Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How Going Blonde Nearly Killed Me
I’ve been doing a LOT of work around forgiveness, dealing with my childhood, and trying to “get over” the fact that my stepfather tried to molest me for years. I knew that when my I dyed my hair blonde again (my natural color), it would stir up some issues for me. I thought I was…
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How to Take Your Fingerprints
When determining your School of Purpose, you can take just your fingerprints or your entire handprint. To quickly and easily take your fingerprints using a pencil, paper, and some tape, follow the instructions here. You will want to make sure that the lines on your prints are easy to see. Remember, darker is not better.…
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What is this ‘purpose’ everyone’s going on about
a guest post by Linda Ursin of Sassy Girl Almost every coach out there, including me, is telling you to find your purpose and follow it. But what is this purpose we’re talking about? It seems that there are many different answers for that, including: • What you were meant to do for a living •…
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Are You Spiraling Down the Rabbit Hole?
This week has been very strange. My husband’s high school friend passed away, and watching everyone’s grief process has been a real eye-opener. There have been many conversations repeating, “I am shocked!” and people seem to keep feeding off one another’s grief and pain. There has also been a lot of talk of self-medication, using…
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January 31
Lesson 31 I am not the victim of the world I see. Today’s idea is the introduction to your declaration of release. Again, the idea should be applied to both the world you see without and the world you see within. In applying the idea, we will use a form of practice which will be…
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January 30
Lesson 30 God is in everything I see because God is in my mind. The idea for today is the springboard for vision. From this idea will the world open up before you, and you will look upon it and see in it what you have never seen before. Nor will what you saw before…
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January 29
Lesson 29 God is in everything I see. The idea for today explains why you can see all purpose in everything. It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself. And it explains why nothing you see means anything. In fact, it explains every idea we have used thus far, and all subsequent…
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January 28
Lesson 28 Above all else I want to see things differently. Today we are really giving specific application to the idea for yesterday. In these practice periods, you will be making a series of definite commitments. The question of whether you will keep them in the future is not our concern here. If you are…
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January 27
Lesson 27 Above all else I want to see. Today’s idea expresses something stronger than mere determination. It gives vision priority among your desires. You may feel hesitant about using the idea, on the grounds that you are not sure you really mean it. This does not matter. The purpose of today’s exercises is to…
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January 26
Lesson 26 My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability. It is surely obvious that if you can be attacked you are not invulnerable. You see attack as a real threat. That is because you believe that you can really attack. And what would have effects through you must also have effects on you. It is…
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