Chapter XII - Christian Science Practice
No healing in sin
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every whit whole, man must be better spiritually as well
every whit whole, man must be better spiritually as well
as physically. To be immortal, we must forsake the
mortal sense of things, turn from the lie of false
belief to Truth, and gather the facts of being
from the divine Mind. The body improves under the
same regimen which spiritualizes the thought; and if
health is not made manifest under this regimen, this
proves that fear is governing the body. This is the law
of cause and effect, or like producing like.
Like curing like
370:10
Homoeopathy furnishes the evidence to the senses, that
Homoeopathy furnishes the evidence to the senses, that
symptoms, which might be produced by a certain drug,
are removed by using the same drug which
might cause the symptoms. This confirms
my theory that faith in the drug is the sole factor in the
cure. The effect, which mortal mind produces through
one belief, it removes through an opposite belief, but it
uses the same medicine in both cases.
The moral and spiritual facts of health, whispered
into thought, produce very direct and marked effects on
the body. A physical diagnosis of disease – since mor-
tal mind must be the cause of disease – tends to induce
disease.
Transient potency of drugs
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According to both medical testimony and individual
According to both medical testimony and individual
experience, a drug may eventually lose its supposed power
and do no more for the patient. Hygienic
treatment also loses its efficacy. Quackery
likewise fails at length to inspire the credulity
of the sick, and then they cease to improve. These les-
sons are useful. They should naturally and genuinely
change our basis from sensation to Christian Science,
from error to Truth, from matter to Spirit.
Diagnosis of matter
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Physicians examine the pulse, tongue, lungs, to dis-
Physicians examine the pulse, tongue, lungs, to dis-
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cover the condition of matter, when in fact all is
cover the condition of matter, when in fact all is
Mind. The body is the substratum of mortal mind,
and this so-called mind must finally yield
to the mandate of immortal Mind.
Ghost-stories inducing fear
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Disquisitions on disease have a mental effect similar
Disquisitions on disease have a mental effect similar
to that produced on children by telling ghost-stories in
the dark. By those uninstructed in Christian
Science, nothing is really understood of material
existence. Mortals are believed to be here without their
consent and to be removed as involuntarily, not knowing
why nor when. As frightened children look everywhere
for the imaginary ghost, so sick humanity sees danger in
every direction, and looks for relief in all ways except the
right one. Darkness induces fear. The adult, in bond-
age to his beliefs, no more comprehends his real being
than does the child; and the adult must be taken out of
his darkness, before he can get rid of the illusive suffer-
ings which throng the gloaming. The way in divine
Science is the only way out of this condition.
Mind imparts purity, health, and beauty
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I would not transform the infant at once into a
I would not transform the infant at once into a
man, nor would I keep the suckling a lifelong babe.
No impossible thing do I ask when urging
the claims of Christian Science; but because
this teaching is in advance of the age, we
should not deny our need of its spiritual unfoldment.
Mankind will improve through Science and Christi-
anity. The necessity for uplifting the race is father to
the fact that Mind can do it; for Mind can impart
purity instead of impurity, strength instead of weak-
ness, and health instead of disease. Truth is an altera-
tive in the entire system, and can make it "every whit
whole."