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The term “theory of mind” was not in my sphere of knowledge before today. In case it’s not in yours either, it means: “the capacity to understand other people by ascribing mental states to them — that is, surmising what is happening in their mind”. Obviously, this is something we learn to do through experience and/or training. It is similar to, but not identical with empathy. I heard this interesting term while listening to a youtube video called the A.I. Dilemma. It seems as though this thing called artificial intelligence has been learning things faster than predicted, and no one noticed until a couple of months ago. It now has the “theory of mind” of a nine-year-old child. We humans became alarmed a few years ago when social media began to feed us what we wanted to hear. There is currently a photo making the rounds which purports to be a baby peacock. It is extremely colorful and beautiful, and it is artificially generated. Many people don’t realize this and don’t want to believe it. This is a complicated, deep subject. We are being called upon to recognize truth, and to make every effort to be impeccable in our words, while having pure motives for our actions. Let’s start with the small stuff which is right in front of us. Do your beliefs take you to dead ends in thought? Let’s pay attention and grow deeper!
“Reality can dawn only on an unclouded mind. It is always there to be accepted, but its acceptance depends on your willingness to have it. To know reality must involve the willingness to judge unreality for what it is. To overlook nothingness is merely to judge it correctly, and because of your ability to evaluate it truly, to let it go. Knowledge cannot dawn on a mind full of illusions, because truth and illusions are irreconcilable. Truth is whole, and cannot be known by part of a mind.”
A Course in Miracles T-10.IV.2:1-6
“Finite mind manifests all sorts of errors, and thus proves the material theory of mind in matter to be the antipode of Mind. Who hath found finite life or love sufficient to meet the demands of human want and woe, — to still the desires, to satisfy the aspirations? Infinite Mind cannot be limited to a finite form, or Mind would lose its infinite character as inexhaustible Love, eternal Life, omnipotent Truth.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 257:22-29
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