Monte Lostra wrote:I think in fact, unknowingly, we use magic to supplement, where our faith is not 100%. Because I think if you have 100% faith in somethhing. Even maybe about 70% faith or more in something, it will come to pass. Even if it has to do with others. I think this is so because of your subconscious. Your subconscious can do pretty much anything. I think this is why affirmations work over time - you say it enough consciously, and it seeps into your subconscious which is a miracle-worker, and it will make events happen in world around you.
This is an excellent point, as just today I've finished my personal search for answers on a certain topic I've been working with for a while. While it's more spiritual in it's content, and not really related to this topic(I'm not really interested in arguing about it(healthily or not), I just thought I'd share a brief summary on my perspective.)
From my view, what is generally termed the "subconscious mind", is the deepest connection one generally has with their true "higher spiritual self"(until K&C, or some more formal merging though dissolution of the egos & personalities to one). And in my view(related to the "collective unconscious" theory), consciousness itself is eternal(mental plane etc.), and all beings sentient & nonsentient share the same consciousness (of course at different levels, and in separate manifestations). This, to me, is an explanation of various things. One such thing, what I was speaking about today with someone, is the concept of Karma, or law of return etc. While I do not, and have never completely agreed with the current models of this theory, I do now have a concept that fits within my own beliefs: Say we all share the same consciousness, if you intentionally cause another person or thing harm(in a sense that would be considered "bad"), you are in effect harming yourself, because you and them are not truly separate at the deepest levels. Cause, effect. Reap what you sow. I also view "good"(we all know the difference between "good" and "evil"; not the difference we've been taught or that we've learned, the moral difference that we all know) as being an ultimate goal. Because I see evil as simply the absence of good, evil is an illusion. Just as darkness is not truly a tangible thing, it is simply the absence of light.
These are my personal views, and I'm am most certainly not trying to push it on anyone. Just thought I'd share my take for anyone is interested, gleam from it what you will.
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Excellent testimonial by the way Monte Lostra. Keep up the good work, I'm sure the initiates on the board will appreciate this added boost of confidence, as it really is an excellent book
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