Chapter X - Science Of Being
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When the last mortal fault is destroyed, then the final
When the last mortal fault is destroyed, then the final
trump will sound which will end the battle of Truth with
error and mortality; "but of that day and hour, knoweth
no man." Here prophecy pauses. Divine Science alone
can compass the heights and depths of being and reveal
the infinite.
Primitive error
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Truth will be to us "the resurrection and the life" only
Truth will be to us "the resurrection and the life" only
as it destroys all error and the belief that Mind, the only
immortality of man, can be fettered by the
body, and Life be controlled by death. A sin-
ful, sick, and dying mortal is not the likeness of God, the
perfect and eternal.
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Matter is the primitive belief of mortal mind, because
Matter is the primitive belief of mortal mind, because
this so-called mind has no cognizance of Spirit. To
mortal mind, matter is substantial, and evil is
real. The so-called senses of mortals are material.
Hence the so-called life of mortals is dependent on
matter.
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Explaining the origin of material man and mortal mind,
Explaining the origin of material man and mortal mind,
Jesus said: "Why do ye not understand my speech?
Even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your
father, the devil [evil], and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it."
Immortal man
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This carnal material mentality, misnamed mind, is
This carnal material mentality, misnamed mind, is
mortal. Therefore man would be annihilated, were it
not for the spiritual real man's indissoluble
connection with his God, which Jesus brought
to light. In his resurrection and ascension, Jesus showed
that a mortal man is not the real essence of manhood, and
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that this unreal material mortality disappears in presence
that this unreal material mortality disappears in presence
of the reality.
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-