The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-19

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nomena are Unite, dimensional, de-
structible, diseased. dying whereas
the ideas Of the divine Mind are In
Unite. undimensional, indestructible.
harmonious, Immortal. They are
exact opposites.. Hence material ex-
istence must be the phenomenon OF
false human sense OF mentality
which rest on finite mortal basis,
namely, the Adam dream, the belief
Of life. intelligence and substance in
matter. 1t is the creation recorded
in the second chapter Of Genesis.
where the rise of the mist of mater
iality is described.
MRS. Eddy has called this sense
mortal mind in order to distinguish
it from it's opposite, the immortal,
real, divine Mind. -
1t is this mortal, material, finite
mind, which St. Paul calls the car
nal mind, in which, and In which
alone, occur and exist all the phe-
nomena of evil.-sin, wretchedness,
disaster, disease and death.
1T Is this carnal mind that needs
to be put of, as St. Paul declares.
in which process the human sense Is
transformed and renewed by the
Mind that was in Christ. Our every
erroneous concept must be supplant-
ed with divine Truth In order that
we may be healed and saved.
Process Of Transformation.
How is this to be done? We
know that the first step in the cor
rectton of any error Is it's recogni-
ton as an error. We recognize an
error when we know the truth which
1t falsifies. Thus, by knowing what
real Mind is, which Christian Sci
ence makes possible, we begin to de.
tect and correct what Is wrong In
our human sense. BY knowing what
real existence is, we begin to detect
what is wrong in our sense Of ex.
istence.
''Since thinking is the activity OF
intelligence or mind. real thinking
is the activity of real Mind. namely
the activity of divine intelligence
the activity of Truth, fright con
sciousness; hence real thinking Ii
right knowing.
"Obviously, we can never know
anything that Is untrue or unreal
for example, we can never know thai
two times two make i've, because
they do not, we can only believe 1t
so We can never really know any
thing that is wrong or evil, we cal
only believe it. Thoughts which in
clude sin, misery. disease, and NOR
tally are not the activities of tn
divine Mind, hence they are not rea
thoughts. but simply concepts of tn
human mind, or human beliefs, ant
through right spiritual knowing the,
can be corrected, and what is wronl
destroyed.
| ,"When we think rightly OF Truth
Truth IL present with us In con
seriousness, Just as when we ththl
rightly of the multiplication table
the principle Of mathematics is il
consciousness, is reflected there
When we think rightly of God, di
vine Truth, God ia present with us
Having the activity of right thought
engaging In real thinking, which L
true prayer. or communion with tn
one infinite Truth. There appear
in our human consciousness til,
Mind that was in Christ. Thus oul
spiritual. illumination and transfer
nation begins, and this must be con
tinued day after day, in fulfillmen
Of the Scriptual Injunction to pra,
without ceasing.'
Salvation Begun.
There Is not true Christian Sci
enlist on earth today who does no,
toyfully and gratefully admit tina,
the world is already a very differen,
one to him from what it formerly
was. and IL this can be. with &C
slight an understanding of Christian
Science as we have as yet, what
will the world be when we all con.
sciously reflect the Mind that was in
Christ and live according thereto?
1T is we'll to ponder this question
for soft must eventually be. even
as the Bible declares. 1t is only
with the mind Of Christ that we car
ever see God and dwell with Him
Jesus said: The kingdom of God
is within you Thus it 10 not q
place. but a state OF mind or con.
sciousness, which 10 to be awakened
developed, attained.
"Christian Science shows that this
transformation Of consciousness doea
not and cannot take place suddenly
but that IT is the result OF spiritual
embodiment, the capitalization OF
thought. character. and life. and
Christian Science makes 1t possible
for US all to begin this work here
and now. and thus begin to ex.