“the mind of the Spirit”

“Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.” (KJV Ps. 4:4)
One of the brain’s primary functions is to “filter,” to protect us from the “barrage of sensory information coming at us from our physical surroundings.” Rather than being the creator of consciousness, the brain … is constantly “shifting the larger, non-physical consciousness that we possess” to a “more limited capacity” (Eben Alexander’s PROOF OF HEAVEN, 80–81). … The souls of Christians are lit up by the light of Christ, not by firing neurons. As Saint Paul concluded, we ourselves don’t know “what we should pray for as we ought.” Prayer and contemplation work best when powered by “the mind of the Spirit” (KJV Rom. 8:26–27). In stillness and yielding, the Lord comes to us effortlessly and unbidden. (from LIVING STRONG, chapter 45, Patricia Hofer, ©️ 2014)