Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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with regard to this, and the effects will change, and you
with regard to this, and the effects will change, and you
will find the body manifests only what mind says, on
these, and all other points. Matter is governed by mind.
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Man, pursuing zeaoulsly the conditions of his belief,
Man, pursuing zeaoulsly the conditions of his belief,
(and this is all there is to mesmerism), if told how
mind affects the body, and, to illustrate, you quote the
evidence of this in mesmerism, replies, "no man can
mesmerize me." And yet he calls his body this me, and
that body is just what his parents first, and secondly
himself, has made it; and these parents were not matter,
but mind, as the body proves, that is no longer thy
parent, if mind has departed.
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When we reach the science of Life, we shall learn
When we reach the science of Life, we shall learn
Truth casts out devils and heals the sick, also, that
Jesus gave disease and devil one signification. Those
fear not they shall murder, whose perceptions reach the
average of goodness, and if our spiritual perceptions
were up to the standard of Christians, we should no
more fear sickness, sin, or death. It is not less wise
to fear sickness than to fear we shall steal; both are
admissions of moral weakness, and a loss of control over
the body that we should not permit. Let the slave to
a wrong desire learn the science of Life, and he never
more will cherish this desire, but rise higher in the
scale of being. Allowing Soul to govern sense, is sci-
ence, wherein we are a law of Wisdom to our body, of
Life and not death.
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Let mankind study this science with half the avidity
Let mankind study this science with half the avidity
they peruse volumes on disease, and try the different
drugs and drills for health, and they will advance not
from one disease to another, nor to decrepitude and
death, but beyond sickness into harmony and Life.
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When "in him we live, move, and have being," is it
When "in him we live, move, and have being," is it
impossible to conclude God is equal to camphor or a
sweat? Life is proved Spirit, and not matter; and the
only possible objection to our eagerly accepting this
munificence of being is, that it requires a better demon-
stration of Life. The centuries are slowly, but surely,
tumbling down the old corner stones, and building on
better foundations. Not far distant, the hour looks
down on us when sickness, sin, and death will be ad-
mitted error, and the Truth that destroys them sought
instead of drugs.
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Mind is the only alterative of the body; every secre-
Mind is the only alterative of the body; every secre-
tion and function of the human system depend on
mind and are controlled by it. The pallid invalid sup-
posed to be dying from a bad state of blood, is restored
to strength and health by changing her belief on this
subject; it matters not whether she knows or does not
know the working of mind and its bad effect on her
body, she will recover when mind is set right on the
physical question, and the blood will circulate naturally
and healthily. The Oxford students furnished this
precedent, who caused a felon to die of the belief he
was bled to death; when not a drop of blood had
flowed. This single case proved the superiority of
belief over matter and blood, to kill a man. The be-
lief that Life is contingent on matter, or that certain
conditions of the blood and organic structure are fatal
to man, must be met and mastered, before Life is un-
derstood, or found immortal. Mind causes all condi-
tions of the body, and you can change them effectually
and permanently only through this medium. To heal
the sick with science, has this advantage over physiolo-