68. Why do some people believe the earth is flat and others don’t?
Your consciousness creates your reality, irrespective of what the actual facts of your earthly life may be. (L6)
At one time, people believed the world was flat. Therefore, for them, they lived in a flat world and were afraid to sail the seas too far in one direction, because they were in danger of falling off the edge of the world. For these people, their world was flat, while today, with knowledge, your world is accessible in every direction. (L8)
When people believed the earth was flat, they were afraid to venture too far over the ocean lest the ship should fall over the edge. The people who believed in a flat earth, lived according to that belief. (L6)
When Galileo said the earth was round, he was considered a heretic but his perception of the ‘roundness of the earth’ enabled sailors to take a new look at the world and set out to discover what lay the other side of the ocean. It required a change in their belief to make this possible. (L6)
You are in a similar position in regard to these Letters. Those people who discount and ridicule them are like the people who believed in a flat earth and were afraid of falling over the edge if they sailed too far to the west or east of their known environment. Their horizons were severely limited by their false beliefs. So are the horizons of those people who believe the world to be solid, also severely restricted. (L6)
At one time, people believed the world was flat. Therefore, for them, they lived in a flat world and were afraid to sail the seas too far in one direction, because they were in danger of falling off the edge of the world. For these people, their world was flat, while today, with knowledge, your world is accessible in every direction. (L8)
When people believed the earth was flat, they were afraid to venture too far over the ocean lest the ship should fall over the edge. The people who believed in a flat earth, lived according to that belief. (L6)
When Galileo said the earth was round, he was considered a heretic but his perception of the ‘roundness of the earth’ enabled sailors to take a new look at the world and set out to discover what lay the other side of the ocean. It required a change in their belief to make this possible. (L6)
You are in a similar position in regard to these Letters. Those people who discount and ridicule them are like the people who believed in a flat earth and were afraid of falling over the edge if they sailed too far to the west or east of their known environment. Their horizons were severely limited by their false beliefs. So are the horizons of those people who believe the world to be solid, also severely restricted. (L6)