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we find its opposite, matter. Now reverse this action.
Look away from the body into Truth and Love,
the Principle of all happiness, harmony, and
immortality. Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring,
the good, and the true, and you will bring these
into your experience proportionably to their occupancy
of your thoughts.
(Unreality of pain)
The effect of mortal mind on health and happiness is
seen in this: If one turns away from the body with such
absorbed interest as to forget it, the body
experiences no pain. Under the strong impulse
of a desire to perform his part, a noted actor was
accustomed night after night to go upon the stage and
sustain his appointed task, walking about as actively
as the youngest member of the company. This old man
was so lame that he hobbled every day to the theatre, and
sat aching in his chair till his cue was spoken, - a signal
which made him as oblivious of physical infirmity as if
he had inhaled chloroform, though he was in the full possession
of his so-called senses.
(Immutable identity of man)
Detach sense from the body, or matter, which is only
a form of human belief, and you may learn the meaning
of God, or good, and the nature of the immutable
and immortal. Breaking away from the
mutations of time and sense, you will neither
lose the solid objects and ends of life nor your own
identity. Fixing your gaze on the realities supernal, you will
rise to the spiritual consciousness of being, even as the bird
which has burst from the egg and preens its wings for a
skyward flight.
(Forgetfulness of self)
We should forget our bodies in remembering good and
the human race. Good demands of man every hour, in
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