The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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-=== THE MYSTERY OF MAN === +<WRAP centeralign> 
-TO OUR physical eyes man is a body of flesh, but to our +==== THE MYSTERY OF MAN ==== 
-mental eyes he is much more and not so easily seen or found. +</WRAP>
-We say, “I walk, I see, I think, I understand, I know.” But +
-what do we really mean when we use the pronoun “I.” What is it +
-that does these things? Does the eye see—or do “I” use the eye +
-to see? Does my brain think, or do “I” use my brain to think? +
-If “I” use these things, what am I?+
  
-Some will say that I am my mind, but why then do we use +<WRAP justify> 
-the word “my?” What is it that owns the body, the eye and the +TO OUR physical eyes man is a body of flesh, but to our mental eyes he is much more and not so easily seen or found. We say, “I walk, I see, I think, I understand, I know.” But what do we really mean when we use the pronoun “I.” What is it that does these things? Does the eye see—or do “I” use the eye to see? Does my brain think, or do “I” use my brain to think? If “I” use these things, what am I? 
-mind? If the mind is the highest part of us, how is it that we + 
-can change our minds, stop thinking of one thing and think of +Some will say that I am my mind, but why then do we use the word “my?” What is it that owns the body, the eye and the mind? If the mind is the highest part of us, how is it that we can change our minds, stop thinking of one thing and think of something else?
-something else?+
  
 The “I” must be something higher than even the mind. The “I” must be something higher than even the mind.
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 Again we ask: “What am I?” Again we ask: “What am I?”
  
-Our intuition tells us that we are an invisible Power, or Something, living in us and using our body and mind to do Its wishes. +Our intuition tells us that we are an invisible Power, or Something, living in us and using our body and mind to do Its wishes. Like God, the great Universal Spirit that lives and manifests in the visible Universe, so too are we Spirit, dwelling within our bodies, invisible, but knowable by our actions.
-Like God, the great Universal Spirit that lives and manifests in +
-the visible Universe, so too are we Spirit, dwelling within our +
-bodies, invisible, but knowable by our actions.+
  
-We are Spirit, not flesh. We own our body, not the body +We are Spirit, not flesh. We own our body, not the body owns us. We ARE Souls, not we have Souls.
-owns us. We ARE Souls, not we have Souls.+
  
-We are Spiritual Beings, here in this life, living in physical +We are Spiritual Beings, here in this life, living in physical bodies, which we use to help us in our climb toward Perfection.
-bodies, which we use to help us in our climb toward Perfection.+
  
 —The Great White Brotherhood, From Humanity Magazine. —The Great White Brotherhood, From Humanity Magazine.
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 === ASPIRATION === === ASPIRATION ===
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 \\ To likeness of His purity. \\ To likeness of His purity.
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