Chapter I - Natural Science
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sides. After this surgery, mankind will find themselves
sides. After this surgery, mankind will find themselves
better.
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Doctrines, opinions and belief are the "tree of
Doctrines, opinions and belief are the "tree of
knowledge" against which Wisdom warned man;
knowledge is obtained from false premises, from per-
sonal sense, that affords only the mortal evidences of
man, presupposing Soul's audience-chamber the brain,
falsely claiming the prerogatives of Intelligence, God.
Reasoning from such stand-points produces all the dis-
cords of mind and body, that must eventually go down,
obedient to the mandate, "Thou shalt surely die." Re-
searches after Truth ought to leave matter for Princi-
ple, and bring the contemplation of Life outside of
sense, thus gathering us nearer harmony and immortal-
ity, and proportionately away from sickness, sin, and
death.
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Soul is not in the body. The belief that Intelligence
Soul is not in the body. The belief that Intelligence
is in matter is error in the premises and conclusions of
man. Life, Intelligence, or substance, is not in or of
matter, neither can they be aught but Soul, and because
we shall ultimately prove this science to individual
consciousness, we should begin its first lessons to-day.
In order to gain the understanding of God and man,
Soul and body, harmony and immortality, we must base
all our conclusions of man on Principle instead of per-
son, on Soul instead of body, or we shall never reach
the science of being.
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Truth, Life, and Love are God, the Soul of the uni-
Truth, Life, and Love are God, the Soul of the uni-
verse and man, and the only substance and Intelligence:
these are not mixed with change, sin, or death, nor with
matter, the body mortal; the erring, changing and dy-
ing blend not with that which is the same yesterday,
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to-day, and forever. Life is Intelligence, the Principle
to-day, and forever. Life is Intelligence, the Principle
that is Soul or Spirit, and there is but one Spirit or
Soul of the universe and man. If Life was in man,
matter would govern itself, and Spirit would be a por-
tion of matter; therefore, God would be Spirit and mat-
ter. No portion of the Infinite can enter the finite;
Life and Intelligence that are infinite are not mortal
man. But may there not be a portion of God in man
and matter? This is equally impossible, for the least
part of Spirit would destroy matter, for matter is non‑
Intelligence, not a power matched against Spirit; it is
mortality only, and the immortal is Spirit.
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God is Principle, – the Truth, and Soul of man, and
God is Principle, – the Truth, and Soul of man, and
man is "the image and likeness of God." Again, God
is substance and Life, hence man is but the image and
likeness of these; man is not Truth, Life, or Love.
God is Spirit, and man the image and likeness of Him;
therefore, man is not matter, but idea, and idea no more
contains its Principle than figures embrace the rule of
mathematics. We have no resort but to reduce God to
a level with man, or look away from man for his Sub-
stance, Life, and Intelligence, all of which must be out-
side of matter, or at the mercy of sin, sickness, and
death. Darkness may hide the sun, but cannot put it
out. Sickness, sin, and death are darkness, or moral
ignorance that hide Truth, Life, and Love, but cannot
extinguish them, or their idea, cannot destroy God or
man. The stand-point whence to reckon man is not
matter, but Spirit. The Soul of man is never lost, in-
somuch as it is God, Principle, and man its idea, and
both are eternal; hence the immortality of Soul and
body. Infinite Soul embraces perfect understanding,