CONSCIOUSNESS
Two Outlooks on the World
Every person possesses two distinct outlooks: the 'carnal mind' (natural man, three-dimensional focus) which perceives reality as confined to the 'now' and…
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Thinking Fourth Dimensionally
There are two actual outlooks on the world possessed by every man, and the ancient story tellers were fully conscious of these two outlooks. They called the one "the carnal mind," and the other "the mind of Christ." We recognize these two centers of thought in the statement: "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." I Cor. 2:14
Every person possesses two distinct outlooks: the 'carnal mind' (natural man, three-dimensional focus) which perceives reality as confined to the 'now' and sees past/future as imaginary; and the 'mind of Christ' (spiritual mind, fourth-dimensional focus) which perceives past, present, and future as a present whole. The natural mind cannot comprehend spiritual truths.
How To Manifest Your Desires
There are two actual outlooks on the world possessed by everyone a natural focus and a spiritual focus. The ancient teachers called the one "the carnal mind," and the other "the mind of Christ." We may differentiate them as ordinary waking consciousness, governed by our senses, and a controlled imagination, governed by desire.
Everyone has two ways of perceiving reality: the 'natural focus' (carnal mind), which is ordinary waking consciousness limited by the senses to the present moment, and the 'spiritual focus' (mind of Christ), which is controlled imagination that perceives the past and future as a present whole.
Out Of This World
There are two actual outlooks on the world possessed by everyone—a natural focus and a spiritual focus. The ancient teachers called the one "the carnal mind," the other "the mind of Christ." We may differentiate them as ordinary waking consciousness—governed by our senses, and a controlled imagination—governed by desire. We recognize these two distinct centers of thought in the statement: "The natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them for they are spiritually discerned." The natural view confines reality to the moment called now. To the natural view, the past and future are purely imaginary. The spiritual view, on the other hand, sees the contents of time. It sees events as distinct and separated as objects in space. The past and future are a present whole to the spiritual view. What is mental and subjective to the natural man is concrete and objective to the spiritual man.
Everyone has a natural (carnal mind, sense-governed) and a spiritual (mind of Christ, desire-governed imagination) outlook. The natural view is limited to the present and physical, while the spiritual view perceives all of time (past, present, future) as a coexisting whole, making mental states concrete and objective.