Chapter VII - Physiology
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him a belief of intense pain. His eyes were inflamed by
him a belief of intense pain. His eyes were inflamed by
the light. After the babbling boy had been taught to
speak a few words, he asked to be taken back to his dun-
geon, and said that he should never be happy elsewhere.
Outside of dismal darkness and cold silence he found no
peace. Every sound convulsed him with anguish. All
that he ate, except his black crust, produced violent
retchings. All that gives pleasure to our educated senses
gave him pain through those very senses, trained in an
opposite direction.
Useful knowledge
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The point for each one to decide is, whether it is mortal
The point for each one to decide is, whether it is mortal
mind or immortal Mind that is causative. We
should forsake the basis of matter for meta-
physical Science and its divine Principle.
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Whatever furnishes the semblance of an idea governed
Whatever furnishes the semblance of an idea governed
by its Principle, furnishes food for thought. Through as-
tronomy, natural history, chemistry, music, mathematics,
thought passes naturally from effect back to cause.
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Academics of the right sort are requisite. Observa-
Academics of the right sort are requisite. Observa-
tion, invention, study, and original thought are expansive
and should promote the growth of mortal mind out of it-
self, out of all that is mortal.
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It is the tangled barbarisms of learning which we
It is the tangled barbarisms of learning which we
deplore, – the mere dogma, the speculative theory, the
nauseous fiction. Novels, remarkable only for their
exaggerated pictures, impossible ideals, and specimens
of depravity, fill our young readers with wrong tastes
and sentiments. Literary commercialism is lowering the
intellectual standard to accommodate the purse and to
meet a frivolous demand for amusement instead of for
improvement. Incorrect views lower the standard of
truth.
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If materialistic knowledge is power, it is not wisdom.
If materialistic knowledge is power, it is not wisdom.
It is but a blind force. Man has "sought out many inven-
tions," but he has not yet found it true that knowledge can
save him from the dire effects of knowledge. The power
of mortal mind over its own body is little understood.
Sin destroyed through suffering
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Better the suffering which awakens mortal mind from
Better the suffering which awakens mortal mind from
its fleshly dream, than the false pleasures
which tend to perpetuate this dream. Sin
alone brings death, for sin is the only element
of destruction.
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"Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body
"Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body
in hell," said Jesus. A careful study of this text allows
that here the word soul means a false sense or material
consciousness. The command was a warning to beware,
not of Rome, Satan, nor of God, but of sin. Sickness,
sin, and death are not concomitants of Life or Truth.
No law supports them. They have no relation to God
wherewith to establish their power. Sin makes its own
hell, and goodness its own heaven.
Dangerous shoals avoided
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Such books as will rule disease out of mortal mind, –
Such books as will rule disease out of mortal mind, –
and so efface the images and thoughts of dis-
ease, instead of impressing them with forcible
descriptions and medical details, – will help
to abate sickness and to destroy it.
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Many a hopeless case of disease is induced by a single
Many a hopeless case of disease is induced by a single
post mortem examination, – not from infection nor from
contact with material virus, but from the fear of the
disease and from the image brought before the mind; it
is a mental state, which is afterwards outlined on the
body.
Pangs caused by the press
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The press unwittingly sends forth many sorrows and
The press unwittingly sends forth many sorrows and
diseases among the human family. It does this by giv-