15. Mind and Thinking Stuff
Wallace Wattles raised statements below on "a formless substance" a hundred years ago. There are two interpretation for his statements. One is on the act of a universal god, "words" permeate and penetrate the universe; the other explanation is on the working of a subconscious mind which creates reality in a brain.
He said: "There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates and fills the interspaces of the universe.
A thought in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought.
A person can form things in his thought, and by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created."
Whichever belief system we choose, ie God or Subconscious Mind, but in a first place we need a physical brain to connect and process all internal and external information.
Wallac Wattles might have read an old Chinese idiom saying "心想事成": " With Intention, May all your wish come true". This idiom expressed the same message of "Formless Thought" can create reality, it turns Thought into Material Success /Gain.
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A mind is a thought, a thought is brain cells' vibration. Vibration comes from brainwaves when the brain is still alive. Vibration ceased when the brain stop functioning. From here you could decide there is nothing left behind or there is a continuation to future process of life. This is your choice. However to decide life and dead, the hospital would make decision which is based on brainwaves activity.
