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TMA Session Two August 11, 1980 2/65 (3%) Brenner rational deer Floyd magical
– The Magical Approach
– © 2011 Laurel Davies-Butts
– Session Two: The Rational Approach. Scientific Hardbed Reality. The Intellect and the Magical Approach
– Session Two August 11, 1980 8:43 P.M., Monday

[... 21 paragraphs ...]

Now when you understand that intellectually, then the intellect can take it for granted that its own information is not all the information you possess. It can realize that its own knowledge represents the tip of the iceberg. As you apply that realization to your life you begin to realize furthermore that in practical terms you are indeed supported by a greater body of knowledge than you consciously realize, and by the magical, spontaneous fountain of action that forms your existence. The intellect can then realize that it does not have to go it all alone: Everything does not have to be reasoned out, even to be understood.

[... 4 paragraphs ...]

(9:36.) The intellect is a great organizer — along certain lines, now — so if this concentration is continued it begins to organize its perceptions and experience along the same lines. It is a kind of misguided attempt to find order by finding data that agrees with itself. It collects evidence, then, to prove its point, because the rational mind, as you understand it, must have an acceptable reason for everything (underlined) (all intently).

[... 37 paragraphs ...]

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