Sentences with phrase «understand about the mind»

One thing we must understand about the mind is its incredible capacity to think that it is thinking.

«That gendering reflects a long history of misogynist understanding about the mind and the body.»

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All of the above misinterpretations of the market are constructed in order to minimize the gap between the entrepreneur's preconceptions about his startup and its relation with the marketplace, and his understanding of reality based on information he collected and analyzed for the purpose of reducing the mental dissonance in the mind.

Effective communication isn't just about talking; leaders who master the art of listening authentically will have uncanny, X-Men-like ability to listen intuitively to the other person's story, asking questions, and searching conversations for depth, meaning and understanding with their needs in mind.

Fortunately, the type of annuity you're asking about — an immediate annuity — is (by annuity standards at least) the easiest to understand and, to my mind the type with the greatest potential for helping people who want more guaranteed lifetime income than Social Security alone will provide.

I understand what Mary is saying about a tortured mind — but I agree that unless we can sit still and quite ourselves we will live in that state.

We are people, sand our minds can't always understand everything about God.

its not really atheism or religion that I have a problem with, its the hate, control, and fear that goes along with it that I have a problem with, you say that those who are spiritual are into new agey, crystal ball, stuff, see that's what I'm talking about, you assume to know what something is about when you don't understand something you naturally fear it, your self righteous clouds you, don't you get that by being narrow minded in your view towards things, you really act no better than religious fundamentalists, being spiritual is a lot more than just the new agey, think positive all the time that you think it is, its about being aware of who you are?

As much as christians spew on about how the mormons are not real christians, they fail to understand that the Book of Mormon still takes on its roots from the same bible they foolishly believe in... nothing like hypocrites to enlighten the mind and prove our point further.

What questions does it raise in your mind — about scripture, about the Church, about your own understanding of the Bible and its history?

we understand more about the universe than we do about the inner workings of the human mind.

Bu tthe effort of trying to live a good christian life got to much ad i was disollutioned.Spent ten years as a backslidden barely believing christian and then in recent years as a transformed renewed Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a relationship with Jesus Christ and working in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but living the word.The bible is a book useful for living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find him.brentnz

Many atheists I would say wouldn't mind the concept of a god being real and heaven etc... But we aren't willing to ignore reality to stroke a belief which is not plausible in light of evidence and what we understand already about reality.

the purpose why God allowed multiple religions to evolve and exist in the distant and even today is because our minds intellectual capacity has increased tremendously after we became civilized about 10,000 years go.Earlier when we were hunter gatherers our priorities was just to find food to survive, Then we became more knowlegible and our concern includes the intelle tual need to understand the meaning and purpose of our existence, so God allowed the founding and establishment of many religions by humans to conform with their intellectual, social and educational development, Since this is not static, it contiually diversify and change to conform with their times of existince, History showed that this is continuesly improving, so the future expects changes towards Panthrotheism in accordance to His will.

Just as a sermon, a book about the bible, or a blog can help us understand the mind and heart of God as revealed in Scripture, so also can a translation.

slow down your mind and think about what it is you're typing so others can understand you.

A statement based on ignorance... Mr. Crossan has about 9 gazillion degrees... I think he may know «a little» about what he's talking about... Joshua... you are a narrow minded twit... I shudder to think someone may consider you a «good» Christian... to understand Jesus you have to understand Judaism... if you can not accept Jesus» Jewishness you can not be a Christian...

Dear Mr. Happy, Although I thought this article was to be about Priests performing exorcisms, I do understand your frustration w the whole mind - frame that is put out there regarding religious sources & what family you may or may NOT be born into.

I am not gonna comment on all these sick opinions,, I understand now that most of westerns oppose Islam, therefor they don't wan na hear anything good about it,, all they do they lie and believe their lies,, good for you guys but believe me no one in this world helps the US as Muslims do to the country in all important fields,, and please don't dare me to write novels what we've done to you and i am as a person from Saudi,, You should be thankful instead of your sick racist minds,, TRUST me no one can stop the huge flow of ISLAM anywhere,

well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves — not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?

So though we can understand why Mark could come to this curious view (perhaps at the close of a career as an apostle that did not have the success he had expected), we must reject it as a true reflection of Jesus» mind, and as out of keeping with the other things we know about his teaching.

It's about removing the wonder, bringing God to a manageable deity, an understandable force, to our minds and understandings, our methods and concerns.

If you abort this process of yelling at God about why this text is so difficult to understand, you will never experience the joy that comes when God, by His Holy Spirit, opens your mind and eyes to the meaning of the text, and without this joy of having God teach the text to you, you will never be able to have true joy in teaching the text to others.

Paul, you place yourself in this comfortable two dimensional box, where anything you don't understand you can just reject it so your simple mind wont have any questions or doubts about life.

The problem with people like you, is you have a narrow mind about things you can't understand.

And to the assembled disciples he says,» «These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled,» Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, «Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer»» (Luke 24:44 - 46).

So with this understanding of predestination in mind, let us go on to consider what Paul says about predestination.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

To open your mind and learn about it is to understand.

Oh, pilgrims walking by oblivious, your minds, it seems, on something not at hand, can you have come from such a distant land» the way you look suggests as much to us» that you're not weeping, even as you pass right through the suffering city, like that band of people who, it seems, don't understand a thing about the measure of its loss?

And as we talk about them, we must remember to address them with humility, understanding and grace, keeping in mind our role as fellow hospital patients, not museum curators.

Now we have come to a clear understanding about this, and the demand will only be repeated in order that the speaker may focus his mind actively upon the occasion of the address.

Thanks to work done in psychology and physiology, for instance, we know about ourselves as body - mind organisms; hence, we can understand more adequately the «dynamics» of personality.

Modern fundamentalists have already made up their minds about the entire Bible, and when you try to explain that some of their favorite Bible - thumping passages have been ripped out of the cultural and Scriptural context in which they were written, the Fundamentalist acts as if you are the stupidest person on the earth for trying to understand a text this way.

I understand why you don't want to talk about the embarrassing fact that your religion's a sham, but it's * precisely * the issue; The prayer session shouldn't even be being conducted in the first place, never mind forcing people to pretend to respect it!

I imagine that you would agree that there are truths and mysteries about Allah which can not be understood or grasped by the human mind.

Nobody can actually fully understand or explain the Trinity of God any more than any human mind can fully understand or grasp everything there is to know about God.

And for your «sin» and being cursed by your god, you think this makes you one of the few people who are sure to understand everything in your god's mind and what he thinks about every little thing, no matter what it may be.

It is evident that if you are not a believer, your mind could never even begin to understand what Christians are talking about.

It is possible to understand a great deal about mind by analyzing it in terms of its molecular basis.

He is «outside the Universe» and any time I am faced with something about my Leprechaun belief that makes no sense, I don't dare question it, I just close my mind and tell myself that my mind is too small to understand the greatness of the Leprechaun King.

(And I am totally open - minded about this, so feel free to try to help me understand it better.)

Wouldn't it make more sense to allow your child to make up their own mind when he / she is capable of understanding or learning about it on their own.

When practicing scientists think about science, they generally have in mind this understanding of science: theories that predict and explain observed phenomena by appeal to lawlike generalizations.

It is introduced by the following preamble: «The word heart is used in Scripture as the seat of life or strength; hence it means mind, soul, spirit, or one's entire emotional nature and understanding...» The word «thought» does have about 110 entries but close inspection reveals that these are «thoughts of the heart».

Now I understand, ANY comment made by a christian is hateful, but any comment made about a christian is «open minded and justified».

I don't understand that, because in my mind it's a sport, and to worry about being five pounds overweight or having a big nose never made any sense.

Thats twice in a row where managers have stepped in for the win While MR wenger ponders about in his mind while on the chair takes for ever to adjust to the game he needs to understand whats going on and react fast to counter balance tactics

First let me laugh hahahahaha.Secondly, let me give credit where it is due and say that that was a great finish from Giroud.Thirdly, do you know that if Giroud did not score today he would have been criticized very badly you know why because he does a lot of things wrongly when he does not score but when he scores everyone just ignores.How many people were actually focused on him after he scored you would realize that he breaks up a lot of attacks.Its a pity peeps are not being honest about him he is French and he is a very nice guy so i understand however.Lastly, it has been about 3 seasons or so that he has been here and people are still debating over him.Make up your mind i made mine up from day one that he arrived and realized he was awful however great classy goal.

I'm less about changing minds, and more into trying to understand how / why other minds think the way they do.