Chapter XV - Genesis
Original reflected
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themselves a task impossible for them, that of distinguish-
themselves a task impossible for them, that of distinguish-
ing between the false and the true. Objects utterly un-
like the original do not reflect that original. Therefore
matter, not being the reflection of Spirit, has no real en-
tity. Understanding is a quality of God, a quality which
separates Christian Science from supposition and makes
Truth final.
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Genesis i. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven.
Genesis i. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven.
And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Exalted thought
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Through divine Science, Spirit, God, unites under-
Through divine Science, Spirit, God, unites under-
standing to eternal harmony. The calm and exalted
thought or spiritual apprehension is at peace.
Thus the dawn of ideas goes on, forming each
successive stage of progress.
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Genesis i. 9. And God said, Let the waters under the
Genesis i. 9. And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry
land appear: and it was so.
Unfolding of thoughts
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Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their
Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their
proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts,
even as He opens the petals of a holy purpose
in order that the purpose may appear.
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Genesis i. 10. And God called the dry land Earth; and
Genesis i. 10. And God called the dry land Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called He Seas: and
God saw that it was good.
Spirit names and blesses
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Here the human concept and divine idea seem con-
Here the human concept and divine idea seem con-
fused by the translator, but they are not so in the scien-
tifically Christian meaning of the text. Upon
Adam devolved the pleasurable task of find-
ing names for all material things, but Adam has not yet
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appeared in the narrative. In metaphor, the dry land
appeared in the narrative. In metaphor, the dry land
illustrates the absolute formations instituted by Mind,
while water symbolizes the elements of Mind. Spirit duly
feeds and clothes every object, as it appears in the line
of spiritual creation, thus tenderly expressing the father-
hood and motherhood of God. Spirit names and blesses
all. Without natures particularly defined, objects and
subjects would be obscure, and creation would be full of
nameless offspring, – wanderers from the parent Mind,
strangers in a tangled wilderness.
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Genesis i. 11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
Genesis i. 11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding
fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:
and it was so.
Divine propagation
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The universe of Spirit reflects the creative power of
The universe of Spirit reflects the creative power of
the divine Principle, or Life, which reproduces the multi-
tudinous forms of Mind and governs the mul-
tiplication of the compound idea man. The
tree and herb do not yield fruit because of any propagat-
ing power of their own, but because they reflect the Mind
which includes all. A material world implies a mortal
mind and man a creator. The scientific divine creation
declares immortal Mind and the universe created by God.
Ever-appearing creation
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Infinite Mind creates and governs all, from the men-
Infinite Mind creates and governs all, from the men-
tal molecule to infinity. This divine Principle of all
expresses Science and art throughout His
creation, and the immortality of man and the
universe. Creation is ever appearing, and must ever con-
tinue to appear from the nature of its inexhaustible source.
Mortal sense inverts this appearing and calls ideas mate-
rial. Thus misinterpreted, the divine idea seems to fall