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likeness. He reflects the infinite understanding, for I am
Infinity. The beauty of holiness, the perfection of being,
imperishable glory, - all are Mine, for I am
God. I give immortality to man, for I am
Truth. I include and impart all bliss, for I am Love.
I give life, without beginning and without end, for I am
Life. I am supreme and give all, for I am Mind. I am
the substance of all, because I AM THAT I AM.
(Heaven-bestowed prerogative)
I hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the understanding
of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed harmony, - that,
as you read, you see there is no
cause (outside of erring, mortal, material sense
which is not power) able to make you sick or
sinful; and I hope that you are conquering this false sense.
Knowing the falsity of so-called material sense, you can
assert your prerogative to overcome the belief in sin, disease,
or death.
(Right endeavor possible)
If you believe in and practise wrong knowingly, you
can at once change your course and do right. Matter can
make no opposition to right endeavors against
sin or sickness, for matter is inert, mindless.
Also, if you believe yourself diseased, you can
alter this wrong belief and action without hindrance from
the body.
Do not believe in any supposed necessity for sin, disease,
or death, knowing (as you ought to know) that God
never requires obedience to a so-called material law, for
no such law exists. The belief in sin and death is destroyed
by the law of God, which is the law of Life instead
of death, of harmony instead of discord, of Spirit
instead of the flesh.
(Patience and final perfection)
The divine demand, "Be ye therefore perfect," is scientific,
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