Chapter III - Spirit and Matter
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heavens and earth that "declare thy glory." Intelli-
heavens and earth that "declare thy glory." Intelli-
gence in matter, and outside of it, also, would be two
powers, the unerring and immortal, and the erring and
mortal in perpetual warfare; there is no Omnipotence,
or Omnipotence is all there is. "Dust to dust" was
not spoken of man; we know all that God produces
needs no erasure, and cannot be blotted out, for it is
the idea of Spirit and not matter.
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Life is the same yesterday, to-day and forever; an-
Life is the same yesterday, to-day and forever; an-
achronism and organization have nothing to do with it.
Life gives immortality to all it creates; what is not
Life, Wisdom, Truth or Love, and their idea, is but a
fading error, and empty dream. We say, "I dreamed
last night"; would that we understood better than this
the wide difference between Soul and sense. "I," sig-
nifies Intelligence, the Principle of man, that never
slumbers nor wanders into illusion; belief is the only
dreamer, and its dream says, Life and Intelligence are
in matter; to be sure sleep is one of the phases of this
dream, also the nightly thoughts get nearer the Truth
of being, that silence the waking dream of substance
matter, and yet convey the body whithersoever you
will, for this comes nearer the reality of man's exist-
ence than the waking dream of Life in matter; and is
sometimes prophetic. We have no occasion to find
fault with science because it repudiates personal sense,
if we would not quarrel with a man for waking us from
a nightmare, that produces suffering real to belief, but
unreal to science. Our past and present views of man
and God, have not made man harmonious or immortal,
nor God, Love; hence the need of a change of views,
as in the science of man. The man intoxicated would
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be let alone, because he thinks inebriety is enjoyable,
be let alone, because he thinks inebriety is enjoyable,
but waking out of this error changes his belief, and
this error of personal sense becomes apparent. So at
the final demand of Wisdom, understanding will com-
prehend the falsity or nothingness of the claims of
personal sense. We say mortal man is born to suffer
and die, but mortal man is matter, and does matter
suffer? Science will at length destroy this ignorance
relating to Soul and body, and teach us the harmony of
both never yet gained on the old platforms, and never
can be. Why not, then, begin in this direction to-day,
and not scoff at demonstrative Truth, because you can-
not see it with eyes, feel it with nerves, etc., "for
having eyes, you do not see."
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Children should be taught this science, the first les-
Children should be taught this science, the first les-
sons they receive, and the education of personal sense
kept out. Never discuss the so-called laws of matter,
food or raiment; rule out of mind sickness, sin and
death, give not error all your thoughts; looking in op-
posite directions, and away from such thoughts, is all
that will ameliorate the sharper and longer experiences
of getting out of them, either in time or eternity. To
be out of an imaginary existence in matter, and realize
one's self not body but Soul, is the ultimatum of being.
When the belief of happiness in personal sense wanes,
and the enjoyment of the intellect and affections in-
creases error is fading out, and Truth is lifting its glad
voice above the centuries; yea, above the horizon of
animality and sense. If we part not with the imag-
inary joys of personal sense, appetites, passion, malice,
pride, etc., at the suggestions of science, we must
at some future time suffer from these sufficiently,