Chapter VII - Physiology
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The brain can give no idea of God's man. It can take
The brain can give no idea of God's man. It can take
no cognizance of Mind. Matter is not the organ of infi-
nite Mind.
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As mortals give up the delusion that there is more than
As mortals give up the delusion that there is more than
one Mind, more than one God, man in God's likeness will
appear, and this eternal man will include in that likeness
no material element.
The immortal birth
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As a material, theoretical life-basis is found to be a
As a material, theoretical life-basis is found to be a
misapprehension of existence, the spiritual and divine
Principle of man dawns upon human thought,
and leads it to "where the young child was,"
– even to the birth of a new-old idea, to the spiritual
sense of being and of what Life includes. Thus the whole
earth will be transformed by Truth on its pinions of light,
chasing away the darkness of error.
Spiritual freedom
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The human thought must free itself from self-imposed
The human thought must free itself from self-imposed
materiality and bondage. It should no longer
ask of the head, heart, or lungs: What are
man's prospects for life? Mind is not helpless. Intelli-
gence is not mute before non-intelligence.
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By its own volition, not a blade of grass springs up, not
By its own volition, not a blade of grass springs up, not
a spray buds within the vale, not a leaf unfolds its fair
outlines, not a flower starts from its cloistered cell.
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The Science of being reveals man and immortality as
The Science of being reveals man and immortality as
based on Spirit. Physical sense defines mortal man as
based on matter, and from this premise infers the mor-
tality of the body.
No physical affinity
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The illusive senses may fancy affinities with their op-
The illusive senses may fancy affinities with their op-
posites; but in Christian Science, Truth never mingles
with error. Mind has no affinity with matter,
and therefore Truth is able to cast out the ills
of the flesh. Mind, God, sends forth the aroma of Spirit,
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the atmosphere of intelligence. The belief that a pulpy
the atmosphere of intelligence. The belief that a pulpy
substance under the skull is mind is a mockery of intelli-
gence, a mimicry of Mind.
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We are Christian Scientists, only as we quit our reliance
We are Christian Scientists, only as we quit our reliance
upon that which is false and grasp the true. We are not
Christian Scientists until we leave all for Christ. Human
opinions are not spiritual. They come from the hearing
of the ear, from corporeality instead of from Principle,
and from the mortal instead of from the immortal. Spirit
is not separate from God. Spirit is God.
Human power a blind force
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Erring power is a material belief, a blind miscalled force,
Erring power is a material belief, a blind miscalled force,
the offspring of will and not of wisdom, of the mortal mind
and not of the immortal. It is the headlong
cataract, the devouring flame, the tempest's
breath. It is lightning and hurricane, all that is selfish,
wicked, dishonest, and impure.
The one real power
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Moral and spiritual might belong to Spirit, who holds
Moral and spiritual might belong to Spirit, who holds
the "wind in His fists;" and this teaching accords with
Science and harmony. In Science, you can
have no power opposed to God, and the physi-
cal senses must give up their false testimony. Your in-
fluence for good depends upon the weight you throw into
the right scale. The good you do and embody gives you
the only power obtainable. Evil is not power. It is a
mockery of strength, which erelong betrays its weakness
and falls, never to rise.
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We walk in the footsteps of Truth and Love by follow-
We walk in the footsteps of Truth and Love by follow-
ing the example of our Master in the understanding of
divine metaphysics. Christianity is the basis of true heal-
ing. Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed
love, receives directly the divine power.
Mind cures hip-disease
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I was called to visit Mr. Clark in Lynn, who had been
I was called to visit Mr. Clark in Lynn, who had been