Ideas
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Only a person, not an idea, can wield the power needed for effective state rule. 70:6.1
Keep ideals high for eternal salvation and ideas practical for earthly citizenship. 156:5.16
Perfect ideas are irresistibly drawn into the absolute circuit of mind by the Conjoint Actor. 9:6.2
The power of an idea lies in its vividness and universality of simple application, not in reality or reasonableness. 87:4.3 92:3.3
Ideas are sensations plus reflective interpretations, forming an evolving selfhood activated by absolute unity. 133:7.7
A personal philosophy of religion is built on theoretical plans for action derived from inner and environmental experience, social factors, and personal influences. 101:7.1
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- Render to God and Caesar 156:5.16 — Mt 22:21; Mk 12:17; Lk 20:25; Ro 13:7.
- Mind gravity 9:6.2 — Jer 31:3; Jn 6:44; Jn 12:32.