Chapter VIII - Footsteps Of Truth
Sickness as only thought
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included in matter. Man, being immortal, has a perfect
included in matter. Man, being immortal, has a perfect
indestructible life. It is the mortal belief which makes
the body discordant and diseased in proportion as igno-
rance, fear, or human will governs mortals.
Allness of Truth
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Mind, supreme over all its formations and governing
Mind, supreme over all its formations and governing
them all, is the central sun of its own systems of ideas,
the life and light of all its own vast creation;
and man is tributary to divine Mind. The
material and mortal body or mind is not the man.
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The world would collapse without Mind, without the in-
The world would collapse without Mind, without the in-
telligence which holds the winds in its grasp. Neither
philosophy nor skepticism can hinder the march of the
Science which reveals the supremacy of Mind. The im-
manent sense of Mind-power enhances the glory of Mind.
Nearness, not distance, lends enchantment to this view.
Spiritual translation
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The compounded minerals or aggregated substances
The compounded minerals or aggregated substances
composing the earth, the relations which constituent
masses hold to each other, the magnitudes,
distances, and revolutions of the celestial
bodies, are of no real importance, when we remember
that they all must give place to the spiritual fact by the
translation of man and the universe back into Spirit. In
proportion as this is done, man and the universe will be
found harmonious and eternal.
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Material substances or mundane formations, astro-
Material substances or mundane formations, astro-
nomical calculations, and all the paraphernalia of specu-
lative theories, based on the hypothesis of material law
or life and intelligence resident in matter, will ulti-
mately vanish, swallowed up in the infinite calculus of
Spirit.
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Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to un-
Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to un-
derstand God. It shows the superiority of faith by works
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over faith in words. Its ideas are expressed only in "new
over faith in words. Its ideas are expressed only in "new
tongues;" and these are interpreted by the translation of
the spiritual original into the language which human
thought can comprehend.
Jesus' disregard of matter
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The Principle and proof of Christianity are discerned
The Principle and proof of Christianity are discerned
by spiritual sense. They are set forth in Jesus' demon-
strations, which show – by his healing the
sick, casting out evils, and destroying death,
"the last enemy that shall be destroyed," –
his disregard of matter and its so-called laws.
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Knowing that Soul and its attributes were forever
Knowing that Soul and its attributes were forever
manifested through man, the Master healed the sick,
gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, feet to the
lame, thus bringing to light the scientific action of the
divine Mind on human minds and bodies and giving
a better understanding of Soul and salvation. Jesus
healed sickness and sin by one and the same metaphysical
process.
Mind not mortal
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The expression mortal mind is really a solecism, for
The expression mortal mind is really a solecism, for
Mind is immortal, and Truth pierces the error of mortality
as a sunbeam penetrates the cloud. Because,
in obedience to the immutable law of Spirit,
this so-called mind is self-destructive, I name it mortal.
Error soweth the wind and reapeth the whirlwind.
Matter mindless
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What is termed matter, being unintelligent, cannot say,
What is termed matter, being unintelligent, cannot say,
"I suffer, I die, I am sick, or I am well." It is the so‑
called mortal mind which voices this and ap-
pears to itself to make good its claim. To
mortal sense, sin and suffering are real, but immortal
sense includes no evil nor pestilence. Because immortal
sense has no error of sense, it has no sense of error; there-
fore it is without a destructive element.