當我們開始運用和善的智慧(gentle wisdom 神給人類的三樣禮物之一)——不是只以「用眼耳鼻舌身所接收到的訊息，經由頭腦解讀的結果和範圍」在定義和判斷真相，進而能視幻覺為幻覺和利用幻覺——就能清楚覺知這「人類身心靈三面向各別的主要功能」的真實運作畫面。人生的體驗和創造也將邁入一個更高品質、更高效率的階層。詳細領會這一篇和之前幾篇，必能帶給我們更多創造性的能量(creative energy)。
聽神解說【人類心智的功能並非「創造」，是「反應」】
以選擇在過的生活，是一種「有意識之行動(action)」的生活。以機會或巧合在過的生活，是一種「無意識之反應(reaction)」的生活。(A life lived by choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived by chance is a life of unconscious reaction.)
反應(reaction)只是這樣——一種你先前做過的行為。當你「反應、重做」("re-act")，你是在評估進來的資料，在你的記憶庫中探索相同或類似的經驗，並依照你以前做過的方式去做。這全部是心智的運作，不是你靈魂的運作。（This is all the work of the mind, not of your soul.）
你的靈魂想要你做的是：在它的「記憶」中探索，看看如何能創造出一種你在此刻真正的真實體驗(create a truly genuine experience of You in the Now Moment)。這乃是你們經常聽說的「靈魂探索」("soul searching")經驗，但要這樣做，你們必須真的「脫離心智」（"out of your mind"）。
當你把時間花在想要籌思什麼對你「最好」("best")時，你是在消耗你的時間。不如節省你的時間，而不是浪費時間。
「脫離心智」是一種可以大量節省時間的方法（It is a great time-saver to be out of your mind.）。抉擇很快就可以完成，選擇迅速被活化啟動，因為你的靈魂只從現在經驗來創造，不需回顧，分析與評鑒過去的際遇(your soul creates out of present experience only, without review , analysis, and criticism of past encounters)。
牢記這一點：靈魂「創造」，心智「反應」。
(Remember this : the soul creates, the mind reacts.)
靈魂以其智慧知道，你在每個當下所產生的體驗。
摘自《與神對話 2 》第2章
A life lived by choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived by chance is a life of unconscious reaction.
Reaction is just that—an action you have taken before. When you "react," what you do is assess the incoming data, search your memory bank for the same or nearly the same experience, and act the way you did before. This is all the work of the mind, not of your soul.
Your soul would have you search its "memory" to see how you might create a truly genuine experience of You in the Now Moment. This is the experience of "soul searching" of which you have so often heard, but you have to be literally "out of your mind" to do it.
When you spend your time trying to figure out what's "best" for you, you are doing just that: spending your time. Better to save your time than to spend it wastefully.
It is a great time-saver to be out of your mind. Decisions are reached quickly, choices are activated rapidly, because your soul creates out of present experience only, without review, analysis, and criticism of past encounters.
Remember this: the soul creates, the mind reacts.
The soul knows in Its wisdom that the experience you are having in This Moment is an experience sent to you by God before you had any conscious awareness of it.
