| BkIV:12.V.11 | The old patterns of thought and emotional response came from using the mind and heart for the purpose of assigning your own meaning to things. If the "I" wishes to be a "separate self" from everything, it will distort the meaning of what God has assigned, and adjust it to the purpose of making separation real—even though this purpose is unattainable. Many people have sought meaningless goals and have tried hard to make them real. |