The Glenwood post., 1922-06-01

are not in fact known or experienced,
,ince there is no other mind and no
other consciousness to entertain their
false pretensions.
Here is where Christian Science
takes its high and at the same tir,,
practical position ,and affirms that the
lis of the flesh, and all else that
makes for human limitation and suffer
ing, have no actual existance. True
they may appear real to human sense,
looking through glass darkly, for the
time being let us cling fast, if we may,
to the absolute truth and "Judge not
according to the appearance, but judge
righteous Judgment. So judging we
are irresistibly driven to the conclu-
sion that divine Mind takes cogniz-
,ance only of the good, the harmonius, the
perfect, and does not cognize the i'm
perfect, the discordant, the distressfull
Hence you and /, the real you and 1,
do not cognize or experience them be-
cause We cannot know anything un.
known to infinite Mind
What, then, do we know and of
what are we conscious? Man exists
as state of consciousness, and as there
is but Que Mind or consciousness, man
radiates or reflects that Mind or con-
seriousness. Herein is the secret of
man s dominion. Infinite intelligence
is at hand, and not only is it available
to man, but it is actually expressed by
him. The mental forces and faculties
of divine Mind are operative through
the real man. Hence he il conscious
of good, Of health, of harmony, of
peace, of power, of liberty; and the
presence of these thoughts in con-
seriousness necessarily excludes their
opposites, namely, suffering, sorrow,
sensuality, strife, and such like. The
real man thinks what God thinks,
knows what God knows, experiences
what God experiences; and he thin ks,
knows, and experiences nothing else.
Mortal or CarnA Mind
In speaking of the divine Mind, Paul
refers to it as that mind (Which was
also in Christ Jesus" and he counsels
us to have that Mind, to the end that
we may enjoy the same perfection, lib
erty, and supremacy over the powers
of darkness which Jesus enjoyed. But
Paul also speaks of another mentality,
which he styles the "carnal mind"
and which he declares els enmity
against God" Mrs. Eddy refers to
that mentality as "mortal mind"
This false mind, this mortal or car
nal mentality, sends forth the appe-
tites of the flesh, and with them dis
ease and death. Its suggestions and
insinuations are constantly clamoring
for admission into consciousness. AS a
result we are continually experiencing
the temptation to do wrong, to feel the
pains of human ills, and to suffer the
thousand and one forms of restriction
and discomfort common to humanity.
This silent, persistent influence is per-
sonified in the Bible as the devil, and
James admonishes us to "resist the
devil and he will flee." But our re-
sistance has seldom been more than
partially successful, with the result
that sin and suffering have too often
apparently gained the ascendency.
Defense Against Disease and Evil
Our failure to make a good defense
has been due to our inability to resist
intelligently. We have supposed that
sorrow and suffering are the common
lot of man, we have believed that dis
ease and evil are inevitable and in
| vincible, and we have feared them. In
this mental condition we have been
| doomed to defeat from the outset.
Here it is that Mrs. Eddy has rendered
an inestimable service to humanity by
| differentiating between the divine
Mind and mortal mind, making it plain
that healthful and wholesome thoughts
come from the divine Mind and have
the quality of reality and permanence,
while sick and unwholesome thoughts
come from mortal mind and have only
such seeming power or influence us VIC
/ ,ra ,,;alal INT eopoadip0
Evil approaches us and asks to be
admitted into our thoughts and lives,
but it cannot enter unless we consent.
1t is in itself inert, non-intelligent.
When we close the door of thought
against it, as we have the ability to
do, evil vanishes and ceases to be. 1t
is only by opening the door and invit-
ing evil to come in that we are brought
under its sway. By our own act of ac'