{"id":2879,"date":"2014-12-11T07:42:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T12:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T18:39:27","slug":"human-minds-arent-judging-us-as-much-as-we-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2014\/12\/human-minds-arent-judging-us-as-much-as-we-think.html","title":{"rendered":"Human minds aren’t judging us as much as we think"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s important to feel good about our self. When we don\u2019t feel good about our self, our level of self-consciousness is so weighty it takes all the fun out of life.<\/p>\n

The enormous scope of what it takes for a person to feel good about themselves is mind-boggling.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve met people who feel good about their self with no ado. Uncombed hair, clean clothes, off they go to get things done<\/a> in life.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve met other people who had sex changes to feel good about their self.<\/p>\n

I recently spent a day with a woman I\u2019ve known for almost half a century. I didn\u2019t notice at first, but after a whole day, my sight finally adjusted to the situation and I wondered, What is she doing?<\/p>\n

She was wearing braces on her teeth and they were quite the object of concern. Little rubber bands were flying all over. Teeth brushing and picking constantly.<\/p>\n

I asked, Why do you have braces?<\/p>\n

To straighten my teeth, was the answer.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know her teeth were crooked.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t ever remember her having crooked teeth and we spent a lot of time talking together over the decades.<\/p>\n

This whole incident poked my own conscience. Sometimes I get too concerned about what other people might be thinking about me; when in fact they probably aren\u2019t thinking about my appearance at all.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t looking at this woman\u2019s appearance. I love her. I love her joy, honesty, and moral attitude.<\/p>\n

Besides, human opinions can\u2019t determine whether or not I felt good about myself, unless I let it.<\/p>\n

From 21st<\/sup> Century Science and Health, \u201c<\/em>If we are sensitive to the body, and regard omnipotent Being as fleshly with an attention we need to get, we are not \u2018away from the body and at home with the Lord.\u2019[1]<\/strong><\/a> In the life of Spirit, we can\u2019t \u201cserve two masters.\u2019[2]<\/strong><\/a> To be \u2018at home with the Lord,\u2019[3]<\/strong><\/a> is to have not only faith, but the actual demonstration and understanding of Life as revealed in spiritual Science. To be \u2018at home with the Lord\u2019[4]<\/strong><\/a> is to be in obedience to the law of God. To be with God is to be influenced by infinite Mind, not by finite minds.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/strong><\/a> II Cor. 5:8<\/p>\n

[2]<\/strong><\/a> Matt. 6:24; Luke 16:13<\/p>\n

[3]<\/strong><\/a> II Cor. 5:8<\/p>\n

[4]<\/strong><\/a> II Cor. 5:8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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