Chapter VII - Physiology
Our modern Eves
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the English poet, and there is truth in his sentiment. The
the English poet, and there is truth in his sentiment. The
action of mortal mind on the body was not so injurious
before inquisitive modern Eves took up the
study of medical works and unmanly Adams
attributed their own downfall and the fate of their off-
spring to the weakness of their wives.
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The primitive custom of taking no thought about
The primitive custom of taking no thought about
food left the stomach and bowels free to act in obedi-
ence to nature, and gave the gospel a chance to be seen
in its glorious effects upon the body. A ghastly array of
diseases was not paraded before the imagination. There
were fewer books on digestion and more "sermons in
stones, and good in everything." When the mechanism
of the human mind gives place to the divine Mind, self‑
ishness and sin, disease and death, will lose their
foothold.
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Human fear of miasma would load with disease the
Human fear of miasma would load with disease the
air of Eden, and weigh down mankind with superimposed
and conjectural evils. Mortal mind is the worst foe of
the body, while divine Mind is its best friend.
Diseases not to be classified
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Should all cases of organic disease be treated by a
Should all cases of organic disease be treated by a
regular practitioner, and the Christian Scientist try
truth only in cases of hysteria, hypochon-
dria, and hallucination? One disease is no
more real than another. All disease is the
result of education, and disease can carry its ill-effects
no farther than mortal mind maps out the way. The
human mind, not matter, is supposed to feel, suffer, en-
joy. Hence decided types of acute disease are quite as
ready to yield to Truth as the less distinct type and chronic
form of disease. Truth handles the most malignant con-
tagion with perfect assurance.
One basis for all sickness
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Human mind produces what is termed organic dis-
Human mind produces what is termed organic dis-
ease as certainly as it produces hysteria, and it must re-
linquish all its errors, sicknesses, and sins.
I have demonstrated this beyond all cavil.
The evidence of divine Mind's healing power and abso-
lute control is to me as certain as the evidence of my own
existence.
Mental and physical oneness
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Mortal mind and body are one. Neither exists without
Mortal mind and body are one. Neither exists without
the other, and both must be destroyed by immortal Mind.
Matter, or body, is but a false concept of mor-
tal mind. This so-called mind builds its own
superstructure, of which the material body is
the grosser portion; but from first to last, the body is a
sensuous, human concept.
The effect of names
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In the Scriptural allegory of the material creation,
In the Scriptural allegory of the material creation,
Adam or error, which represents the erroneous theory
of life and intelligence in matter, had the
naming of all that was material. These names
indicated matter's properties, qualities, and forms. But
a lie, the opposite of Truth, cannot name the qualities and
effects of what is termed matter, and create the so-called
laws of the flesh, nor can a lie hold the preponderance
of power in any direction against God, Spirit and
Truth.
Poison defined mentally
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If a dose of poison is swallowed through mistake, and
If a dose of poison is swallowed through mistake, and
the patient dies even though physician and
patient are expecting favorable results, does
human belief, you ask, cause this death? Even
so, and as directly as if the poison had been intentionally
taken.
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In such cases a few persons believe the potion swal-
In such cases a few persons believe the potion swal-
lowed by the patient to be harmless, but the vast ma-