Chapter VII - Physiology
Changed mentality
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mind and body undergo in the change of belief from a
mind and body undergo in the change of belief from a
material to a spiritual basis.
Scientific foresight
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Whenever an aggravation of symptoms has occurred
Whenever an aggravation of symptoms has occurred
through mental chemicalization, I have seen the mental
signs, assuring me that danger was over, before
the patient felt the change; and I have said
to the patient, "You are healed," – sometimes to his dis-
comfiture, when he was incredulous. But it always came
about as I had foretold.
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I name these facts to show that disease has a mental,
I name these facts to show that disease has a mental,
mortal origin, – that faith in rules of health or in drugs
begets and fosters disease by attracting the mind to the
subject of sickness, by exciting fear of disease, and by dos-
ing the body in order to avoid it. The faith reposed in
these things should find stronger supports and a higher
home. If we understood the control of Mind over body,
we should put no faith in material means.
Mind the only healer
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Science not only reveals the origin of all disease as
Science not only reveals the origin of all disease as
mental, but it also declares that all disease is cured by
divine Mind. There can be no healing ex-
cept by this Mind, however much we trust
a drug or any other means towards which human faith
or endeavor is directed. It is mortal mind, not mat-
ter, which brings to the sick whatever good they may
seem to receive from materiality. But the sick are never
really healed except by means of the divine power.
Only the action of Truth, Life, and Love can give
harmony.
Modes of matter
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Whatever teaches man to have other laws and to
Whatever teaches man to have other laws and to
acknowledge other powers than the divine
Mind, is anti-Christian. The good that a
poisonous drug seems to do is evil, for it robs man of
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reliance on God, omnipotent Mind, and according to be-
reliance on God, omnipotent Mind, and according to be-
lief, poisons the human system. Truth is not the basis of
theogony. Modes of matter form neither a moral nor a
spiritual system. The discord which calls for material
methods is the result of the exercise of faith in material
modes, – faith in matter instead of in Spirit.
Physiology unscientific
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Did Jesus understand the economy of man less than
Did Jesus understand the economy of man less than
Graham or Cutter? Christian ideas certainly present
what human theories exclude – the Principle
of man's harmony. The text, "Whosoever
liveth and believeth in me shall never die," not only con-
tradicts human systems, but points to the self-sustaining
and eternal Truth.
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The demands of Truth are spiritual, and reach the
The demands of Truth are spiritual, and reach the
body through Mind. The best interpreter of man's needs
said: "Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink."
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If there are material laws which prevent disease, what
If there are material laws which prevent disease, what
then causes it? Not divine law, for Jesus healed the
sick and cast out error, always in opposition, never in
obedience, to physics.
Causation considered
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Spiritual causation is the one question to be considered,
Spiritual causation is the one question to be considered,
for more than all others spiritual causation relates to
human progress. The age seems ready to
approach this subject, to ponder somewhat
the supremacy of Spirit, and at least to touch the hem
of Truth's garment.
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The description of man as purely physical, or as both
The description of man as purely physical, or as both
material and spiritual, – but in either case dependent
upon his physical organization, – is the Pandora box,
from which all ills have gone forth, especially despair.
Matter, which takes divine power into its own hands and