{"id":1744,"date":"2013-03-10T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T14:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2013-03-07T09:06:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T14:06:19","slug":"avoiding-landscape-amnesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/03\/avoiding-landscape-amnesia.html","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding Landscape Amnesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2013\/03\/marriane-williamson-closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1745\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2013\/03\/marriane-williamson-closeup-623x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a>Spiritual lecturer and author, Marianne Williamson speaks on <em>A Course in Miracles<\/em> at The Saban Theatre, Monday evenings in Los Angeles, California. After reading her book, <em>The Law of Divine Compensation and How it Works for You,<\/em> I went to hear her speak. Williamson is bold, bright, clever, and attracted my respect.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson reminds me of other spiritual leaders who have not succumbed to Landscape Amnesia, forgetting how different the surrounding landscape is from 5, 50, or 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Effective healing strategies take into account the physical and mental landscape of today. The language and studies of 5-, 50-, or 500-years ago do not prove valid today.<\/p>\n<p>Scientific evidence shows that we can\u2019t reconcile spirit and biology or human mind. Therefore, I&#8217;m comfortable getting to know a God that is Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>In divine Science God is not humanlike but is Spirit, Mind. it&#8217;s important to know, the human mind and<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/01\/improve-the-healing-art.html\"> divine Mind<\/a> are not the same thing. They don\u2019t even cooperate. Divine Mind is supreme and fully capable of controlling the human mind with love, health, and usefulness.<\/p>\n<p>We read in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bookstore.trafford.com\/Products\/SKU-000137087\/21st-Century-Science-and-Health-with-Key-to-the-Scriptures.aspx\">21st Century Science and Health<\/a><\/em> &#8220;Real ideas flow from the divine Mind. Unreal thoughts, coming from the brain or from auras, are extensions of the human mind; they are an accumulation of imprinted mortal beliefs and experiences. Ideas are spiritual, harmonious, and eternal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual lecturer and author, Marianne Williamson speaks on A Course in Miracles at The Saban Theatre, Monday evenings in Los Angeles, California. After reading her book, The Law of Divine Compensation and How it Works for You, I went to hear her speak. Williamson is bold, bright, clever, and attracted my respect. 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