One culprit that can send the healing process into seemingly endless and unnecessary innings or overtimes is a misapprehension of what it is that needs healing. One cruelly puckish aggressive mental suggestion of mortal mind is the red herring that it should even be obvious to a dolt that it is matter that needs healing when the body is in revolt, whereas we learn in Christian Science that it should be plain to a Mortimer Snerd that there is no something in nothing (matter) eligible for healing despite a seemingly vivid, but vacuous, melee of affliction.
An eraser does not correct a botched computation. Computation and correction are mental processes, which may be expressed on a sheet of paper, but those visible numbers, correct or incorrect, are not realities. It is always wrong thinking that needs correcting, i.e., healing, not sensory evidence. An errantly directed pencil point (I know, nobody uses pencils any more, but work with me on this, as Ross Perot used to say) is innocent as a newborn babe, though the flawed human thought guiding it via the hand is not and needs to profit from the salutary effects of the operation of the Christ, Truth, in consciousness.
Corner cutters should not, moreover, delude themselves that a superficial mental combover, outre or otherwise, will "beat the devil", notwithstanding Mr. Trump's bravura coiffure.
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You're back on, blogger. Have missed your well-written essays. Thanks for your latest.
You're into alliterative titles of late, I see. They do tend to draw the reader in. I enjoyed reading this.
I appreciate the way you continue to alert your readers to the need to dig deeper into Science, to do the our religion requires of its followers.
Hi there,
You have such a fresh and original way of presenting CS truths. Always enjoy seeing what you've been pondering, Christian.
Do you know what I always think of when I read one of your blog posts? What Mary Baker Eddy writes at the beginning of "Science and Health" -- "The time for thinkers has come."
You're doing your bit.
A pleasure reading something that someone has spent time thinking about, and putting into very clear prose.
Thanks!
Yes, as our Leader brings out in the textbook, the metaphysician in dealing with diseases, whatever, works solely with the thought of the patient (or oneself), and not with physical symptoms. My words, not hers, of course.
God is so good to us in giving us your excellent essays, Christian.
Thanks for another well written blog posting. Keep up the good work you're doing. We do need thinkers out here.
One of your commenters may have been thinking of this passage from Science and Health where Mrs. Eddy writes, "Christian Science deals wholly with the mental cause in judging and destroying disease."
This is on page 157.
Morning Christian,
I hope you'll get back to taking on Boston. You do sarcasm best, in my opinion.
Disregard what a previous commenter has said. Stay on the high road metaphysically speaking. The Field needs strong, healing material!
Really do like reading your website. You seem to think deeper than many CS's I know, and you certainly do put your thoughts into clear, correct sentences. Are you an English professor perchance?
Nice job you're doing, blogger. Almost always get a good thought or two to take away from your postings.
Extremely well done, as yours usually are. I enjoy your writing.
Appreciate your ongoing efforts to strengthen our Cause by encouraging students of CS to work smarter. And harder!
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