It is as a son of God that one should go forth to practise the new principles, not as an agent of mere thought. Far more important than the discovery that man is susceptible to manifold hidden influences and tends to build his own little world of beliefs from within, is the fact that man is recipient of a higher wisdom and superior power . The discovery of these subtle influences enabled Mr. Quimby to explain disease to his own satisfaction, but this knowledge was not sufficient to produce the remarkable cures without which Mr. Quimby would never have been heard of. It was the intuition which the study of mental phenomena brought to light, the spiritual sense , coupled with the power it brought, that made the cures possible. The second great principle was that of the Christ within , or the principle of divine sonship. . . .
Man is spiritual and has spiritual senses.
That means that man is not to follow his own inclinations, but to pursue Wisdom's way. Dresser observed that Quimby wrote of God as the first cause, but more especially as the immanent life of man, the power behind the senses, the love that stirs behind the senses, the love that stirs in the hearts of the people, and is ever ready to help those who are in need. By my theory or truth I come in contact with your enemy and restore you to health and happiness. I do partly mentally and partly by talking till I correct the wrong impressions and establish the truth, and the truth is the cure. . . . A sick man is like a criminal cast into prison for disobeying some law that man has set up.