Watching Point 451

451 — WATCH that you realize that the mind you suffer from and the mind you suffer with, are interchangeably unreal. Is the so-called mind mortal man is afraid with any more real than the mind he is afraid of?

The belief that you have the capacity to be handled by animal magnetism, is as unreal as the claim that there is a mortal mind that has the power to influence and control you. If you claim as your own a mortal mind which can be touched by outside thought, how can you ever find your freedom? You may strive to know that the outside belief is powerless; but you are still vulnerable if you believe that you have a capacity to be influenced that is real.