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Imagination used actively and voluntarily, predetermining what one will see and hear, as against the passive, involuntary acceptance of appearances; every stage of man's progress is made by this conscious, voluntary exercise, and it is this active use that awakens the second man, the Lord from heaven, in man.

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the active, voluntary use of the imagination as distinguished from the passive, involuntary acceptance of appearances

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By Water and By Blood ¶35
LectureBy Water and By Blood
The passive mind (which is really the scientific mind) must still insist on finding causes external to itself.
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By Water and By Blood ¶24
LectureBy Water and By Blood
The passive state is simply the complete and utter surrender of man to appearances
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By Water and By Blood ¶5
LectureBy Water and By Blood
It sleeps in man as his passive mind. As you unfold the mystery, it awakens from its passive state into its active state
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Seedtime and Harvest ¶9
LectureSeedtime and Harvest
can I voluntarily, can I deliberately produce in myself a change of attitude, one of my own discretion
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Feed My Sheep ¶39
LectureFeed My Sheep
So, man gradually moves from the passive state to the active state
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Awakened Imagination 2 ¶14
LectureAwakened Imagination 2
the active, voluntary use of imagination as against the passive, involuntary acceptance of appearances
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Mental Diets ¶63
LectureMental Diets
This is the active, voluntary use of the imagination as distinguished from the passive, involuntary acceptance of appearances.
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Mental Diets ¶26
LectureMental Diets
Every stage of man’s progress is made by the conscious, voluntary exercise of the imagination.
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