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sdestroy msterial 1tscts w loss
the object, and the object loses its
identity II We further reduce the
residue BY means Of mechanical
and chemical processes to the ulti-::
mate theoretical limit, we obtain.
what are. termed molecules and
atoms. II we further reduce the
atoms to their constituent irons or
electrons,> We have reduced the OBJ
ject to a form of energy in which
every vestige of the. characteristics
OF matter, the original object, has
been destroyed.
THE phenomenon of radioactive
fty demonstrates that this energy
may be dissipated, thus proving
that matter is not the indestructible
substance that it has been believed
to be. This discovery was made by
a woman, Nine. Curie, of France.
Matter a Sense Impression.
According to psychology and
philosophy, material objects are but
objectified mental Impressions, pro-
jected concepts of the human mind.
To illustrate: When we look at
what we call material hing we
experience an. impression made on
the eye by light. That is all we
ever see anywhere, just light. AS
defined by physicists, light is a form
of energy, wave motion Of the ether,
so that the impression which has
given birth to our concept Is pro-
duced by energy. 1t is recorded
mentally, and, as psychologists ex-
plain. produces a vibratory motion
in the inner sensorium fthe brain.
This brain impression we objectify.
We think of it as an exterior object
seen, when in fact we are merely
experiencing and interpreting a men,
tai impression.
so with hearing. taste, touch,
and smell. They are all mental i'm
pressions produced by energy which
we unconsciously objectify. We
never really see, hear, feel, smell,
or taste matter or objects, and never
have; we only experience and pro-
ject a sense impression and call it
matter.
"Materialistiq philosophers, psy-
biologists, and physical scientists
have never been able to do anything
practical with their conclusions be-
cause they have not known what Is
back of material appearance. They
have dealt wholly with phenomena
Not recognizing spiritual being, they
can only cling to matter, although
the logical deductions from their
discoveries point conclusively to the
non-existence of what they term
matter, except as menal phenome.
non.
"All his materialistic thought Il
not the teaching Of Christian Sci
ence, and must not be confused
with it.
Matter the Opposite of Spirit.
But what does Christian Science
teach regarding matter?
Mrs Eddy's great discovery had
to do with the nature and characte,
Of reality and the relation of its
right apprehension, the knowledge
of truth to the human problem. In
! it God is recognized as the infinite
Spirit; and that all reality is includ.
ed in Spirit and it's manifestation, al
we are taught in the first chapte,
| of Genesis.
Mrs. Eddy's discernment of the
| omnipresence of Spirit and it's law
made obvious the impossibility OF
the presence of its opposite-matter
AS understood in Christian Science
matter is seen to be finite, whereas
Spirit is infinite; matter is limited
Spirit is unlimited; matter is dimen.
sional, Spirit is undimensional; mat.
ter is destructible, Spirit is indie
structible; matter is mortal, Spirit
Is immortal. Being it's exact oppo-
site. matter can have no real Spirit
and its infinite ideas.
Mrs. Eddy's discovery of the un-
reality of matter was not the result
of physical experimentation or phil.
osophic reasoning. 1t was based on
the perception of the infinity of d.
vine Truth, than which there can be
no other real or absolute basis.
Spiritual Understanding vs.. Material
Sense.
"Christian Science shows, there
fore, that matter is q mental phenom-
enon, a. false concept of substance
obtained through the physical sens
es, which can testify only dimen-
sionally. 1t is a misrepresentation OF
reality. Spiritual things must be
spiritually discerned; the infinite
cannot be cognized through the in
finite.
If we look at existence through