{"id":2044,"date":"2017-04-10T06:57:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T11:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thenewagesite.com\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2020-05-31T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T22:12:32","slug":"consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenewagesite.com\/index.php\/consciousness\/consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph J. Dewey writes on the meaning and understanding of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;It is interesting that different belief systems have certain words that are acceptable and others that are not. Some even go so far as to accuse those of different beliefs as being evil, not because of any of their actions, but merely because of their choice of words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;There are different key words used by various Christian religions, but if we look at Christianity as a whole and new age thinking the difference becomes pretty pronounced. Now there is also a difference in shades of meaning between various new age and metaphysical groups, but not so pronounced as between the Christians and new age thinking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;One of the words that sends up a red flag for the standard Christian is \u201cconsciousness.\u201d The standard thinking for them is that consciousness means merely being awake and if you use it for more than that you off into forbidden thinking. Now some new agers may throw the word around more than is needed and sometimes without much thought behind it, but they are indeed correct in their idea that there are various levels of consciousness. We will examine them, but for clarity\u2019s sake let us first define the word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Consciousness, especially in the context of this discussion, is the state of being awake or aware of certain things. One could say that the greater one\u2019s consciousness is the greater will be his realm of awareness.&#8221; &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeread.com\/consciousness-2\/\">Continue reading J.J. Dewey&#8217;s article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on the link <strong>above<\/strong> to read the whole article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeread.com\">freeread.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>\u201cLet this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.\u201d Phil 2:5<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>\u201cTo whom God would make known what is the riches of glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.\u201d Col 1:28<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph J. Dewey writes on the meaning and understanding of consciousness. &#8220;It is interesting that different belief systems have certain words that are acceptable and others that are not. 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