The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-31

'SSSSSS s<SS<SSSSSS<SS closed that this atom is in tact q manifestation of force and thereforo, atomic aggregation. or what Is calleI material structure and growth. is a form or manifestation of energy or force.
 To illustrate; II we take any ma terial object and reduce it by means of mechanical and chemical processes to it's ultimate theoretical limits. We first destroy what seems to be the object then We destroy the residue called organized matter then We obtain molecules. then atoms {. then if We separate the atoms into their constituent electrons, there re mains nothing of our material oh- ject but a form O. energy. a then rctical manifestation of force, in which every vestige of the char acteristiCs of matter and of the ob- ject has completely disappeared
 Matter is thus seen to be the ap- pearance, eXternalization or projec- tion of force or energy, and con seuuently what We touch, hear, see. To illustrate: What We touch is pressure. which is force; what We hear is the vibration called sound, V hiCh is force: what we see is the vibration called light, which is force: what We smell and taste is d form of chemical energy, or vi bration. which is force. Thus mat ter is a manifestation of force, and not what it has been supposed to be.
 Mental Nature of Existence
 This then brings us to the view point of materialstic philosophy and psychology from which it further appears that the mental faculties which we call sight hearing, and the rest are also but different forms ut vibration: consequently so-called material sight hearing, touch, taste, smell, are themselves mental im- Dressions superinduced by force or energy in some form In every case if is not matter or an object which cOgniZes or is cOgniZed, but a men tai phenomenon experienced in con seriousness. Thus We are conscious ot existence, mentally, and the things We are conscious of are mental impressions objectified-se phenomena. Thus existence togeth- CT with all it's activities, appear ances and phenomena is wholly mental. Christ Jesus assuredly proved the mental nature of matter and existence when he walked on the water. stilled the tempest, nut tiplied the loaves and fishes, healed the sick, raised the dead and over came other material conditions.
 When we concede the mental na- ture of existence, we take one Oi the first steps in the understanding and practise of Christian healing. We can see that whatever enters our existence, enters it mentally, as a state of consciousness, and con- sequently disease, disaster and death are but experiences in consciousness. The consciousness which has IT, nite. dimensional concept of exist ence, which cogniZes materlallty, evil and discord, St Paul called the "carnal mind" which he said, "ls enmity against God" in other word is Gods opposite. Since sin, disease and death are it's inevitable pro ducts Mrs. Eddy further defines it as mortal mind" thus distin- gushing it from the immortal, divine Mind. She also says, Physical force and mortal mind are one" Science and Health, D. 484).
 We thus see that all discordant cor ditions of whatever name and na- ture, exist solely as phenomena and eXperiences of the carnal, mortal mind as states of mortal conscious ness. Therefore they are wholly mental and not only can, but should, be dealt with mentally. Hence III order that they may be healed, 1t is very evident that change must be brought about in the human con sciousness, a transformation by the renewing of the mind as St. Paul puts it. How can this be done? Truth and Error Distinguished
 It is manifest that back of every material or mental discOrd there is a mistake of some sort and that the first logical step in the correc- tion of the discord is perception of the mistake. We detect error by knowing the truth.
 Truth is actuality, that which is, that which constitutes real, as distin- guished from phenomenal being. Therefore by it's very nature Truth is infinite, without dimensions. or limi-