Chapter X - Science Of Being
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the hands of ignorance, placed at the disposal of illusions,
the hands of ignorance, placed at the disposal of illusions,
subjected to material sense which is discord. A discon-
tented, discordant mortal is no more a man than discord
is music.
Human reflection
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A picture in the camera or a face reflected in the mirror
A picture in the camera or a face reflected in the mirror
is not the original, though resembling it. Man, in the
likeness of his Maker, reflects the central light
of being, the invisible God. As there is no cor-
poreality in the mirrored form, which is but a reflection,
so man, like all things real, reflects God, his divine Prin-
ciple, not in a mortal body.
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Gender also is a quality, not of God, but a character-
Gender also is a quality, not of God, but a character-
istic of mortal mind. The verity that God's image is not
a creator, though he reflects the creation of Mind, God,
constitutes the underlying reality of reflection. "Then
answered Jesus and said unto them: Verily, verily I say
unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he
seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth,
these also doeth the Son likewise."
Inverted images
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The inverted images presented by the senses, the de-
The inverted images presented by the senses, the de-
flections of matter as opposed to the Science of spirit-
ual reflection, are all unlike Spirit, God. In
the illusion of life that is here to-day and
gone to-morrow, man would be wholly mortal, were
it not that Love, the divine Principle that obtains in
divine Science, destroys all error and brings immor-
tality to light. Because man is the reflection of his
Maker, he is not subject to birth, growth, maturity, de-
cay. These mortal dreams are of human origin, not
divine.
Jewish traditions
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The Sadducees reasoned falsely about the resurrec-
The Sadducees reasoned falsely about the resurrec-
tion, but not so blindly as the Pharisees, who believed