Peter experienced the Spirit of Christ, a nonperceptible reality proposing aims for guiding the actions of Peter directly analogous to the nonperceptible reality
of the human mind as guiding the actions of the body.
He made absolute by a decree that has lasted to our own day the divorce between study of the world outside of us and study
of the human mind as an instrument.
Another apt analogy is that
of the human mind as an empty bucket about to be filled with the water of knowledge.
Not exact matches
The
human mind relies primarily on visual stimuli to successfully interact with the world around it, which is why it's only natural for marketers to build the vast majority
of their strategies around visual media platforms, relying on high definition video playback devices, such
as smartphones and tablets, to broaden their reach and bring the message across.
That was true since automobiles transformed our lifestyles while simultaneously killing thousands a day, and it's true in our current reality
of mind - bending technological progress with entrepreneurs aiming rockets at Mars and envisioning artificial intelligence that makes
humans look about
as smart a house cat in comparison.
Legendary physicist Feynman won the Nobel Prize for his work in one
of the subjects that's the most difficult for the
human mind to grasp — quantum mechanics — yet his top advice for accelerating learning is actually to make whatever you're studying
as dead simple
as possible.
The Secret Life
of the Grown - Up Brain: The Surprising Talents
of the Middle - Aged
Mind (Viking) is a roundup
of the most recent science on how the
human brain ages,
as well
as a guide to «toning up your brain circuits» to better weather the onset
of age — which is itself a relatively new problem for humankind, writes author Barbara Strauch, The New York Times «s deputy science and health and medical science editor, whose earlier book, The Primal Teen, considered the teenage brain.
And this is the miracle
of the
human mind — to use its constructions, concepts, and formulas
as tools to explain what man sees, feels and touches.
Those who believe all combat sports are immoral, even those who choose to see mixed martial arts
as «
human cockfighting,» a degradation
of Marquess
of Queensberry orthodoxy, would have seen nothing to change their
minds at the dome.
But the
human mind is made to fall for stories and miscalculate the odds when a good narrative is in place,
as has been usefully described by the work
of Nassim Taleb and Daniel Kahneman, among others.
Is it so hard to just admit that we,
as humans, with our feeble
minds, can not possibly grasp the intricacy
of the universe?
We
as the
human race should all be ashamed poisoned by are warped
minds imperfect and all at fault in some way
of form psychological, physically, and verbally.
Islam and or Muslims are not to be afraid off it is the Fear
of the unknown that is the weakness
of us
humans is kept us in our shells until and unless we have an open heart and open
mind we will never be able to find the Truth, The Truth that will give us Peace and make us love each other in solving the problems
of this short temporary life,
As a matter
of fact all the Prophets brought in one and same message check the following link.
Hatred is what they certainly project, not love for the embryos, which is a piece
of nonsense no one could experience, but hatred, a virulent hatred for an unnamed object... Their hatred is directed against
human beings
as such, against the
mind, against reason, against ambition, against success, against love, against any value that brings happiness to
human life.
We,
as humans, can not fully comprehend the Glory
of God, but we can the know
mind of God
as he revealed to us in His Word.
Both
of these forms
of Counter-Reformation Catholicism think
of the moral life
as primarily engaging the will, whereas Evangelical Catholicism understands the moral life to be a matter
of training
minds and hearts, the reason and the will, to make those choices that truly contribute to goodness,
human flourishing, and the beatitude that enables the friends
of Jesus to live forever within the light and love
of the Most Holy Trinity.
The reality
as we know it is that these are not divine messages, but nothing more than the delusions
of the
human mind.
As a Catholic in my late 20's, NOT a Bible pusher (none of my churches have ever promoted that), an open minded and respectful human - You all that are shouting for closure are just as bad as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throat
As a Catholic in my late 20's, NOT a Bible pusher (none
of my churches have ever promoted that), an open
minded and respectful
human - You all that are shouting for closure are just
as bad as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throat
as bad
as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throat
as the Evangelicals / Extreme Christians that cram religion down throats.
Had you concentrated on the Social Sciences
as I have done, History, Sociology and Psychology you might have a clearer understanding
of how the
human mind creates and maintains the framework for understanding and defining «Reality».
Those
of a less determinist
mind look upon culture and religion
as examples
of the
human ability to transcend our genes, to see ourselves
as more than our inheritance.
These it takes
as the conditions for nurturing «qualities
of mind and character» (ICC 25) that have enabled and should again serve to enable «generations
of men and women to grasp a vision
of the good life, a life
of responsible citizenship and
human decency» (ICC 6).
It will always boggle my
mind how people somehow think the advancement
of the
human species or even the universe is the same
as morality.
Im not understanding I guess... you object to my statement that the creator
of the universe,
as humans generally portray «him» — would have be superior intellectually to our greatest
minds by a wide margin?
As described in my article on The Judeo - Christian Origin
of Science» [1], science is based on specific fundamental beliefs about the natural world, namely that matter is good, rational and contingent and open to the
human mind, and that any discoveries that may be made should be shared freely.
Such
human «mindfulness» should be reflected upon in order to understand what the success
of science means, and,
as a result, in discerning an absolute
Mind to be worshipped.
These two facts underline the fusion
of body,
mind, and spirit in power
as a
human reality.
It can be shown, on the contrary, that just
as the natural sciences yield a comprehensive view
of man, so the picture
of human nature provided by the social sciences is that
of a three-fold integration
of body,
mind, and spirit.
everything is made up
of atoms (don't believe me do some research) its the different variables
of heat and light and things like that that cause different reactions to make different things and these things when they interact can create something completely different and you and slowly the process
of mitosis or miosis starts to work and form stuff hell i learnt that in high school and it was a catholic one at that a millions
of years ago i bet the universe was completely different and had things in it that our
minds cant even imagine that have since changed over time from action and reaction to what we have today and in another million years who knows with all the different gases we pump into the air and the weather getting more intense on both ends
of the scale life
as we know it will be different the
human race will have to evolve to survive and will probibly form into a slightly different species hell maybe well evolve into 2 different species like in the movie time machine
As for the basic secrets
of the cosmos, Jeans says, «The ultimate realities
of the universe are at present quite beyond the reach
of science, and may be — and probably are — forever beyond the comprehension
of the
human mind.»
His point was that
human language could convey knowledge
of God, which meant that any form
of revelation communicated the truth
as it existed objectively first in God's
mind and then in the structures
of the world.
For while we are thus speaking foolishly
of human relationships, we may suppose a difference
of mind between them such
as to render an understanding impossible.
In this sense, the
human mind exhibits a resolution to a problem which first emerges with life itself; namely, the reconciliation
of security and adventure: «The universe is to be conceived
as attaining the active self - expression
of its own variety
of opposites,
of its own freedom and its own necessity,
of its own multiplicity and its own unity» (PR 531).
Its function
as mind is not satisfied until it reduces the world to terms
of thought — something
human.
Therefore, let us see what happens if we regard religion
as the outcome
of a long preparation,
as a new dimension
of the evolutionary process, and not
as heaven - sent or
as a mere projection
of the
human mind.
The Faith movement's push for such coherence involves affirming, in a neo-Augustinian manner, the dynamic relationship
of spiritual
mind (whether
of the absolute God or
of the
human soul in his image) with the objects
of its knowing,
as a metaphysical first principle.
We do find direction
as well
as control in the constitution
of matter which leads to man, and through man to Christ
as the Key to the meaning
of Universe, the Centre
of history and Lord
of the
Human mind and heart.
Religious beliefs and practices are observed and discussed, but treated
as states
of mind and social customs, mere
human constructions unsupported by any transcendent reality.
The philosopher who did most to shape this vision
of the world, Rene Descartes, regarded the
human mind as wholly different in nature.
With the philosophy
of Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650), the nature
of reality was no longer seen
as writ large over the universe only to be discovered by the exercise
of reason but rather was what the
human mind perceived, interpreted, made it to be («Cogito, ergo sum.
This is the risk
of unfettered thinking whereby the
human mind,
as Augustine said, is stretched and stretched until eventually it encounters something that transcends and judges it, which is Truth.
Whereas the religious believer has interpreted these
as due to the influence
of the Spirit
of God, the psychologist is aware
of the many emotional tensions at work in the
human mind, only some
of which are realized by the subject himself.
We should never regard it
as some final, definitive expression
of the
human mind beyond which thought can not progress.
On the other hand the
human mind can not establish itself in its finitude and contingency
as the ultimate judge
of reality.
You don't KNOW my
mind, you don't KNOW that people do just
as many good things
as bad things, and you don't KNOW that the vast majority
of human beings are certainly wrong about
human evil.
your understanding
of the change process is very simplistic, because your
mind is not open, you specifically believe already in the traditional doctrines, Dogmas
as shown in thousands
of years
of history evolves, and the need for input variables, meaning the diversity
of religious belief is necessay because nature through his will is requiring this to happen, we are being educated by God in the events
of history.In the past when there was no
humans yet Gods will is directly manifisted in nature, with our coming and education through history, we gradually takes the responsibilty
of implementing the will.Your complaint on your perception
of abuse is just part
of the complex process
of educating us through experience.
Lucretius thought that the soul nestled in the
human breast; Descartes located it in the pineal gland; and process theologian John Cobb, following Alfred North Whitehead, hopes to find
mind wandering
as a thread through the «interstices
of the brain,» But if we are truly dealing with metaphysics, then the
mind and the soul, like the risen Christ, will not be anywhere, but holistically related to the body.
Further, we find in him a tough -
minded realism about the actualities
of human history
as the mingling
of the divine love and disordered
human love.
All
of the stories from all
of Man's scriptures are fully accounted for, and so revolutionarily superseded, by Pandeism, which demonstrates the logical probability
of all
of these nonuniversal propostions
as simply reflecting the miscomprehensions
of the limited
human mind in attempting to grasp an ultimate underlying reality.
Concerned principally with international conflicts, Grotius held that
humans are, on the one hand, inherently prone to strife
as a result
of their conflicting purposes or ideas
of the good and, on the other, socially -
minded beings who want to live together.
Charles W. Morris, in Six Theories
of Mind, writes: «Whitehead's course
of procedure is to give a comprehensive description
of human experience and then to take this description
as a key to the nature
of reality» (quoted in 1:51).