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A man went out to plant, and some of his seed fell along the path and was quickly eaten by birds. Other seed fell among rocks where there wasn’t much soil. The seed sprang up quickly, but because there was a lack of soil, it did not root properly and the young plants were quickly scorched to death by the sun. Other seed fell among weeds, and the weeds robbed it of nutrients so it yielded no grain. Still other seed fell in good soil, and it grew well, yielding great abundance. (Paraphrase of Mark 4:3-9).
This is a parable of spiritual ideas and their reaction to various types of consciousness. Let’s say that someone makes the kop cialis billigt med recept statement, “You are an expression of the Infinite and you can do whatever you want with your life.” One person will hear this, like what they hear, but then go about their life, business as usual. This is the first condition of consciousness, where the seed is snatched up quickly by birds. The second condition of consciousness is one that hears the statement but their mind is so full of preconditioned ideas of lack and self-doubt (rocky soil) that this idea seems too radical to be true, so it takes no root in their thinking. The third condition of consciousness hears the statement, but their mind is so consumed with the chores of daily living (weeds) that this new idea receives none of their energy and has no influence in their thinking. The last example in the parable represents a state of consciousness that takes the idea seriously, and begins the process of measuring everything it believes against this new benchmark of Truth.
This is an excellent explanation of why there can be such varied levels of experience in the human species. The range between poverty and rx cialis coupon opulence is wide. The interesting point to observe, however, is that this vast range of discrepancy does not exist in any other species but the human, and this parable explains why. We possess a creative mind and we alone can decide how we will use this mind.
James suggested that we become more than “hearers of the word.” He said we must become “doers,” to seek to live the Truth we know.