Milford chronicle., 1959-04-10

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manifest harmony. The physical
body, Mrs. Eddy explains, is the
carnal minds expression of it
self. It is mortal thought OBJ
jectifed. The body cannot do
anything or be anything without
that so-called minds admission
or acceptance. To bring the hu-
man consciousness into subjec-
ton to the divine Mind, is to ex-
perience that Minds government
of the body. AS we have already
observed, we must have in us the
Mind which was in Christ Jesus.
We must think on these things" :"
Christ Jesus illustrates how
thought governs the body with
the parable of the strong man.
Note how Mrs. Eddy comments
on this parable in Science and
Health (p. 399): "Our Master
asked: How can one enter into a
strong mans house and spoil his
goods, except he first bind the
strong man?' In other words:
How can / heal the body, without
beginning with so-called mortal
mind, which directly controls the
body? When disease is once de-
stroyed in this so-called mind,
the fear of disease is gone, and
therefore the disease is thor
oughly cured. Mortal mind is the
strong man. which must be held
in subsection before its influence
upon health and morals can be
removed. This error conquered,
we can despoil the strong man.
of his goods,-namely, of sin and
disease"
We control mortal mind, we
bind the strong man, when we
acknowledge that there is only
one Mind, the divine. We con-
tinue to control mortal mind as
we adhere to the deductive
method of reasoning, start with
God, Mind, the first great cause,
and from thence reason to the
effect. We do SO every time we
listen to what the Christ is
speaking to the human conscious
ness. In effect, this is being spir-
itually minded, which Paul tells
us is life and peace. The result is
that Mind, God, governs the body
harmoniously. We can remedy
every diseased condition of the
body in this way, and we can
prevent disease from occurring.
The human body has no more
intelligence than an automobile.
It goes through the motions i'm
posed upon it by mortal mind
just as the motor car responds to
the turn of the drivers wheel or
the depression of the foot on the
accelerator. The businessman
who works under mental strain
and pressure, and who then be-
gins to suffer physically, has con-
tributed to bodily suffering him
self. He is allowing the mortal
mind beliefs of pressure, fear, and
worry to punish his body.
A woman fearing much
publicized and so-called incur
able disease, examining her body
frequently to see if there is evil
dence of it, and finding herself
the victim of Jobs warning, "The
thing which / greatly feared is
come upon me" (Job 3:25), is re-
sponsible for the development of
that condition IN her body. The
body itself is helpless to protect
itself from the thoughts imposed
upon it.
The divine Mind will govern
the body harmoniously if we let
that Mind govern. This means
removing the influence of the
carnal mind through prayer. BY
turning consistently to the divine
Mind for guidance, by affirming
the truths of our spiritual self
hood, denying the suggestions of
mortal existence, and listening to
what Mind, God, is telling us,
prayer becomes meaningful and
effective. The temptations of
worry. impatience, pressure, and
fear are quickly destroyed. How
wisely Mrs. Eddy tells us (Sci-
ence and Health, p. 1867, Mortal
mind is the worst foe of the body,
while divine Mind is its best
friend"