Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-02

gestion, 1t is proper to correct this err
roneous assumption. 1t would be difficult
to make more erroneous statement than
to say that Christian Science makes use
of mental suggestion or h}pnotism In
/ or suggestion contemplatet the ac-
| ton of one human mind upon another
| Sufficient has been said upon this sub
ject to show that 1t is the human or NOR
tai mind that is sick. How, then, Is
| it possible for the mind that is sick and
! that produces sickness to be at the same
| time the healer of sickness? The same
! fountain does not send forth both sweet
waters and bitter. The theory that the
human or mortal mind heals sickness in
wolves hypnotism or suggestion. More
over, when In operator who uses hypnot-
ic suggestion endeavors to suggest to
/ the patient that the latter Is not sick,
that he Is all right, and that there is
nothing wrong with him, this operator
Is stating something which, from his own
viewpoint, is a plain lie. This sort or
an operator believes the patient to be
/ sick; he has no means by which he can
know and justify the statement that the
: patient is not sick. 1t Is perfectly clear,
! therefore, that when this operator en-
deavOrs to suggest to q patient that the
! patient is not sick, a process is thus in
| PRODUCED which involves lie at the very
outset. No words are necessary TO show
that this process Ia not Christian and
that 1t Ia not scientific. 1t is needless
to say that 1t is not Christian Science.
PROCEDURE OF
HEALING EXPLAINED.
A brief statement at this point indi
eating the procedure of Christian Science
Will be of interest. 1t has been seen that
because the mortal mind produces sick
ness 1t can not at the same time be the
healer of sickness. We come, at this
! point so one of the most important
gtx.fn -, }. -ts- fiuf,
Science. 1t Is this: Because the hu-
man or mortal mind can not be Its own
healer, 1t follows naturally and tnev-
itably that the divine Mind, or God, Ii
the only healer and the only medicine
! which can lie used in the line of strict
scientific legitimacy to heal the sick.
The action of the divine Mind upon the
human mind diabuses and deprives the
human mind OF the error that evil Is
real and that matter is intelligent. The
action of the divine Mind, in this way.
disabuses and deprives the human mind
of its false consciousness; and the human
mind, being deprived OF It's false con- n,
briefly stated, the sick are healed
and the erring are restored to useful
lives through the illustrations OF Chris
! tian Science. A very different way, all
will agree, from that involved in the I'm
holy practice Of hypnotic suggestion. The
use Of hypnotism or suggestion, in any
. form, is to be condemned IL is an evil
which can not be too strongly guarded
| against
One hears occasionally OF some per
son who makes use of the erroneous
method of hypnotism in the conduct OF
business. One such person endeavored
TO Justify the use OF this method by the
method Of the illustration OF a four
horse stage-coach saying that with
! four horse stage-c0ach II Is necessary for
some one person to hold the reins.' This
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| illustration, which Is that sometimes dur
ing a dark and stormy night on dan
gerous mountain trial when the driver
Is unable TO see the road he is compelled
| to let the reins lie loosely upon the backs
! Of the horses while they pick their way
! to safety. The great danger In the use
! Of hypnotic suggestion is that 1t de-
| prives the person who uses II. as we'll as
the one who is acted upon, OF the inalien-
1 able right TO think and to act under the
/ influence OF the divine Mad, or God.
Erroneous and harmful methods are
sometimes Set before the public, ana
I said to be the same as Christian Science.
/ a man representing himself to be chris
! tian Scientist announced that he would
/ teach meta physics or Christian Science :;
he was not. however, authorized IN any
| way to teach Christian Science. and,
therefore the teaching Involved was not
/ just little concerning Christian Science
went TO this man to lie taught. During
| the frst lesson she was taught to say /;
! II am God" She replied: But l am
not God" She was then told to say
| Il am Spirit" To this tic lady re-
| piled NO. l am not God I am not
| Spirit! l am spiritual, and you do not
know what you are talking about.', The
| lady was right. because the declarations
! referred to do not coincide in any way
/ with the teaching of Christian Science.
| The evidences Of confusion and the in
/ dlcations OF wrong procedure multiply.
| Sufficient, however. has been said In this
/ connection to indicate that there is basic
| need Of divine Principle. Of In
! Huence in human thought which will
move mankind in the direction Of their
! highest good.