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Repentance (Metanoia) as Radical Change of Attitude
To 'repent' (metanoia) means to enact a radical change of attitude and mind. This involves using your imagination to enter into the feeling of the opposite…
Step by step
- Identify a current undesirable state or circumstance perceived by your senses.
- Consciously choose to adopt a radical change of attitude and mind towards this state.
- Use your imagination to vividly enter into the feeling of the opposite of the undesirable state.
- Persist in this imaginative state until it feels real and natural.
- Observe the external world changing to confirm your new inner attitude.
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Question And Answer
To 'repent' (metanoia) means to enact a radical change of attitude and mind. This involves using your imagination to enter into the feeling of the opposite of what your physical senses currently perceive, thereby changing your inner state and causing the external world to conform to this new attitude.
Well, the word “repent” does not mean to feel remorseful. It hasn’t a thing to do with regret. The word is “metanoia,” which means, by literal translation, a radical, radical change of attitude; a radical change of mind, which tests the individual’s ability to enter into the very opposite of what he sees with his senses. Now, do it, for you are invited. The very first words of the Lord are to get the individual to use the talent which is in himself, which is his imagination, therefore, use your imagination to bring about a radical change of attitude towards effects – towards the world in which you live. And to the degree that you are successful in changing this attitude of mind, the world will change to confirm it.
Repentance is an active, imaginative process of shifting one's consciousness from an undesirable state to a desired one, rather than passive regret. It is the fundamental command to use one's divine talent of imagination to transform reality.