Do not be deceived into arguing down any of the various symptoms, as in an ordinary case of sickness; contagion has none, in that sense. Epidemic is pure hypnotic contagion; it is fear, not physical contact.
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Disease is not only mental, it is mesmeric. How shall we break the mesmerism? Have you ever said to yourself, “I am the temple of the living God, the place where limitless Life and Mind are in operation, the place where dullness and distress cannot enter”?
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When passing through the belief of sin, sickness or death, are you going to make a reality of it, or are you going to pick up the serpent and have no fear; but know that the serpent once handled becomes a rod, a staff? If made a reality it becomes a stumbling block.
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We must make nothing of mortal beliefs and mental malpractice. See the nothingness of these bland or aggressive denials of Truth and handle them with ever increasing intelligence and effectiveness. But at the same time, let us be wise in dealing with them.
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...Christian Science shows clearly how the whole teaching of the Bible converges upon this one point; how, as men came to realize the power and presence of God, evil was overcome and dissipated, as a thing powerless and unreal. In thus demonstrating the all-power of good, the allness of God, Jesus destroyed the belief in any power or presence of evil...
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You entertained wrong mental states for weeks and months before the resulting disease developed. Is it any wonder that you should be required to entertain right and God-like habits of thought for weeks before the disease disappears?
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May the allness of God, Love, and the nothingness of aught else serve to cover the question of your protection, and the allness of good, and the powerlessness and non-existence of evil be the reality of your thought.
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Truth demonstrated is not a flight from one extreme to another, but is a “firmament” to divide the waters from the waters. Desire ye that your “flight” (your turning) from matter to Spirit, be not in the absence of demonstration…. “On the Sabbath day” — the Sabbath spiritually seen; have we ever pictured it? — the Sabbath of the world! Now is the time to work, to turn from matter to Spirit.
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Begin to act as though you had dominion, and as though the fear was a baseless fraud; and for the sole reason that Good is omnipotent, and that a knowledge of the Truth does make free from error, you will find, to your joy, and perhaps surprise, that men, governed by Intelligence, can triumph over evil.
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You must use the abilities you have. Man is God-acting, so think of it as God-acting, not God helping man. No suggestion can stand between you and progress. It may take work because of the beliefs of obstruction, but do not be fooled by them. You can do it because God is the source of opportunity. You can gain all things through Christ.
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