Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth
Error self-destroyed
251:1
Error is not real, hence it is not more imperative
Error is not real, hence it is not more imperative
as it hastens towards self-destruction. The so-called
belief of mortal mind apparent as an abscess
should not grow more painful before it suppu-
rates neither should a fever become more severe before
it ends.
Illusion of death
251:7
Fright is so great at certain stages of mortal belief
Fright is so great at certain stages of mortal belief
as to drive belief into new paths. In the illusion of
death, mortals wake to the knowledge of two
facts: (1) that they are not dead; (2) that
they have but passed the portals of a new belief. Truth
works out the nothingness of error in just these ways.
Sickness, as well as sin, is an error that Christ, Truth,
alone can destroy.
Mortal mind's disappearance
251:15
We must learn how mankind govern the body, –
We must learn how mankind govern the body, –
whether through faith in hygiene, in drugs, or in will‑
power. We should learn whether they govern
the body through a belief in the necessity of
sickness and death, sin and pardon, or govern
it from the higher understanding that the divine Mind
makes perfect, acts upon the so-called human mind
through truth, leads the human mind to relinquish all
error, to find the divine Mind to be the only Mind,
and the healer of sin, disease, death. This process of
higher spiritual understanding improves mankind until
error disappears, and nothing is left which deserves to
perish or to be punished.
Spiritual ignorance
251:28
Ignorance, like intentional wrong, is not Science.
Ignorance, like intentional wrong, is not Science.
Ignorance must be seen and corrected before we can at-
tain harmony. Inharmonious beliefs, which
rob Mind, calling it matter, and deify their
own notions, imprison themselves in what they create.