Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-08
MIND HEALING.
INFLUENCE OF THE MIND UPON
THE BODY.
n Brsef Outline of the Theory or
Method-PhysicaI Cures by
Mental Operations.

materality, but by action of mind alone,
has already become one of the popular
isms " of the day. and the principles
upon which the treatment is based AN
accepted religious doctrine Universities
have been established for the study o.
metaphysical science, and for instruction
in the theory and practice of the doctrine.
and graduates are constantly going forth
TO battle with the great enemy of mankind.
1t is claimed by this sect that their treat
ment of disease is like that which was en-
ployed by Christ and the Apostles, and they
hold that to be successful healers they must
lead Christian lives. The distinguishing
features OF their doctrine are That God
Is not person, for person cannot fill inn
mensity, be everywhere present, nor in
clude all in himself Person is matter: God
is Spirit; person is visible; God, invisible
person is darkness; God is light therefore,
God is the opposite of person, and the
opposite OF person Is principle. Principle
Is defined as wisdom, infinitv, omnipre-
sence, perfection that which is uncaange-
able, immoyable, everlasting Eternity,
wherein God dwelleth, is defined as mot
merely an unreasonable space outside the
boundaries of time, nor an endless dura-
ton beyond the confines of the tomb. but
state OF being governed by Its own indis-
pensable, unchanging, everything laws. 1t
is ever around Us, above us, beneath us
and thus it will continue to be when time
and space are annihilated, and when ex-
tension and duration are unknown The
attributes of time are its opposites in the
one are confusion, turmoil and fear, in the
other harmony peace and rest. 1t is the
boundless domain of love; the infinite
abode of truth; life everlasting; the limit
less realm of immortal mind the presence
of the everything God" There is moth
ing substantial in materially; rocks.
hills and mountains must fade away
nothing substantial but God and
his thought. Man, in the common
acceptation of the term, is material. and
like al things thus created, must go down
to dust but the living, thinking, reason
ing part, the intelligent principle within.
being reflection Of the thought of God
holds its identity with its Maker, and NAV
yet be brought into unison with Him. This
spiritual man was made in the image and
likeness of its Maker, but changed from its
original to its present condition through
its own recognition of materiality; by Civ
ing substance, wisdom and sensation to
matter instead of according those attributes
to that which is real and eternal, or in
other words in installing error for truth
This spiritual part of man, being capable
of perceiying both spiritual and material
things, good and evil, may experience a
new birth by realizing that material under
standing is false, and striving to obtain
knowledge of those things which are eter-
nal. In order to be redeemed three
things are necessary: publication
enlightenment and communion with
God. These succeed one another
in regular graduation. Publication is nee es
sary to enlightenment, and enlightenment
to union; for, while the soul or mortal
mind is engrossed in the material, it is in
no condition to receive the spiritual, fer
one is the opposite of the other. Enlight-
eminent Is necessary 10 union, for it is pro-
erosion in knowledge, and the more one
progresses in spiritual Acknowledgements is,
grows in grace the more he is in har-
mony with the perfection which he seeks:
while enlightenment without publication
would be faith without works, which
leadeth TO nought. But when the soul is
so far cleansed from the understanding of
the world and so clearly recognizes eternal
truth as to suffer no hindrance from ma
teriality, it is then in a condition to be
united with God. Therefore, to be re-
deemed and become children of God. we
must lay aside all seltishness and all pride
OF attainments in material things, remem-
bering that the wisdom of the world is
toolshness without God. We must turn
our thoughts away from the body. from
time, from the world and all things
that minister and appertain thereunto; we
must fix our inward vision upon the light
which Is from God, and walk in that light
so far as we can perceive it, we must order
our lives i'll accordance WITH the under
standing thereby obtained, continually
choosing the good and stunning the evil,
and willingly enduring temptations and
trials for the sake of truth, thus humbly
taking up the cross and following Chris.
Then shall we experience that " inward
peace of which Jesus spake to his beloved
disciples Peace | leave with you; nv
peace give unto you; not as the world
giveth give | unto you" Then shall we
know that if " our earthly house of this
tabernacle (the material understanding,
this middle wall of partitiop) were dis
solved,we have building of God, an house
Ia soul) not made with hands, eternal in
the heavens" Then shall we be 80 children
of God, not as born of his substance. but
deified by his grace"
Referring TO the healing of the sick it is
cited that all things made by God were by
Him pronounced good, and like Him must
Dt Nltludl, tldl IL SAChIIGSS were sent OF
God it would be impossible to cure it. and
even wicked to make the attempt Jesus
came to do the will of the Father, ard said.
" Every plant which my heavenly Father
hath not planted, shall be rooted up :" and
Jesus healed the sick, proving disease to be
a plant WHICH His heavenly Father had
not planted.
Disease, then, is not from the eternal
but from the material. 1t is the result of
false belief, confusion and fear. Thought
is action; and thought produced and ac-
cepted by mind, acts upon other minds and
produces confusion therein. This confn-
sion produces unconscious fear; this fear
heats the blood and produces the first con-
scious action. A chemical action then takes
place in the system, and the result of this
action is death, or a separation of mind
from body. Disease, then, is the product
of the mind in the qualification of its mate
rial sense. or briefly, error.
Mind, exerting its powers on the spirit
ual sense yearns for and grasps the truth,
and as the eternal survives the transitory
as the spiritual transcends the material as
truth holds the mastery over error. so shall
the minds strong hold upon the true un-
the soul's sure requirement in
its close reunion with its origin, wipe out
and obliterate the base product of the ma
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disease.
We have dwelt thus long upon these dis
features for the reason that
prominent expounder of this doctrine,
noted metaphysical healer, is now on his
way to California. DIR. Z. J. Arens, of Bos-
ton, author of Old Theology" and Chan
cellor of one of the universities of meta
science, is coming with the Ray
mond IL Whitcomb excursion, which will
arrive at San Francisco next week, and
will, We learn. spend much of his time
with a gentleman of Sacramento. DR..
Arens comes with no view OF practicing,
but solely for rest and recreation. Yet it is
presumed that whoever may be interested
in learning more of this doctrine will have
an opportunity of meeting the Doctor dur
ing his sojourn in the city
New Destructive Pest.
The RECORD UNION has sought to give