Chapter X - Science Of Being
Severed members
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The belief that a severed limb is aching in the old loca-
The belief that a severed limb is aching in the old loca-
tion, the sensation seeming to be in nerves which
are no longer there, is an added proof of the un-
reliability of physical testimony.
Mortals unlike immortals
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God creates and governs the universe, including man.
God creates and governs the universe, including man.
The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He
evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind
that makes them. Mortal mind would trans-
form the spiritual into the material, and then
recover man's original self in order to escape from the
mortality of this error. Mortals are not like immortals,
created in God's own image; but infinite Spirit being all,
mortal consciousness will at last yield to the scientific fact
and disappear, and the real sense of being, perfect and
forever intact, will appear.
Goodness transparent
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The manifestation of God through mortals is as light
The manifestation of God through mortals is as light
passing through the window-pane. The light and the
glass never mingle, but as matter, the glass
is less opaque than the walls. The mortal
mind through which Truth appears most vividly is that
one which has lost much materiality – much error – in
order to become a better transparency for Truth. Then,
like a cloud melting into thin vapor, it no longer hides
the sun.
Brainology a myth
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All that is called mortal thought is made up of error.
All that is called mortal thought is made up of error.
The theoretical mind is matter, named brain, or mate-
rial consciousness, the exact opposite of real
Mind, or Spirit. Brainology teaches that
mortals are created to suffer and die. It further
teaches that when man is dead, his immortal soul is
resurrected from death and mortality. Thus error the-
orizes that spirit is born of matter and returns to mat-