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Our earthly self, as it relates to our reasoning self (or
our outward self as it relates to our inward) resembles
the manager of a household. Everything in us works the
way a single household does, or in other words, the way
a single family does. There is the part that functions as
the head of the household and the parts that function
as servants. The rational mind itself is what oversees everything as the head of the household and organizes the
earthly mind by exerting an influence on it. The earthly
mind is what carries out and administers orders. The
earthly mind is distinct from the reasoning mind and occupies a lower level but also acts with some autonomy.
—Secrets of Heaven 3020:1–2