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Rodney Smith
Stepping Out of Self-Deception

October 31, 2025 4:20 pm

Source: Stepping Out of Self-Deception

The truth is that all things are conjoined in ways that the mind is incapable of perceiving, and we therefore cannot use the mind as an indication of what is ultimately true. It responds in accordance with how it organizes the data, and therefore thinks in terms of separation. Secondly, since the mind is only part of the truth of all things, it is incapable of perceiving that truth through the sense doors. The mind uses the senses to externalize objects, and therefore it perceives “God” as external to oneself. We cannot be the truth and perceive the truth in the same moment.