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"Mental faculties... are in truth of the inherent properties of the soul, even as the radiation of light is the essential property of the sun." (Bwf 337) (57:1) "'Knowledge is a light which God casteth into the heart of whomsoever He willeth.' It is this kind of knowledge which is and hath ever been praiseworthy, and not the limited knowledge that hath sprung forth from veiled and obscured minds... Would that the hearts of men could be cleansed from these man- made limitations and obscure thoughts imposed upon them!" (Iqan 46- 7) (57:2) "The mind is the power of the human spirit. Spirit is the lamp; mind is the light which shines from the lamp... Mind is the perfection of the spirit, and its essential quality, as the sun's rays are the essential necessity of the sun." (Bwf 317) (57:3) "In man five outer powers exist, which are the agents of perception, that is to say, through these five power man perceives material beings. These are sight, which perceives visible forms; hearing, which perceives audible sounds; smell, which perceives odors; taste, which perceives foods; and feeling, which is in all parts of the body, and perceives tangible things. These five powers perceive outward existences." (Bwf 317) (57:4) "The mind, however, understandeth not whilst the senses have ceased function, and in the embryonic stage and in early infancy the reasoning power is totally absent. (This "mind" you "make up" reaction by reaction.) (Bwf 337- 8) (57:5) "The intermediary between the five outward... and the inward powers is the sense which they possess in common, that is to say, the sense which acts between the outer and inner powers, conveys to the inward powers whatever the outer powers discern. It is termed the common faculty, because it communicates between the outward and inward powers, and thus is common to... (them)." (Bwf 317- 8) (57:6) "Man also has spiritual powers: imagination, which conceives things; thought" (or "faculty of reason", see Oxford Dict) "which reflects upon realities: comprehension which comprehends realities; memory, which retains whatever man imagines, thinks and comprehends." (these are all "inward powers" which you use in "making up your mind)." (Bwf 317) (57:7) "The purpose and object of schools, colleges and universities is to educate man and thereby rescue and redeem him from the exigencies and defects of nature and to awaken within him the capability of controlling and appropriating nature's bounties." "Societies... interested in commerce, science and politics... are for material service of the world of matter." (Pup 347; Pt 67)
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