Christian Science Bible Lessons
- Section 2 -
(Mind the only cause)
The foundation of mortal discord is a false sense of man's
origin. To begin rightly is to end rightly. Every concept which
seems to begin with the brain begins falsely. Divine Mind is the
only cause or Principle of existence. Cause does not exist in
matter, in mortal mind, or in physical forms.
114:1-6 Chapter 6: Science, Theology, Medicine
(Definition of mortal mind)
Usage classes both evil and good together as mind; therefore,
to be understood, the author calls sick and sinful humanity
mortal mind, - meaning by this term the flesh opposed to Spirit,
the human mind and evil in contradistinction to the divine Mind,
or Truth and good.
115:9 Chapter 6: Science, Theology, Medicine
The great difficulty is to give the right impression, when
translating material terms back into the original spiritual
115:12-10 Chapter 6: Science, Theology, Medicine
SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATION OF IMMORTAL MIND
GOD: Divine Principle, Life, Truth, Love, Soul, Spirit, Mind.
MAN: God's spiritual idea, individual, perfect, eternal.
IDEA: An image in Mind; the immediate object of understanding. -
SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATION OF MORTAL MIND
First Degree: Depravity.
PHYSICAL. Evil beliefs, passions and appetites, fear, depraved
will, self-justification, pride, envy, deceit, hatred, revenge,
sin, sickness, disease, death.
Second Degree: Evil beliefs disappearing.
MORAL. Humanity, honesty, affection, compassion, hope, faith,
Third Degree: Understanding.
SPIRITUAL. Wisdom, purity, spiritual understanding, spiritual
power, love, health, holiness.
In the third degree mortal mind disappears, and man as God's
image appears. Science so reverses the evidence before the
corporeal human senses, as to make this Scriptural testimony true
in our hearts, "The last shall be first, and the first last," so
that God and His idea may be to us what divinity really is and must
of necessity be, - all-inclusive.