Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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the same time the conclusion that boils are painful, but
the same time the conclusion that boils are painful, but
prolong Life, alias Intelligence. An error of premises
produces error in conclusion, mental error occasions all
the discords of body.
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Heat would pass off as painless from the body as gas
Heat would pass off as painless from the body as gas
expelled from boiling water, but for our opposite be-
liefs. Chills are the effects of heat; ulcers, boils, etc.,
are heat coming to the surface; but mind, and not
matter, creates this heat and forms all the identity dis-
ease has. The invalid may conclude a humor in the
blood causes boils, and when this humor is brought to
the surface the system is relieved; but mind, and not
matter, has formed this conclusion and its results. You
will have these forms of disease so long as you regard
them channels for disease, or inevitable results of matter,
Cherish any particular belief of disease and you are
in danger of reproducing it on the body. Reverse the
case and destroy your belief in this modus operandi of
matter, and your fear of disease will not engender the
heat to be thrown off; and what you thought before
was scrofula, bile, and physical causes, you will learn
was fear and mind acting on the body.
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Disease, destroyed in its origin, viz., mind, never
Disease, destroyed in its origin, viz., mind, never
reappears again, and is cured effectually; but matter
can never destroy it. A mental position taken doubt-
ingly, is a very weak one; you must understand these
points in science, or you are never thoroughly persuaded
in your own mind of the power of belief and its sad
effect on the body; neither can you discern the Prin-
ciple bringing out the capabilities and harmony of
being, that enables you to hold what you understand.
In the positive belief and fear of disease yourself, it
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were vain to attempt, mentally, to remove another's
were vain to attempt, mentally, to remove another's
fear or disturbed condition; as soon attempt to destroy
heat with fire. To succeed in the science of Life, you
must be found in it, having not on a belief, but the
garment of Truth, and this will give you self-possession,
and ability to bring out the full amount of the Life
that is Christ healing the sick. Eschewing the belief
you are Intelligent matter, you gain the capabilities of
Spirit and the freedom of the sons of God.
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Men of business have said this science was of great
Men of business have said this science was of great
advantage from a secular point of view. It not only
enhanced their physical and mental endurance, but con-
trol of man and perception of character. They have
told us they could meet better the exigencies of busi-
ness, by meeting mind on its own grounds, perceiving
thoughts and their relation to men's acts. The science
of Life not only brings out latent possibilities and ca-
pacities, but extends the atmosphere, or aroma of
mind, giving man vent in broader and higher being.
An odor, confined by a stopper, is not so benevolent as
when the stopper is removed and it scents the room.
Remove the belief of Intelligence beneath a skull bone,
of Soul in body, and matter the master of man, and
there quickly follows more of a man or woman, because
they understand themselves and others better. Getting
outside the evidence of personal sense to judge of men
and things, is a vast gain to manhood and Godhood.
We are suffocated by beliefs and 'isms, whereas a liv-
ing Soul is liberty and Life; understanding can grasp
even the infinite idea. We are conscious of intelligent
Spirit; then away with the dream of intelligent mat-
ter, or that Intelligence dwells in non-intelligence.