. . . an excerpt from from my 4th book . . . I do not express mind over matter, but I clearly iterate that it is a matter of the mind. Our mind is central to this study of things spiritual. It is important that the seeker make the connection between things spiritual, and the mind. Philippians 2:5, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus". With the mind of Christ in our heads, we speak like Christ; we reason like Christ. We are little mini-Christs, becoming more and more of what He is: the way for others, light, truth, and life. We are the cluster of grapes forming on the vine. Philippians 4:2, "Be of the same mind in the Lord". In the formation of the cluster of grapes on the vine, we see a process that we may compare to the formation of the God-mind in the individual, and the development of the one mind. An opposite process, like a domino effect, occurs in those who mind earthly things. First, a blind eye is turned to the spiritual: the mind is set to reject the invisible. Second, the culmination of that self-imposed ignorance creates an ever widening gap between that individual and God for the simple reason that they chose familiar darkness over illumination. See Ephesians 4:18, "Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart (mind)". The seeker truly walks a fine line. He is different from the worldly minded, and yet it is the seal of the seeker and his content that is God’s communication to the world of baser men. The seeker by his nature; by the exhortation of scripture, is called to ‘mind’ higher matters, and yet, unless he deliberately plants himself among those he has risen above, he has no purpose; no meaning; no justification. We see this clearly in Romans 12:16, "Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits".
