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 ExcerptMark“A Metaphysical Interpretation of the Bible”Let me concentrate on the wisdom and the words of Mark and the powerful message they attempt to convey. Mark focuses on the mental or thinking aspect of the human. Once we have overcome the pull of the flesh we must now take the second step in our journey toward our divine nature by shifting our mind toward the same arena. The Master emphasizes the ability we have to attain this goal in our lifetime through the proper use of a very divine tool, our minds. Did the Master not say we should be single in purpose? Was He not directing us toward that very path? This is the prominent feature of our personal Holy Trinity. It is part of the guiding essence of this concept. We can even say it is the most important aspect of this journey into consciousness, for here is where it all comes into realization. It is where spiritual attainment occurs, that health or ailment is created. It is here where the garden flourishes or decays, and where Genesis tells us we know the difference between good (truth) and evil (error). It is the realm separating us from the rest of life, where we find the inner room of prayer mentioned by the Master along with its creative power. We the human are the only specie which has the ability to realize and comprehend life, only we have the rare gift to think and create thought. This can be the greatest boon or hindrance to us, at least in the way we process in the mind. Thoughts are very powerful since they bring us whatever we desire, even adverse results. It is the primary sower of the seeds that we plant. Indeed, our thoughts are the very foundation of our lives, virtually a magnetic force. Our thoughts are responsible for attracting whatever energy matches their vibration at any given moment. It is written in the Dead Sea Scrolls that a single thought has the power to shake heaven. Now imagine for a moment what the collective thoughts of all humanity must be doing now, with all we are emitting into reality. This is one of two areas in which we must be single in purpose, if we ever desire to achieve what is defined simply as self-mastery. We will cover the other area in the next chapter, the Book of Luke, our emotional body. When the Master tells us to “keep thine eye single,” or to be “single in purpose,” He is primarily talking about the realm of thought aligned with focused emotion. As an example, if we want success, we focus on this, not thinking about failure, for if we do, we are now a house divided. We cannot go in two directions at the same time. An ancient Zen proverb tells us, “When you run, run; when you walk, walk. Never wobble.” Going in two directions at once is the wobble or hesitancy in life. It is thinking of failure when success is what we desire. If we are single in purpose we harness the true power of our divine nature, truly creating our lives and all of life; we must keep in mind it also has the power to destroy. We find this dilemma in Matthew, the excellent symbolism of the seeds and the tares. Thoughts allow us to hold on to whatever we choose, the past, or they can assist us in releasing it so we can taste new experiences. Even though it is the shortest Gospel, Mark has the greatest impact on us all because it is where learning occurs. Mind has the power to operate in higher consciousness and, obviously, the lower. Here is where we even locate the seat of the ego, the seat of illusion, and where our Spirit-given attributes come together for us to use, and about which we know very little. We seldom use the full potential of this quite powerful storehouse, Einstein once said we use less than ten percent of our total ability. In a world which has become more intellectually complex than instinctive, we have learned to use and overuse our analytical talents while diminishing the true nature of the mind. A Divine device that is used for anything but! Even though we were created as individual thinkers, Spirit did not intend the sole use of analysis to determine our fate. In truth, if we only analyze, we are not able to realize. Instead, we curtail, distort and even stop spiritual growth because, with such a mindset, we have all but removed the functions of creative thought, right brain, that vital part which contains the creative side, the feminine side of mind. It is this right side of mind which allows the flow of higher consciousness. We can surmise the left side of the mind that compelled Cain to slay Abel and, it is this side we now use predominately. From all that has been studied, it is no wonder it is more difficult than ever to truly know God, since It is on the right side of thought, and emotion, that God speaks. The right brain is how the soul operates with us, and where communication with the higher realm is established. Our thinking quality is also the seat of consciousness, the highest divine characteristic of the human. To reach that level of wisdom means the left and right side must operate as a cohesive mind creating wholeness and the sense of oneness. www.hairfield.com www.innercirclepublishing.com www.blogtalkradio.com/aware Weekly Radio Broadcast Wednesday' 5-7PM Pacific Dr. Steven L. Hairfield
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