La mente material es la arena en la cual viven las personalidades humanas, tienen autoconciencia, toman decisiones, eligen a Dios o lo abandonan, se eternizan o se autodestruyen.(111:1.3)
Y eso: la mente material requiere un mecanismo vivo, el cerebro, para funcionar.
Y eso: La evolución material te ha proveído con una máquina vital, tu cuerpo; el Padre mismo te ha dotado de la realidad espiritual más pura conocida en el universo, tu Ajustador del Pensamiento. Pero en tus manos, sujeta a tu libre albedrío, se te ha dado la mente, y es por la mente por la que vives o mueres. Es dentro de la mente y con la mente que tomas esas decisiones morales que te permiten alcanzar semejanza con el Ajustador, que es semejanza con Dios.(111: 1,4)
Y que: este proceso es apoyado, mantenido y facilitado por nuestro cerebro en conjunción con nuestra conciencia.
Realmente es nuestra propia elección. Podemos conscientemente, en nuestras propias mentes materiales usando nuestros cerebros vitales alcanzar al espíritu y elegir a Dios. Increíble!.
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