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

ematicaI value everywhere present. Thus
since reality is infinite and matter IL
finite, matter is unreal.
CARNAL MIND is
"MORTAL MIND"
We can thus distinguish between the
real Mind, the infinite. spiritual, i'm
mortal consciousness which expresses
itself in perfect indestructible harmon
| ious ideas, and the mind which includes
the belief in matter, evil, limitation, dls-
| ease and death. This latter therefore Is
not real Mind, but a false concept OF
mind, the Adam dream which st. Pau
| terms 1.-The carnal mind which Is enmity
against God" in other words, Gods I'M
likeness or opposite. Paul also writes
be spiritually minded is life and peace.
This carnal mind Christian Science fur
Their defines as mortal mind" since II
includes all that is sick, SHINING, dis
cOrdant and mortal. 1t is the inversion
or counterfeit of the immortal divine
Mind, and it's betraying characteristic is
fnity as opposed to infnity; therefore
since all that is real is infinite, all that
Is finite Is unreal, and these unreal be-
liefs Of the carnal mind have neither
has the schoolboy's erroneous belief that
two times two make five. 1t has no ex-
istence.
Here we need to consider the human
consciousness which according to belief
| includes a sense of materially and evil
as well as of spirituality and good. II
I concetves Of matter, of discord, of death
| and yet can conceive of Spirit, Of har-
| mony, of Life, can know God. 1t in
cludes sense OF both right and wrong
| both truth and error.
Mrs. Eddy writes:
the heavens and earth to one
| human consciousness, that consciousness
which God bestows, are spiritual, while
to another, the unillumined human mind
the vision is material" Is. & II. p. 573)
She also writes:
g" sin and disease lose their
reality in human consciousness and dis
appear as naturally and as necessarily as
darkness gives place to light and sin to
| reformation. Now. as then, these mighty
/ works are not supernatural but supreme
ly natural They are the sign of I'm
manuel, or God with us'-a divine infu-
ence ever present in human CONSCIOUSNESS
Is. & II. D. XII
ONE MIND is
WHOLLY GOOD.
! This Is the consciousness of "the man
on the street" which enables him to fee
that he may be healed by the renewing
( Of the mind" by putting OF the old
man and putting on the new, by being
awakened by the Christ Truth; therefore
I 1t Is the consciousness wherein reforma
ton and regeneration take place and "a
teaching. Here salvation Is to be worked
/ out; here good can be brought to bear
upon evil to destroy It; here Truth can
meet error and correct it; II is the con
seriousness which can begin to know
God. When all evil, all error. Is de.
stroyed In the hum1n consciousness, by
Truth asserting itself then nothing re
mains but the knowledge of God, and the
real divine consciousness Of the real man
Is attained and our salvatiop 10 worked
Z nv rra har~o a 4
ment with the Father.
Mrs. Eddy's supreme declaration is
this, that there Is one infinite Mind which
is wholly good. perfect. indestructible
immortal. This Infinite. absolute. ON
niscient, omnipRsent, omnlpotent Being
Is the incOrporeal Father-Mother God
whose true nature Is revealed through
Christian Science. This divine actually
Is the scientific basis on which all Chris
tian Science healing is demonstrated. the
divine Principle whose everpresence Ia
utilized IN the overcoming Of sin and
sickness, through the available trans
forming power OF the Christ. coming to
the human consciousness.
From this Il follows that the real uni.
verse and the real man are the express
sion or manifestation OF this INFINITE
Mind and that they partake of the spir-
itual nature and quality OF this Mind
Hence, all the ideas OF God are project
1 incorporeal. eternal and harmonious, they
live, move and have their being in God
in divine Mind.
REAL MAN
LIKE GOD.
The real man Is the image and like
ness OF God as be IS defined in the first
chapter OF Genesis, the expression OF
Mind Spirit. Soul. Life, Truth. and Love
Mortal man IS but a human corporeai
concept of the mortal or carnal mind
I The physical universe expresses the
conscious and unconscious thoughts OF
mortals,' writes Mrs. Eddy. Is. & II
p. 4S4). II is the counterfeit OF the d.
vine universe which Is embraced in the
consciousness of the real man SO also
the natural man" as St. Paul names him
Is a counterfeit OF the spiritual idea. a
product Of physical sense, which orig
inJted in and is dependent upon mate
riality.
Christian Science explains the true m
ture OF the divlnely created man. as net
| the man created OF the dust OF the
/ ground but as the Image and likeness OF
God, the man whom God pronounced
good and to whom He gave dominion
over the earth.
The perfect nature Of God and the
real man was revealed 10 Mrs. Eddy. The
Scriptures spiritually understood reveal
this truth, and Mrs. Eddy first stated
| Il in scientific and metaphysical terms
| Sible for any one to begin TO demon.
strate it. The creative Principle oper-
ates positively through divine law, Il
embraces and supports all real existence
perfect God, perfect man. and perfect
universe
| But II all reality is spiritual and per
| feet, there arises the question "WhHt
Of evil, material discordant conditions go
Here Christian Science explains that be-
cause Spirit. the absolute good. Is inf
| mite, everywhere, there can he no place
| for either evil or matter. aud tt there
fore Classics all phenomena and all eN
periences which are unlike perfect God
and perfect man as unreal. as false con
cepts projected by erroneous human
sense as untrue beliefs: and 10 sustains
this contention by destroying these con
ditions. thus proving them untrue, TO-
! Truth Is indestructible.
WHERE GOD IL
| THERE is NO EVIL.
Human thought has always believer
the objects of sense to be real, but now
! that the true nature Of reality has been
revealed, a clear distinction can be drawn
between what is actual and what is
merely an appearance. This Is an essen
/ tial element In the practice Of Christian
Science healing and must be- clearly I'M
derstOOd for the reason that 50 long as
we believe an appearance or condition
to be real and attempt to deal with II
as a reality and at its own valuation, we
can make no progress IN mastering II.
A mathematical mistake cannot be cor
/ rected until it is recognized as such.
Even 80, discordant human condition
cannot be scientifically healed until they
are recognized as errors and divine Truth
| is applied to their elimination Christian
! Science teaches that because God or good
is the only presence, substance and
power, there IS no place for evil to be.
no space for matter to occupy, no dis
cord for mortal mind TO experience ex-
cept as n false concept.
When we look at az object through
bent glass we qae "a distorted obfact No,