Chapter X - Science Of Being
Elementary electricity
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Electricity is not a vital fluid, but the least material
Electricity is not a vital fluid, but the least material
form of illusive consciousness, – the material mindless-
ness, which forms no link between matter and
Mind, and which destroys itself. Matter and
mortal mind are but different strata of human belief. The
grosser substratum is named matter or body; the more
ethereal is called mind. This so-called mind and body
is the illusion called a mortal, a mind in matter. In reality
and in Science, both strata, mortal mind and mortal body,
are false representatives of man.
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The material so-called gases and forces are counter-
The material so-called gases and forces are counter-
feits of the spiritual forces of divine Mind, whose potency
is Truth, whose attraction is Love, whose adhesion and
cohesion are Life, perpetuating the eternal facts of being.
Electricity is the sharp surplus of materiality which coun-
terfeits the true essence of spirituality or truth, – the
great difference being that electricity is not intelligent,
while spiritual truth is Mind.
The counterfeit forces
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There is no vapid fury of mortal mind – expressed in
There is no vapid fury of mortal mind – expressed in
earthquake, wind, wave, lightning, fire, bestial ferocity
– and this so-called mind is self-destroyed.
The manifestations of evil, which counterfeit
divine justice, are called in the Scriptures, "The anger
of the Lord." In reality, they show the self-destruction
of error or matter and point to matter's opposite, the
strength and permanency of Spirit. Christian Science
brings to light Truth and its supremacy, universal har-
mony, the entireness of God, good, and the nothingness
of evil.
Instruments of error
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The five physical senses are the avenues and instru-
The five physical senses are the avenues and instru-
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ments of human error, and they correspond with error.
ments of human error, and they correspond with error.
These senses indicate the common human belief, that life,
substance, and intelligence are a unison of
matter with Spirit. This is pantheism, and
carries within itself the seeds of all error.
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If man is both mind and matter, the loss of one finger
If man is both mind and matter, the loss of one finger
would take away some quality and quantity of the man,
for matter and man would be one.
Mortal verdict
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The belief that matter thinks, sees, or feels is not more
The belief that matter thinks, sees, or feels is not more
real than the belief that matter enjoys and suffers. This
mortal belief, misnamed man, is error, saying:
"Matter has intelligence and sensation. Nerves
feel. Brain thinks and sins. The stomach can make a
man cross. Injury can cripple and matter can kill man."
This verdict of the so-called material senses victimizes
mortals, taught, as they are by physiology and pathology,
to revere false testimony, even the errors that are destroyed
by Truth through spiritual sense and Science.
Mythical pleasure
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The lines of demarcation between immortal man, repre-
The lines of demarcation between immortal man, repre-
senting Spirit, and mortal man, representing the error that
life and intelligence are in matter, show the
pleasures and pains of matter to be myths, and
human belief in them to be the father of mythology, in
which matter is represented as divided into intelligent gods.
Man's genuine selfhood is recognizable only in what is
good and true. Man is neither self-made nor made by
mortals. God created man.
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The inebriate believes that there is pleasure in intoxica-
The inebriate believes that there is pleasure in intoxica-
tion. The thief believes that he gains something by steal-
ing, and the hypocrite that he is hiding himself. The
Science of Mind corrects such mistakes, for Truth demon-
strates the falsity of error.