Thought streams that are perceived by the human mind are broken up into two pathways. This is necessary for the mind to be able to parse the thought in the stream. It is like a dam from which water flows outward into two ducts which go to different places. The water is the same in each and processed differently at different destinations. The mind is unable to adequately perceive the stream in its wholeness. There are two soul faculties which can do this; the human mind is limited.

The two streams created by the automatic filtering of the mind are two aspects of the whole. An analogy is the dual polarity of the astrological signs Pisces and Virgo. Pisces gets the whole picture, the complete view which includes how everything is related within. The details are hidden away in the polar opposite sign of Virgo. Here, the details are available yet without any organizing principle (found in Pisces). In the same way, the thought stream encountered by the human mind breaks up the incoming stream into two facets:

An overview of the stream

This reveals the broad strokes of thought forms and their interconnectedness. Relationships and how things work together are available for inspection. Details however are not available.

Details contained in the stream

Here is where all of the detailed information in the thought stream are available. They can be explored and analyzed as is with no information as to how they relate with one another or the whole picture.

This fracturing of thought streams from God is a natural reaction for the limited human mind in duality. This feature of personality living in physical form affords some benefits:

1. Things can be analyzed closely
2. Classifications are possible for future retrieval
3. Abstractions can be formed

These allow humans to deeply explore life and to learn based on experience. Mental handling of the results of these examinations allows for changes to be made in life experience and approaches to future living. Drilling down into experience is afforded by the dual–oriented mind of the personality.

Another facet of the mind is the spontaneous attempt to synthesize the data of these disparate streams of thoughtforms. As if the streams in the two separate pipes flow back into one. This is a volitional prerogative. Curiosity is one source of desire to unite these streams into something useful. Another deep motive to bring these together is the desire for understanding and, possibly, abstraction for building greater things for the mind to access and use in the future. This volitional synthesizing process leads to a great variety of interpretations in humanity and gives rise to a rich field of ideation among people.

The third facet of the mind is abstraction. An attempt to make something of what is currently understood of the thoughtforms and to build something with it. Edifices of mental creation flow from this slow building process as newly formed abstractions are added to existing human created thought structures in time. This building process using newly formed abstractions of ongoing understandings is much less visible, ocurring in the depths of the personality bordering on soul contact. This makes it more difficult to find and seemingly more spontaneous in individuals. It is the mechanism where life experience results in the slow build up of beliefs, maxims, fears, taboos. Whether these newly built or reinforced conclusions are free of delusion or otherwise limiting is up to each person to figure out in life. This points deeply into the fact of personal responsibility for all of life experience. Living in denial generally banishes the possibility of examining these self–formed limits in the light of reality. Denial results in creating ongoing and deeper limitations to living in truth and freedom in life expression.

So we can say there are three stages to how the mind polarizes reality:

1. Bifurcation: Breaking up incoming thought streams
2. Synthesis: The volitional attempt to put the two streams together into something useful
3. Abstraction: Using the new understandings to build mental structures in an attempt to extract meaning from life experience.

This process is how we as a human race grow our ideas in areas such as philosophy, psychology, ways of looking at life through the scientific method, advancing the art of living through the experiences of mystics. Reformulations of older concepts and the recycling of glamour forms is an ongoing consequence of this slow way of growth through the mind grappeling with the thought streams flowing from the Godhead.

Another thing we can do at the root of the mind is to repattern the functioning of the mind. This is done through feeling to:

1. Release and expose the current patterning
2. Set the new patterning in place
3. Reset the holding structure and put things in motion.

The new patterning will begin right away.

To avoid difficulty it is recommended that all repatterning be done with the help of the Infinite Spirit and The Father.

To keep the mind clean, clear and robustly able to reflect spirit, truth and reality requires 2 things on a constant basis:

Clarity

The mind must be very clear about what it is doing. Spacing out allows it to run amok and create trouble.

The mind must be cleared of all residue after each project or circumstance. This includes any residues left in the spirit body from the mental activity.

Flexibility

The mind must not be allowed to obsess on anything except God.

If the mind is not actively being engaged in physical reality, it should remain focused on God.

Periodic clearing of the mind can refresh everything. Do this with flushing the mental circuits with primordial light.

The statement evokes images which fade away into a mystery. The knowable which cannot be contained or understood. The source of all is everywhere and everything. To know God is to dissolve into the ocean of all phenomena and allow all of it to flow through self with no restriction. The human mind cannot grasp any of this. Heart–centered knowing reveals all.

The journey into God begins with diving into the ocean of spirit awareness.

Glamour obfuscates truth. Truth comes from within. Glamour is rooted in social–cultural realities and is maintained by unconscious and unquestioned agreement. Freeing self from glamour is an inner movement and results in clearing the mirror of truth.

Truth filtered through glamour perpetuates delusion.

A key aspect of mental hygiene is the maintenance of a positive outlook on life and living and the nurturing of life affirming attitudes about living, philosophy. These will set the space in which the mind functions and will create the kind of energetic ground of being to:

• Facilitate a happy life experience
• Reduce distractions
• Allow for maximum free flows of mental energies.

Making a habit of caring for the mind in this way can open many doors in the mental mansions of The Father.