POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THOUGHT
Question—How is it possible to think both negatively and positively with the same mind, if mind is God?
ANSWER—Negative and positive thinking are merely two ways of using the same mind through the power of self- choice.
FINITE OR INFINITE
Question—Is man's mind finite or infinite, and is it possible for a finite mind to understand the Infinite?
ANSWER—Man, being the expression of the infinite life, has within himself all the attributes of that infinite, and as he evolves, he uses consciously more and more of the infinite wisdom in the great encompassing and impregnating mind in which he "lives, and moves and has his being." In the sense that he is conscious only of certain fields in his experience, we say that his mind is finite—but the truth is, that his mind is the very mind of the Divine Infinite, Itself. In the circumscribed fields through which man walks to round out his experience, he uses as much of this Infinite mind as he, as an instrument of All-Mind, is capable of sustaining at any time. But as he grows in understanding, he comes into wider and wider fields, and is conscious of more of the ultimate truth. But he can never comprehend the true Infinite until he reaches his ultimate Godhood and delivers his individuality to the Whole completely. Man always uses Infinite Mind, because there is no other mind to use. There is but ONE MIND, and one Law which all people use, consciously or unconsciously, constructively or destructively . . . There is only One Ultimate Reality, but within this One there are many experiences. Man is within the One and draws from It any and all experiences in which he believes. (page 31)
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