brain is considered to be a physical
thing, mind is considered to be mental
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Mind & Brain
 The
brain is composed of nerve cells and
blood vessels whereas the mind is not like
that. While the brain has a definite shape,
the mind does not have one. We can see
and touch the brain whereas it is not
possible to do this with the mind.
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Mind & Brain
 If
the brain ceases to function, then life
would cease to exist.
 If
the mind ceases to function, then you
would have a dull and unproductive life.
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Soul & Spirit
 The
soul is the essential life of man
‘looking earthward’ and the ‘spirit’ that
same principle of life breathed (like wind)
into man from God, that can look towards
and experience God
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Soul & Spirit
 The
whole spirit/soul, including mind,
emotions and will, the higher, as well as
lower powers of our nature, are the seat
and subject of original sin.
 The 'natural man' is disabled and made
opposite to all spiritual good.
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Soul & Spirit
 The
conflict is between nature and what is
not nature, between the old and new man.
 The new man is spiritual rather than
natural, because it is the essential nature
of man looking heaven ward called 'spirit'.
 The mind is both representative of the soul
and the spirit as part of our essential life
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
Lets Look at the conflict. Romans 7:14 -23
 14 For we know that the law is spiritual:
but I am carnal, sold under sin.
 15 For that which I do I allow not: for
what I would, that do I not; but what I
hate, that do I.
 16 If then I do that which I would not, I
consent unto the law that it is good.
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
 17
Now then it is no more I that do it, but
sin that dwelleth in me.
 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my
flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is
present with me; but how to perform that
which is good I find not.
 19 For the good that I would I do not: but
the evil which I would not, that I do.
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
 Now
if I do that I would not, it is no more I
that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do
good, evil is present with me.
 22 For I delight in the law of God after the
inward man:
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
 23
But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and
bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members.
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
 The
mind controls our thoughts. If I never
get my mind right then my thoughts will
not be right.
 My thoughts controls my actions, if I can’t
control my thoughts then it becomes
impossible to control my actions.
 As a man thinks in mind, so is he. You are
your thoughts.
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The Mind, Soul &
Spirit
I
cannot get to a state of
renewing (to make new) my mind
if I don’t have control of my mind.
 How do I control my mind?
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
 We
continue to fight the devil with his
device.
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We
We
We
We
We
lose control
hold grudges
don’t confess
have trouble forgiving other
have trouble forgiving ourselves
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
I
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Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not
war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling
down of strong holds;)
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The Mind, Soul & Spirit
 5 Casting
down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of
God, and bringing into captivity every thought to
the obedience of Christ;
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The Conflict
 Romans
7:22-26
 [22] For I delight in the law of God after
the inward man:
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The inward man — Called the mind
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The Conflict
 [23]
But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and
bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members.
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But I see another law in my members —
Another inward forcing power of evil
dispositions and bodily appetites.
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The Conflict
 Warring
against the law of my mind — The
dictate of my mind, which delights in the
law of God.
 And captivating me — In spite of all my
resistance
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The Conflict
 [21]
I find then a law, that, when I would
do good, evil is present with me.
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I find then a law — An inward forcing power,
flowing from the dictate of corrupt nature.
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The Conflict
 [24]
O wretched man that I am! who shall
deliver me from the body of this death?
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The struggle is now come to the height; and
Paul is finding there is no help in or within
himself
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The Conflict
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[25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then with the mind I myself serve the law of
God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
 Serve the law of God with my mind — My
reason and conscience declare for God.
 But with my flesh the law of sin — But my
corrupt passions and appetites still rebel.
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The Mind
 Consciousness
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is the quality or state of awareness, or, of
being aware of an external object or
something within oneself.
It has been defined as: sentience, awareness,
subjectivity, the ability to experience or to feel,
wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and
the executive control system of the mind
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The Mind
 Distinction
between two types of
consciousness that he called phenomenal
(P-consciousness) and access (Aconsciousness).
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The Mind
 P-consciousness
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is simply raw experience: it is moving,
colored forms, sounds, sensations,
emotions and feelings with our bodies and
responses at the center. These experiences,
considered independently of any impact on
behavior
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The Mind
 A-consciousness
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is the phenomenon whereby information in our
minds is accessible for verbal report,
reasoning, and the control of behavior.
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The Mind
 When
we perceive, information about what
we perceive is access conscious; when we
introspect, information about our thoughts
is access conscious; when we remember,
information about the past is access
conscious, and so on.
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The Mind
 The
subconscious mind is a composite of
everything one sees, hears and any
information the mind collects that it cannot
otherwise consciously process to make
meaningful sense.
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The Mind
 The
conscious mind cannot always absorb
disconnected information, as it would be
an information overload, so the
subconscious mind stores this information
where it can be retrieved by the conscious
mind when it needs to defend itself for
survival (and for other reasons, such as
solving puzzles).
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The Mind
 There
are also a variety of circumstances
that can change the relationship between
the mind and the world in less drastic
ways, producing what are known as
altered states of consciousness.
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The Mind
 Some
altered states occur naturally; others
can be produced by drugs or brain
damage.
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Altered states can be accompanied by
changes in thinking, disturbances in the sense
of time, feelings of loss of control, changes in
emotional expression, alternations in body
image and changes in meaning or
significance.
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The Mind
 Meditation
and dreams are both consider
an alter state of consciousness.
 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the
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counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the
path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the
scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And
in His law he meditates day and night.
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The Mind
 Joel
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2:28
“And it shall come to pass afterward
That
I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams, Your
young men shall see visions.
And also on My menservants and on My
maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in
those days.
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The Mind
 Philippians
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4:8
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,
whatever things are noble, whatever things
are just, whatever things are pure, whatever
things are lovely, whatever things are of
good report, if there is any virtue and if there
is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these
things.
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THE MIND
A Life Changing Experience
Transformation
 Control
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 Transformation  Renewal
“transformed”. To be transformed means to
make a thorough or dramatic change
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Transformation
 Romans
12:2 “Do not conform to the
pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind.”
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What does that mean and how do you do
that?
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Transformation
 The
word that is translated "conformed"
has to do with conformation that is
malleable ––
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The person who is conformed to this world is
free to embrace the next popular philosophy
or fad at will.
Being conformed to this world is rather like
being a leaf blown by the wind, never knowing
exactly where you are going next
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Transformation
 The
word that is translated "transformed,"
however, is quite different, and involves
transformation at the core of one's being
 If being "conformed" would leave us adrift
like a leaf, being "transformed" leaves us
with feet on the ground, anchored and
steady
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Transformation
 Paul
is calling us not to be caught up in
every fad or wafted by every breeze, but
instead to let the Spirit transform us at our
core so that we can have a faith strong
enough to maintain course in spite the
winds of popular opinion.
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Transformation
 Ephesians
4:20-23
20 That, however, is not the way of life
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you learned 21 when you heard about
Christ and were taught in him in
accordance with the truth that is in
Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to
your former way of life, to put off your
old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires;
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Transformation
 23 to
be made new(change in the
mind) in the attitude of your
minds; 24 and to put on the new
self, created to be like God in true
righteousness and holiness.
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Transformation
 Transformation
in this text equates to
metamorphosis.
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The example of metamorphosis that comes to
mind is the caterpillar, which is transformed
into a butterfly
The caterpillar is not beautiful, but the
butterfly is. The caterpillar crawls, but the
butterfly flies on gossamer wings.
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Transformation
 Transformation
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Gardeners don't like caterpillars, but plant
special plants to attract butterflies
So it is by the grace of God and the work of
the Holy Ghost that we who were one thing
(conformed to this age) can be transformed
(metamorphosized) into something wholly
different –– people who are Godly and holy.
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Transformation
 Transformation
Is Not Just External
 Nonconformity to the world does not
primarily mean the external avoidance of
worldly behaviors.
 You can avoid all kinds of worldly
behaviors and not be transformed.
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Transformation
 Transformation
is not switching from the
to-do list of the flesh to the to-do list of
the law
 The alternative to immoral behaviors is not
a new list of moral behaviors.
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Transformation
 If
I don't transform my mind then it can
control the level at which I believe. I can
only live and operate at the level at which I
believe. My mind controls what I believe.
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Transformation
 Today,
we would be more likely to speak
of a "change of mind" than a renewal of
the mind.
 Paul, however, calls us to allow the Holy
Ghost to transform our minds, knowing
that the person who learns to think Godly
thoughts will soon experience a changed
mind as well.
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Transformation
 Six
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Steps to Transform your mind
1. You begin each morning end each night by
humbling yourself. To humble yourself, you
must admit your helplessness to follow the
teachings of Christ and to acquire his character
on your own
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Transformation
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Steps to Transform your mind
2. Discover the great power, love, fulfillment
and life when Christ’s Holy Spirit lives inside of
you. And His power has unlimited potential.
3. Take every one of your thoughts (beliefs,
imaginations, dreams, and ideas) captive to
the obedience of Christ.
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Transformation
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Steps to Transform your mind
4. Guard your heart; you are what you think.
(Proverbs 23:7) Also, whatever thoughts you
sow into your mind, you will reap the
consequences. (Galatians 6:7) You become
what you think!
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Transformation
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Steps to Transform your mind
5. Now that you have this new power within
you and you are controlling your thoughts, the
words coming out of your mouth can be
honorable not unwholesome. (Ephesians 4:29)
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Transformation
 Six
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Steps to Transform your mind
6. Finally, when you experience trials you can
actually exalt, boast, honor your trials and
weaknesses and start thinking about how
much joy you will have.
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