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Considering Mind

Considering Mind

I recall participating in a fabulous IMS teleconference, in which we studied Practice Not Profession by Margaret Laird, in its entirety, over five sessions. On page 47 of that paper, Mrs. Laird writes, "No individual has a mind that can hate." That sentence suddenly...

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Let It Be!

Let It Be!

What is this thing called "practice" that we, as Metaphysical Scientists, are supposed to do?  Practice what? I always thought to practice was to do over and over until I got it right. If perfection is all there is, what's to practice?  Is there any other way to be?...

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Living Is Not A Second-Hand Experience!

Living Is Not A Second-Hand Experience!

 I first came across the term "unlived life" in Margaret Laird's 1956 Laird Letters, and have seldom, if ever, seen her use it elsewhere. Like much of her writing, that curious word juxtaposition reeled me in: What is an "unlived life?" I wondered. Is that when...

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Hitting Reset

Hitting Reset

HITTING RESET Sometimes the identification with material sense can get pretty overwhelming. You know Science, but still you are drawn into the picture, pushing for this or that outcome, buying into material belief. What to do? The usual advice is to just let go,...

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Its Very Funny…

Its Very Funny…

Socrates was sitting in the Athens marketplace, 399 B.C., asking the younger generation "Is excellence still possible?" The older generation was too busy for nonsense. The context for his question was their magnificent Greek culture collapsing around them. Today...

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Observer, Not Judge

Observer, Not Judge

My exploration of scientific metaphysics always gives me new perspectives on books such as Deepak Chopra's How to Know God: The Soul's Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries. I notice in Chopra's book, and those of a lot of other spiritual writers, a wavering between...

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What’s My Purpose?  Do I Have A Choice?

What’s My Purpose? Do I Have A Choice?

'What is my purpose?'  How many times have you had this thought? It can be a topic of our conversations - 'something was done on purpose…',  or 'living a purpose-driven life,' or like I've said to myself, 'what is my purpose in life'.  Do you identify yourself as a...

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Problems:  Self-Caused and Self-Solved

Problems: Self-Caused and Self-Solved

In I Am My Own Ancestor, Margaret Laird explains exactly what it is that gives rise to personality.  This led me to question if I could get rid of disagreeable traits?  It’s not nature or nurture. It's your individuality, the "great I AM,” infinitely individualized,...

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Who am I being?

Who am I being?

Have you ever         heard the expression - you get what you focus on?   Yes, your FOCUS         draws attention to a state of Mind - if you believe the look of things, then the paradox/duality realm of the two-legged animal, the ego-image, will be your...

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