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that his identity or individuality was
in his body Now he understands
that his life, substance, and intelli-
gence are not in his body, but are
preserved in Spirit; that life, sub
stance, and intelligence are individ-
ualized as Soul, and that Soul never
reflects anything inferior to Spirit
(Science and Health, p 477). He un-
derstands that death and decay
never touch his identity or individ-
uality.
He becomes conscious that God is
Life; that Gods Life is his Life now
He claims it as such. 1t becomes the
law of Life to him, and is the law of
annihilation to the belief of death
and everything opposed to Life.
He perceives that God is infinite
Truth; that this Truth is his to claim
and to express. 1t becomes the law of
Truth to him; the law to everything
opposed to Truth, and frees him
from beliefs opposed to that which
is not true.
He understands that God is inf
mite Love; he has believed that hui
man attachment and affection con-
stituted love. He has observed that
this sense of love is often expressed
as misguidance, misdirection; that
pain, suffering, and injustice often
are the apparent results. Now he un-
derstands that God is divine Love.
He understands origin, source, crea-
ton. He understands infinite Love
as guidance and direction; as govern
ment, justice, harmony. He under
stands that he reflects this sense of
divine Love, and it eliminates envy,
malice, fear, and jealousy from his
human experience.
This person is now in the Third
Degree: Understanding" In this de-
gree, through spiritual perception
and understanding he has gained
wisdom, purity, spiritual power, love,
health, holiness. He has discovered
that in this stage these evil beliefs,
one by one, disappear, until eventu-
ally his belief in an individual NOR
tai mind disappears; and he becomes
conscious of himself as Gods own
image What has been going on? We
refer you to the concluding sentence
of Science and Health Up. 1922: ''The
effect of this Science is to stir the
human mind to a change of base, on
which it may yield to the harmony
of the divine Mind That human
mind has been stirred to a change
of base; it has perceived the har-
mony of the divine Mind and is now
conscious of that which is real, eter-
nal, harmonious, and immortal.
We have discussed briefly the "Sci-
entific Translation of Mortal Mind"
We ask you to read, study, and allow
that translation to unfold in your
thought. In so doing, ask yourself:
Where am I? Am I in the first de-
gree of Depravity'? Have arrived
at that transitional stage, the second
degree, expressing the nature and
character of a good, moral person?
Or have I arrived at the Third De-
gree in which I am gaining the con-
sciousness of Gods nature and char
acter; and in which I have spiritual
perception and understanding, ex-
pressed as wisdom, purity, power,
love, health, holiness? Am l conscious
of the disappearance of mortal mind?
Have l some understanding that
man is Gods image and likeness?"
Christian Science is the redeemer of
consciousness. Hence, the sooner we
make a careful examination and an
application of the Scientific Trans
lation of Mortal Mind" the sooner
we will work out our salvation here
and now. Somewhere between de
pravity" and Spiritual Understand
ing we exist at this moment.
In the Christian Science textbook
Mrs Eddy says (Science and Health,
p. ll6), "In the third degree mortal
mind disappears, and man as Gods
image appears" In this stage of
progress, spiritual understanding
supplants mortal, human beliefs.
Spirit is discerned to be God, and
spiritual man to be His image-the
real, the only man, expressing power,
love, health, and holiness.
The Human Body
When you begin to grasp the idea
that there is one infinite Mind, God,
and that His Mind is your mind, you
begin to understand that there is
one infinite Life, God, and that His
Life is your life now.
The human mind is accustomed to
attaching life to something, because
it sees and believes in things Hence,
it sees a human body; it believes that
this human body is the only body;
and it takes possession of that which
it sees and believes as body, and gov
erns it by rules of conduct, among
which are air, food, and exercise.
We have human body existing in
a normal way as matter. What does
this indicate? 1t points to the fact
that this human body is merely
human concept of body, sometimes
perceived as a good body and at
other times regarded as an imperfect
body.
The human concept is the counter
felt of the divine fact. The divine
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