Mind, matter, and thought
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 New King James Version
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
Mind, matter, and thought
Arguments within oneself, the mind is good at that
Possibly this is the division between spirit and soul
My mind has no problem understanding my feelings
When my body screams in pain, it’s the first to know
So my mind exalts itself against the knowledge of God
It only likes the parts of life that it thinks it can interpret
“Live by Faith” it can’t grasp, for practical and clear that’s not
And in most things, it can’t be done, to its chagrin and regret
The mind cannot compromise; that’s done somewhere else
All it does it weigh the odds and sent this to the will
Rotten to the core develops with a mind deeply polluted
By feelings and emotion, where selfishness is ruling still
Thoughts, on the other hand, do not start in the mind
They don’t bypass emotions; it’s here they communicate first
Where do thoughts originate, possibly from a spiritual world?
Intrinsically they point at things that bring us to our own hurt.
There are two origination points, one true and one artificial
The one points at life itself and the other to death camouflaged
The first is ever growing the more we time invest in listening to it
The second hang on to what it is and leads us towards the pit
The first shows us suffering and how to love despite feelings
The second sprouts selfishness and reiterates what you deserve
The first softly and forgives for it understands feeling's origination
For it used to be where the second resides till truth in love preserved
Bringing thoughts into captivity, whoever can do that thing?
Is that by powers beside myself, the ones I seem to invite in?
Is that what true hunger is? Is that where it all starts?
When I try to satisfy the hunger in issues of the heart?
So is it there where the opportune invitation itself rests?
Is it only when redeemed that the mind can clearly see?
For the god of this age has blinded it for the true Gospel.
So it flutters around in the darkness and cannot be free.
Jan Wienen