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Stories We Tell Ourselves

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Romans 12:2 "And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Mind transformation isn't just a religious thing, it's a human thing because God created us in His image. Genesis 1:27 "And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." The fascinating thing about this is not that we're god-like because we're not. But we are. We're created in the image of God and I don't fully understand everything that means, but I can grasp major chunks of what it means. For starters, the entire Creation event shows us the power of God to think in advance. To first see it in our mind. God created the Universe and the Earth by thinking it into existence. We don't have God's power so we're unable to do that physically, but because we're in His image we can pre-think something before it becomes reality. In January 2017 The New Yorker published a story entitled, "The Voices In Our Head: Why do people talk to themselves and when does it become a problem?" The author of the piece mentions literally talking to ourselves. Something some of us do. Others don't. And neither one makes us any saner than the rest. It's an interesting article even if it is a bit off-track from how we're going to discuss the inner voices that each of us do encounter every day. John Sebastian wrote a song back in 1974, Stories We Could Tell. The opening lines include: Talkin' to myself again and wondrin' if this travelling is good Is there somethin' else a-doin' We'd be doin' if we could Whether your talk to yourself verbally - out loud - or whether you're talking to yourself silently in your own head...you ARE talking to yourself. Some of us are more verbose in our talking to ourselves than others. Just like we are out loud maybe. ;) So the issue isn't whether or not we're talking to ourselves...but rather the question is, "What are we saying?" And why? By introducing mind transformation hopefully, you'll consider - if you're not already convinced - that barring some challenge (mental illness, PTSD, or some other issue that requires professional assistance) you're in control of yourself, and equally important, your thoughts belong to you. That means mind transformation is possible. But what is it? Simply put, it means you can control what you think about. You can control how you think about something. You can control what you focus on and what you ignore. You're responsible for your own life, first by being responsible for your own thoughts. Rhonda and I are in the car talking about the choices people make - the foolish choices. Somebody's infidelity in their marriage was the prompting topic. We discussed how such poor choices happen. I remarked, "They (the unfaithful spouse) think about it, decide they want it, and then act on it. I guess, to them, at least in the moment, it seems like a good idea. Kinda like a person who steals or robs finds themself needing money and immediately they start thinking of who or how they rob somebody. Most of us don't immediately go to those thoughts. Instead, we likely think of what we might be able to sell, or how we might be able to find a job - or a better paying job." "If it is to be, it's up to me." I've heard that phrase as long as I can remember. It's intended, in part, to be empowering. To help encourage us to be proactive. But more deeply it signifies that we have the ability and opportunity to pre-think our lives. We can see our future before it happens. Mentally, we can make it whatever we want. That doesn't mean it will happen as we think. It doesn't mean we can think it into existence. Only God can do that, but we are able - as creatures in His image - able to think ahead of time and behave with intentions based on how we're thinking. Animals behave with instincts.
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Romans 12:2 "And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Mind transformation isn't just a religious thing, it's a human thing because God created us in His image. Genesis 1:27 "And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." The fascinating thing about this is not that we're god-like because we're not. But we are. We're created in the image of God and I don't fully understand everything that means, but I can grasp major chunks of what it means. For starters, the entire Creation event shows us the power of God to think in advance. To first see it in our mind. God created the Universe and the Earth by thinking it into existence. We don't have God's power so we're unable to do that physically, but because we're in His image we can pre-think something before it becomes reality. In January 2017 The New Yorker published a story entitled, "The Voices In Our Head: Why do people talk to themselves and when does it become a problem?" The author of the piece mentions literally talking to ourselves. Something some of us do. Others don't. And neither one makes us any saner than the rest. It's an interesting article even if it is a bit off-track from how we're going to discuss the inner voices that each of us do encounter every day. John Sebastian wrote a song back in 1974, Stories We Could Tell. The opening lines include: Talkin' to myself again and wondrin' if this travelling is good Is there somethin' else a-doin' We'd be doin' if we could Whether your talk to yourself verbally - out loud - or whether you're talking to yourself silently in your own head...you ARE talking to yourself. Some of us are more verbose in our talking to ourselves than others. Just like we are out loud maybe. ;) So the issue isn't whether or not we're talking to ourselves...but rather the question is, "What are we saying?" And why? By introducing mind transformation hopefully, you'll consider - if you're not already convinced - that barring some challenge (mental illness, PTSD, or some other issue that requires professional assistance) you're in control of yourself, and equally important, your thoughts belong to you. That means mind transformation is possible. But what is it? Simply put, it means you can control what you think about. You can control how you think about something. You can control what you focus on and what you ignore. You're responsible for your own life, first by being responsible for your own thoughts. Rhonda and I are in the car talking about the choices people make - the foolish choices. Somebody's infidelity in their marriage was the prompting topic. We discussed how such poor choices happen. I remarked, "They (the unfaithful spouse) think about it, decide they want it, and then act on it. I guess, to them, at least in the moment, it seems like a good idea. Kinda like a person who steals or robs finds themself needing money and immediately they start thinking of who or how they rob somebody. Most of us don't immediately go to those thoughts. Instead, we likely think of what we might be able to sell, or how we might be able to find a job - or a better paying job." "If it is to be, it's up to me." I've heard that phrase as long as I can remember. It's intended, in part, to be empowering. To help encourage us to be proactive. But more deeply it signifies that we have the ability and opportunity to pre-think our lives. We can see our future before it happens. Mentally, we can make it whatever we want. That doesn't mean it will happen as we think. It doesn't mean we can think it into existence. Only God can do that, but we are able - as creatures in His image - able to think ahead of time and behave with intentions based on how we're thinking. Animals behave with instincts.
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