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duoes. Similarly. life, growth, action
power. substance, law, ct cetera, are
not in matter physical existence OF
the material consciousness; but in
divine Mind. the only cause and Prin.
ciple of being, and should be so
thought of.
when we recognize God as the
only Mind, the only cause, Truth is
reflected in consciousness and exist.
ence is harmonious. When we be.
lieve causatiOn TO be material or in
mortal mind, we put our trust and
dependence i'm shadow, false be
lief, and existence socaled, is dis
cOrdant, liable to disease disaster,
death. In order to work out our sal
walton we therefore need to under
stand causation.
Consciousness is Existence.
Our conscious existence is obvi-
ously that We are conscious Of
Everything that we know or see or
believe, all our thoughts, acts, or ex-
periences go 10 make up our uni
verse, our sense of existence, our
consciousness.
AS We gain our concept of ex-
istence largely through the physical
senses. it is very important that we
be able to weigh and sift their ties.
timOny. 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 ii appears to move
So also hearing, taste, touch and
smell are all fallible In fact, the i'm
pressions received by the senses and
recorded mentally require explana-
ton and rectification TO make them
coherent and Ineligible.
These senses bring to our con
seriousness only impressions, from
which we form a concept of things
If therefore the testimony of the
physical senses is so unreliable and
unsatisfactory il is apparent that
the consciousness gained through
these senses cannot be true and re-
liable
Matter a Sense-Impresson.
Material objects may be defined
as Objectified mental impressions,
and since material sense is unrelia-
bic and untrue, these impressions
are a seeming only, that is counter
feits of reality. What is the true ma
ture OF substance, or what is back
OF these appearances, material sense
does not and cannot determine. Only
a sense that can perceive truth and
reality can declare this A mOrtal's
universe is q projection of the con-
cept of existence which he has OBJ
tanned through his five senses and
through the educational influences
of his childhood and youth.
IF we can see existence as men
tai instead of physical, we have TAX
en- a great step onward. The next
step is to learn to correct our i'm
pressOns and obtain truer con-
seriousness Of existence.
What is Mind?
The ordinary human concept of
mind is that which thinks. feels or
wills, the intellect, or the activity of
the gray matter called brain. Chris
tan Science reveals the fact that
Mind is divine intelligence or Prin:
ciple, the infinite Spirit Life, Truth,
Love, omnipotent, omniscient, omni.
present, the all-inclusive, eternal, IN
changing, all-wise being, the only
cause and creator.
This is a very different Mind from
that which is supposed to result
from the gray matter called brain.
Christian Science makes it clear
that material existence is not the
manifestation of this divine Mind,
but the phenomenon of the counter
felt, called mortal mind
ut is this false concept of exist
ence that does all the wrong think
ing; that believes in sin, disease and
death; that claims there is life and
intelligence in matter.
Since God is Mind, this Mind is
good, and it's effects must always be
good, never evil AS real thinking is
the activity of the divine Mind, the
only real thoughts or ideas are good.
Therefore everything that is evil,
pertains TO evil or results in evil is
not Mind nor included in Mind,
hence is not real. Human thought,
will power, hypnOtism, mental Sug-
gestion or magnetism are all capa-
BILE of evil, and hence are not Mind
or the activity of Mind. are not of
God, and so are not good but essen
TALLY and entirely evil.
The Healing Methods.
The difference between the meth
cd of healing through mental sug-
gestiOn. or hypnotism. and that of
the divine Mind, the Christ healing,
must be clearly seen.
when the effort is made to heal
by suggestion, the operator endeav-
ors by means of hypnotism TO make
the patient believe that he is not
sick. He attempts to change the be-
lief but the cause of disease remains
and in time manifests itself even in
worse forms. The patient is no bet
ter Off, he has not risen in the scale
of being, he has no more manhood,