Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-20

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ures nor the chalk nor ink with which
| they have been made, since these can be
| destroyed. Its substance is its truth, a
| right idea which can never be destroyed.
| 1t is unchanging, permanent, ii has the
power to remain itself. The substance OF
all real things is not seen physically but
mentally Matter, therefore, is not sub
stance since 1t is not substantive. 1t has
only been named substance by physical
! sense. In the analysis of being 1t is ex-
! tremely important to perceive that there
is substance apart from what Is common
! ly called matter. This substance exists
solely in the realm of mind and Is con-
| ceived of purely metaphysically, for thus
/ only can the substantially of truth and
spirit be seen, and that which st, Paul
hoped for be realized.
Another difficulty In getting away from
the material sense OF things is the dlmen1
sional. concept Of existence. Physical
things. For example, the dimensional
concept which the senses have of mathe-
NAUTICAL ideas is projected as finite, con.
crete figures or quantities. but It is not
/ senses see. for this truth is not in the
/ figures. It is in mind and is cogniZed
mentally through mathematical under
standing. Physical things are but mis-
conceptions Of realities. The ideas which
/ they imperfectly express are not limited
to the physical expression but exist
/ everywhere. Every truth is unlimited,
/
/ indestructible. There is but one idea six
and that six is everywhere, can be known
and used by every one, has its own In
divduality. can never be altered, eX.
| hausted nor destroyed, and consequently
in that sense is infinite.
/ NEITHER SUBSTANCE
NOR LIFE IN MATTER.
( All this leads to the perception that
| there is no life in matter, since one OF
3 the fundamental characteristics of life Is
: continuity II existence which, as we
have seen. cannot be predicated of mat
/ ter. We cannot affect mathematical truth
by anything which may be done to the
/ figures, nor can we affect the real life
Of anything by what we may do TO Its
/ material appearing or symbol. When
I figures are written down at random with
/ out regard to law, they have no meaning,
no power. It is only when they are cor
rectly used that they express truth or
! life. So, too, when human thought con-
! ceives Of ideas as fra gmentary, 6iscor-
/ dant, temporary, without principle OF
+ law. this concept is without substance,
/ truth, life or power.
/ 1t is thus seen that there is neither
substance nor life In matter or material
/ phenomena; that existence is not ma
4 terial but mental, a state of conscious
ness, and that truth and life can be con-
| ceived Of only metaphysically. On this
plane alone can We analyze existence log
ically and intenigently, and solve its
/ problems.
/ Having seen that all the phenomena of
nature are mental. the projection Of i'm
! perfect human sense, we see that disease
is mental and must be healed mentally,
and therefore 1t Is essential for us to
/ see clearly that body is mental
Matter being ecognized as a mental
/ phenomenon, a state Of mortal conscious
ness, we logically conclude that the So
called material body is mental. 1t is
/ evident that this body Is not the man
since he is not lessened though he lose
/ a limb. 4 mOrtai's selfhOod or indi-
| viduality is in consciousness, and this is
/ obviously mental. Therefore. his body is
the embodiment and LIBERALIZATION Of
I his mentality, conscious and unconscious.
OF a mortal the Scriptures say, las he
! thinketh in his heart, so is he" The
/ appearance as we'll as the actions Of a
/ man express his individuality and par
/ take Of the nature and quality OF his
mentality. Therefore, thoughts Of sin
and disease. together with fear. anger
and grief. viii externalize diseased cOndi-
tons This is admitted very generally
/ by physicians and can readily be proved.
MAN DOES NOT
LIVE IN BODY.
A man does not live in a body nor can
/ he be controlled by 1t any more than
mathematical truth lives in figures or Is
/ controlled by them. The body OF a man
I IS but an outward sign or means Of bu-
man Identification, and to encourage US
I to think Of existence as apart from the
material body, st. Paul tells US that IL Is
better 'to be absent from the body, and
to be present with the Lord"
/ Let us remember, therefore, that dis
cordant conditions Of the body are In
fact due to discOrdant conditions of hu-
man sense. sense which is not always
expressed as conscious thought, but
which is nevertheless a part OF the men
tally that constructs and governs things
Of which we are not conscious. For ex-
ample, we are not conscious Of the cir
CulatiOn Of the blood nor Of the asstmi-
latOn Of food, nor OF the growth OF It's
sues, yet these processes are all the man
ifestatiOns of mentality, and would in
stantIy cease were mentality removed.
/ A wrong thought, fear may cause r
/ disturbance in organic or functional ac-
ton, and then we become conscious OF
some inharmony In other words, as a
man IS an individual consciousness. and
as the body is an GENERALIZATION OF hui
man consciousness, OF which discordant
| conditions are but a state, healing can
result only as a change or transforma-
tiOn Of this consciousness Is brought
I about, and this must evidently be ac-
/ complished mentally, through some ac-
{ ton Of thought, since only in this way
can the quality Of human consciousness
be changed, the morbiic conditions and
their causes be eliminated, and a nor
nal harmonious state be established.
HEALING Is
DONE MENTALLY.
/ Having thus come to see that so-called
human existence and all that IL includes
Is mental we can begin TO grasp the
logic of the conclusion that the healing
of both evil and disease Is a mental
process. We are thus IN position 10
examine into the method by which
Christian Science healing is scientifically
according to the scriptural accounts.
the healing wrought by the Master ana
his disciples was accomplished through
/ mental or spiritual means alone, that 10
. - oh
tfsu Science healing is brought ABOUT IN
the same way. In both, the healing
/ Principle and law are mental. ana know
ing this, We are led to examine INTO the
nafure of Mind and mind action.
/ Mind is evidently much more than
mere human thought or limited con.
! sciousness since II includes the cause ana
phenomena OF all existence. CHRISTIAN 5.l
Science teaches that Mind is the infinite
/ consciousness which expresses itself aa
ideas and constitutes all being the In
I tpIligence and creative Principle ana SUD
stance Of the universe; the oasis OF an
manifestation and right thought, the alb
| soIute Truth. This infinite actuality
means boundlessness, without beginning
or end. without cumulative dimensions
In means immutability, perfection, indie
strnrtibilitv: it means Omnipresence
omniscience, omnipOtence; 1t means one
ness. the all-embracing, self existing,
eternal being.
| since the human sense of mind is ex-
ternalized as material discord. 1t Is
manifestly evil, and It becomes necessary
to make a clear distinction between the
Mind which is Truth and wholly good,
and the consciousness which embraces
both truth and error. good and evil.
/ APPEARS REAL
ONLY BY RELIEF
First, distinction needs 70 be very
clearly drawn between that which is &C
tualIy real and that which only seems TO
he so. To become conscious of sense
appearance, furnishes no evidence OF the