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death. In order to work out our sal
walton we therefore need to under
stand causation.
Consciousness Is Existence.
Our conscious existence is obvious
ly what we are conscious Of. Every
thing that we know or see or believe,
all our thoughts, acts, or experiences
go to make up our our universe, our
sense of existence, our consciousness.
AS. we gain our concept of exist
ence largely through the physical
senses, 1t is very important that we
be able to weigh and sift their testi-
mony We all know how deceptive
these senses are. The distant house
Is not actually small because it
seems to be so, neither does the
sun move because it appears to move.
So also hearing, taste, touch and
smell are all fallible. In fact, the
impressions received by the senses
and recorded mentally require explain
alton and rectification to make them
coherent and Ineligible.
Furthermore, we do not perceive
truth through these senses. Not see-
ing the solar system rightly with
our eyes how can we see the truth
of the solar system save through
the understanding, which judges not
according to the appearance. How
do we see the truth Of the multiple
cation table? Surely not with our
eyes, but through knowledge Of
mathematics. that is, mentally, or
through understanding.
The senses bring to our conscious
ness only impressions, from which
we form a concept of things. If
therefore the testimony of the ply
steal senses is so unreliable and I'M
satisfactory it Is apparent that the
consciousness gained through these
senses, cannot be true and reliable.
Matter a Sense-lmpression.
One of the worlds foremost ply
steal scientists once said, as he laid
his hand on a table, "The only evil
dence we have of the existence OF
this table is the impression 1t max
es upon us through force of some
kind" The most advanced physic
lists and philosophers admit substan
TALLY that matter is only Objectifiet
sense-impression. The physical sci
entists have made radical changes In
their theories regarding matter an(
they now practically unite in declar
ing that matter is form of energy
and that the atom is an aggregation
of force-centers called ions.
1t is therefore conceded that mat
, ter is not the indestructible sub
= stance it has been believed to be, bu
is the way substance appears to tn
, physical sense Material objects ma
be defined as objectified mental i'm
pressions, and since material sens
!. is unreliable and untrue, these i'm
) pressions are a seeming only, that
!. counterfeits of reality. What Is tn
!. true nature of substance, or what
back of these appearances, materis
, sense does not and cannot detel
4 mine. Only a sense that can pc
n ceive truth and reality can declar
!. this. A mortal's universe Is a PR
: lection of the concept Of existene
Il which he has obtained through h
n five senses and through the educ'
q tional influences of his childhood an
a youth.
n If we can see existence as ment
a instead of physical, we have taken
\ great step onward. The next ste
10 is to learn what is true and real al
thus correct our Impressions and o
tain a truer consciousness Of exis
AZ ence.
n. The ordinary human concept
an mind is that which thinks, feels
h wills, the intellect, or the activi
y. of the brain. Christian Science !
+. veals the fact that Mind is divil
or Principle, the infinite Life, Trut
4 Love, omnipotent, omniscient, oml
~ present, the all-inclusive, etern'
no unchanging, all-wise being, the on
.;r cause and creator.
al This is a very different Mind FRI
,v that which is supposed to result frt
~. the action of the gray matter call
brain.
Christian Science makes 1t Gle
49, that material existence is not
"a. manifestation of this divine Mil
mi but the phenomenon of the count
be felt, called mortal mind.
on 1t is this false concept Of exister
U.s. that does all the wrong thinkir
&c, that believes in sin, disease a
al. death: that claims there is life a