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(Misleading methods)
By not perceiving vital metaphysical points, not seeing
how mortal mind affects the body, - acting beneficially
or injuriously on the health, as well as on the
morals and the happiness of mortals, - we are
misled in our conclusions and methods. We throw the
mental influence on the wrong side, thereby actually injuring
those whom we mean to bless.
(Remedy for accidents)
Suffering is no less a mental condition than is
enjoyment. You cause bodily sufferings and increase them
by admitting their reality and continuance,
as directly as you enhance your joys by believing
them to be real and continuous. When an accident
happens, you think or exclaim, "I am hurt!"
Your thought is more powerful than your words, more
powerful than the accident itself, to make the injury
real.
Now reverse the process. Declare that you are not hurt
and understand the reason why, and you will find the
ensuing good effects to be in exact proportion to your
disbelief in physics, and your fidelity to divine metaphysics,
confidence in God as All, which the Scriptures
declare Him to be.
(Independent mentality)
To heal the sick, one must be familiar with the great
verities of being. Mortals are no more material in their
waking hours than when they act, walk, see,
hear, enjoy, or suffer in dreams. We can
never treat mortal mind and matter separately, because
they combine as one. Give up the belief that mind
is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and
you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You
will understand yourself and your Maker better than
before.
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