Chapter VIII - Healing the Sick
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sense, is mortal; and that which is mortal is error.
sense, is mortal; and that which is mortal is error.
That sin proceeds from personal sense, we know, and
this proves the fountain evil, and the streams evil
also, therefore Wisdom never produced either; hence,
God is not the author of personal sense. We say food
sustains the Life of man; and again, that a heavy meal
kills him. Here the old theory that opposed Christ,
Truth, is reproduced in affirming the same fountain
sendeth forth sweet and bitter waters. If the All-wise
hath a law demanding food to preserve the Life of man,
He hath no law by which food can destroy him. We must
take the opposite ground of personal sense in regard to
sin, sickness and death, to fully destroy them; a physical
demand is not to be admitted, but destroyed, only the
demands of Soul are to be heard; the body cannot speak
for itself, being unintelligent.
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Is it mind or body that declares undigested food
Is it mind or body that declares undigested food
irritates the nervous tissues producing a terrible sense
of pain, faintness, oppression, etc., and that your rem-
edy is to expel the food, or digest it? This is mental
testimony, and there is none other, 'tis a law of belief,
mis-named a law of matter; the body cannot define
cause and effect.
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A case of extreme suffering from food, came under
A case of extreme suffering from food, came under
our observation. The lady had said, but a few moments
before we came to her assistance, "I shall die unless
the food is expelled," and in ten minutes thereafter was
rid of her sufferings, and when questioned in regard to
her feelings, replied, "I have no pain now, and would
like to eat again." By contending mentally against
a physical position you can change it and destroy it
through mind, even as you have produced it thus. The
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sick argue for their own suffering, by admitting its
sick argue for their own suffering, by admitting its
reality; they are ignorant of this fact, however, or that
their mental position is what produces the physical,
and their friends often strengthen this error and quarrel
with you for trying to help them out of it.
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Mind, and not matter, embraces all suffering; we
Mind, and not matter, embraces all suffering; we
prove this when removing the suffering on this basis, or
through mind. This Principle heals the sick, therefore
it produces a better physical effect than the opposite
views that make sickness; then why not adopt it, or
judge of it by our Master's rule, the "fruits." If you
understood the science of being, your body would be
harmonious and immortal. The balance adjusted by
science falls on the side of happiness and Life.
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Delirium tremens embraces error of two sorts; the
Delirium tremens embraces error of two sorts; the
plea of personal sense for strong drink, and the belief
that it diseases the brain. Both these mental positions
are mastered with metaphysical science; first, because
there is no pleasure in intoxication, or produced by
matter, and secondly, that matter, or the brain, is not
inflamed. The belief of pain is more easily eradicated
than an appetite, or belief of pleasure, owing to the
strong desire the patient has to be rid of one, and his
reluctance to part with the other; both of which are
the self-inflicted positions of mind, and not matter.
Disputing the grounds of personal sense, that alcoholic
drinks intoxicate the brain, giving pleasure or pain to
matter, and rising above this error, Soul, versus sense,
gets the case and relieves the patient. But the severer
task is to destroy the belief of the inebriate with regard
to the so-called pleasure of sense in drunkenness, while
this is all that will reform him. Destroy the belief that