Part 8 (2/2)
summit in Science that otherwise could not be reached, -where the struggle with sin is forever done.
_Can all cla.s.ses of disease be healed by your method?_
We answer, Yes. Mind is the architect that builds its own idea, and produces all harmony that appears. [20]
There is no other healer in the case. If mortal mind, through the action of fear, manifests inflammation and a belief of chronic or acute disease, by removing the cause in that so-called mind the effect or disease will disappear and health will be restored; for health, _alias_ harmony, [25]
is the normal manifestation of man in Science. The divine Principle which governs the universe, including man, if demonstrated, is sufficient for all emergencies.
But the pract.i.tioner may not always prove equal to bringing out the result of the Principle that he knows to [30]
be true.
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_After the change called death takes place, do we meet_ [1]
_those gone before?-or does life continue in thought only_ _as in a dream?_
Man is not annihilated, nor does he lose his ident.i.ty, by pa.s.sing through the belief called death. After the [5]
momentary belief of dying pa.s.ses from mortal mind, this mind is still in a conscious state of existence; and the in- dividual has but pa.s.sed through a moment of extreme mortal fear, to awaken with thoughts, and being, as material as before. Science and Health clearly states [10]
that spiritualization of thought is not attained by the death of the body, but by a conscious union with G.o.d. When we shall have pa.s.sed the ordeal called death, or destroyed this last enemy, and shall have come upon the same plane of conscious existence with those gone before, then we [15]
shall be able to communicate with and to recognize them.
If, before the change whereby we meet the dear de- parted, our life-work proves to have been well done, we shall not have to repeat it; but our joys and means of ad- vancing will be proportionately increased. [20]
The difference between a belief of material existence and the spiritual fact of Life is, that the former is a dream and unreal, while the latter is real and eternal. Only as we understand G.o.d, and learn that good, not evil, lives and is immortal, that immortality exists only in [25]
spiritual perfection, shall we drop our false sense of Life in sin or sense material, and recognize a better state of existence.
_Can I be treated without being present during treatment?_
Mind is not confined to limits; and nothing but our [30]
own false admissions prevent us from demonstrating this
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great fact. Christian Science, recognizing the capabili- [1]
ties of Mind to act of itself, and independent of matter, enables one to heal cases without even having seen the individual,-or simply after having been made ac- quainted with the mental condition of the patient. [5]
_Do all who at present claim to be teaching Christian_ _Science, teach it correctly?_
By no means: Christian Science is not sufficiently un- derstood for that. The student of this Science who under- stands it best, is the one least likely to pour into other [10]
minds a trifling sense of it as being adequate to make safe and successful pract.i.tioners. The simple sense one gains of this Science through careful, unbiased, contemplative reading of my books, is far more advantageous to the sick and to the learner than is or can be the spurious [15]
teaching of those who are spiritually unqualified. The sad fact at this early writing is, that the letter is gained sooner than the spirit of Christian Science: time is re- quired thoroughly to qualify students for the great ordeal of this century. [20]
If one student tries to undermine another, such sinister rivalry does a vast amount of injury to the Cause. To fill one's pocket at the expense of his conscience, or to build on the downfall of others, incapacitates one to practise or teach Christian Science. The occasional tem- [25]
porary success of such an one is owing, in part, to the im- possibility for those unacquainted with the mighty Truth of _Christian_ Science to recognize, as such, the barefaced errors that are taught-and the damaging effects these leave on the practice of the learner, on the Cause, and [30]
on the health of the community.
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Honest students speak the truth ”according to the [1]
pattern showed to thee in the mount,” and live it: these are not working for emoluments, and may profitably teach people, who are ready to investigate this subject, the rudiments of Christian Science. [5]
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