Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26
THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE HEALING

THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE HEALING
we are now in u position TO exam
Inc into the method by which Chris
tian healing is scientifically demon
strated.
According to the Scriptural ac-
counts, the healing wrought by the
Master and his disciples, was accom-
| plishod through mental or spiritual
means alone, thus through some ac-
tion OF thought. Christian Science
healing is brought about in the same
way. In both. the healing Principle
and law are mental. and we are thus
led to examine into the nature of
Mind and mird action.
Christian Science teaches that mind
Is that which thinks. that which ex-
presses itself in ideas. intelligence.
| consciousness. Thus IL is the basis OF
all manifestation. the Principle and
! intelligence of the universe. 1t dis
closes that Mind is infinite. and that
/ Mind and its ideas constitute all be-
ing. Misd is that which manifests
and that which is manifested. Thus
1t is Truth or actuality, and there can
be no place where Truth is not. In
l tinity means without limitation or
boundary. without beginning or end.
without cumulative dimensions. IT
means omnipresence, the everywhere
present. IL means omniscience, the
all-knowing conscience. II means
omnipotence, the almighty power.
This infinite Mind is Spirit, the sub
stance and essence of real being; II is
Soul, the identity and individuality of
all right ideas; 1t is Life, the creating
and sustaining Principle of all activ-
iity; II Is Truth, the actuality of be-
ing; The Love, II is substance Of ali
goodness and harmony. This infinite,
absolute. perfect, indestructible. om
npresent, omnipotent being Is the in
corporal Father Mother God, the d-
vine us" of the Scriptures whose true
nature is revealed through Christian
Science.
This divine actually is the scien-
tific basis on which all Christian heal
ing is demonstrated. the divine Prin-
ciple whose unlimited power is util-
lied in the overcoming of sin and
sickness.
1t follows automatically that per-
feet Principle Is manifested in perfect
ideas, hence man and the universe,
the representation and expression OF
Mind. must partake OF its perfect, in
finite, spiritual nature. Thus we are
led to accept the truth of one of the
fundamental statements of Christian
Science. viz: "All is infinite Mind
and its infinite manifestation"
CScience and Health, p. 46S). Be
cause man is the image and likeness
of God, like his Father it follows that
he must be incorporeal, spiritual, per
feet. and that the universe must be
harmonious. indestructible, spiritual.
a realm wherein perfect law governs
perfectly.
Christian Science maintains that di-
vine Mind is the infinite, Il vine
reality. which embraces and supports
all real existence; constituting perfect
God, perfect man, and perfect uni
verse, which cannot be perceived
through the physical senses but only
through understanding.
UNHEALTHY OF EVIL MIND
Bun if reality is spiritual. perfect,
there arises the question, what of
evil. material discordant conditions?"
Here Christian Science explains that,
as Spirit. the absolute good, is infinite,
everywhere, there can be no place for
either evil or matter. 1t therefore
classes all phenomena and all expert
cnces which are unlike perfect God
and perfect man, as unreal, as false
concepts projected by erroneous
physical sense; as untrue beliefs, and
1t sustains this contention by de-
stroying these conditions, thus prov
structible. Thus 1t differentiates be-
tween the actual and seeming and
enables us to recognize error as error,
thereby making the separation be-
tween error and truth.
Christian Science shows that the
so-callcd mind which includes the be-
lief in evil, matter and disease, is not
real Mind but II false concept of
mind. the Adam dream, which st.
Paul terms. the carnal mind which is
enmity against God" in other words,
Gods unlikeness or opposite. This
carnal mind Christian Science fur
ther defines as mortal mind, since II
includes all that is sick, SHINING, dis
cordant and mortal, 1t is the in
version or counterfeit of the immor-
tai divine Mind and its betraying
characteristic is finity as opposed to
infnity All that is real is infinite,
therefore all that is finite is unreal.
The unreal beliefs of the Carnal mind
have neither place, location, nor pow
er. any more than has the school
boys erroneous belief that two times
two make five. II is simply II false
Cul.Ocpt.
THE INITIAL STEP IN HEALING
This then is one OF the initial and
essential steps in the Science Of Chris
tian hcalinG-the recognition OF the
NnrCaltN Oi AL tnUt Wnlcn is unlkc
God, that II has but n seeming and not
an actual existence. Unless this
stand is unequivocally takcn, and
maintained, Christian healing cannot
bc scientifically or successfully DEM
onStrated.
Tho first step in the correction OF
any mistake is the perception of the
mistake. SO long as We believe error
Ia be real ard true, we cannot correct
II Christian Science reveals the un-
true nature of mortal mind and its
suhStratum, matter, and shows that
material discordant conditions must
be dealt with as error, for only on that
basis can truth heal them. as is the
case with the correction of any other
errCr
The order of scientific Christian
healing therefore is expressed first, IN
tho knowing OF perfect God and per-
feet man. followed by the recognition
/ of the erroneous nature of disease,
/ sin and nj, that Is unlike God: then
| In the application of absolute truth tC
the Elimination OF error, so that right,
harmonious conditions may lie estab-
lshcd.
Right spiritual knowing or real
thinking expresses the activity OF
Truth in consciousness. The knowing
of God is the appearing Of Christ IN
us. This healing consciousness COM
forts the sorrowing, brings hope to the