Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth
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direct opposition to them and in defiance of all material
direct opposition to them and in defiance of all material
conditions.
No fleshly heredity
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The transmission of disease or of certain idiosyncra-
The transmission of disease or of certain idiosyncra-
sies of mortal mind would be impossible if this great fact
of being were learned, – namely, that nothing
inharmonious can enter being, for Life is God.
Heredity is a prolific subject for mortal belief to pin the-
ories upon; but if we learn that nothing is real but the
right, we shall have no dangerous inheritances, and fleshly
ills will disappear.
God-given dominion
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The enslavement of man is not legitimate. It will
The enslavement of man is not legitimate. It will
cease when man enters into his heritage of freedom, his
God-given dominion over the material senses.
Mortals will some day assert their freedom in
the name of Almighty God. Then they will control their
own bodies through the understanding of divine Science.
Dropping their present beliefs, they will recognize har-
mony as the spiritual reality and discord as the material
unreality.
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If we follow the command of our Master, "Take no
If we follow the command of our Master, "Take no
thought for your life," we shall never depend on bodily
conditions, structure, or economy, but we shall be masters
of the body, dictate its terms, and form and control it with
Truth.
Priestly pride humbled
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There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has
There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has
all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dis-
honor God. The humble Nazarene overthrew
the supposition that sin, sickness, and death
have power. He proved them powerless. It should have
humbled the pride of the priests, when they saw the dem-
onstration of Christianity excel the influence of their dead
faith and ceremonies.
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If Mind is not the master of sin, sickness, and death,
If Mind is not the master of sin, sickness, and death,
they are immortal, for it is already proved that mat-
ter has not destroyed them, but is their basis and
support.
No union of opposites
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We should hesitate to say that Jehovah sins or suffers;
We should hesitate to say that Jehovah sins or suffers;
but if sin and suffering are realities of being, whence did
they emanate? God made all that was made,
and Mind signifies God, – infinity, not finity.
Not far removed from infidelity is the belief which
unites such opposites as sickness and health, holiness
and unholiness, calls both the offspring of spirit, and
at the same time admits that Spirit is God, – vir-
tually declaring Him good in one instance and evil in
another.
Self-constituted law
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By universal consent, mortal belief has constituted
By universal consent, mortal belief has constituted
itself a law to bind mortals to sickness, sin, and death.
This customary belief is misnamed material
law, and the individual who upholds it is mis-
taken in theory and in practice. The so-called law of
mortal mind, conjectural and speculative, is made void
by the law of immortal Mind, and false law should be
trampled under foot.
Sickness from mortal mind
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If God causes man to be sick, sickness must be good,
If God causes man to be sick, sickness must be good,
and its opposite, health, must be evil, for all that He
makes is good and will stand forever. If the
transgression of God's law produces sickness, it
is right to be sick; and we cannot if we would, and should
not if we could, annul the decrees of wisdom. It is the
transgression of a belief of mortal mind, not of a law of
matter nor of divine Mind, which causes the belief of sick-
ness. The remedy is Truth, not matter, – the truth that
disease is unreal.