Editorial April 4, 1959 Issue

SEPARATING THE FALSE SENSES FROM IDENTITY

Helen Wood Bauman

Separating the mortal, material senses from identity is one step in ridding oneself of evil, and an indispensable step it is. For the material senses comprise mortal existence, and they must not be considered as God-given or actual. Christ Jesus was pointing out this false element of the human mind when he said to Nicodemus (John 3:6), "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." A little later he said, "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

That this fundamental teaching of Christianity was lost through the inroads of materialism is one of the greatest tragedies of human history. For this loss caused Christians to accept a state of dualism as normal and to attempt to unite unnaturally that which is incapable of being united—physical senses and spiritual senses, which dwell side by side in human consciousness. The result of this attempt has been the delay of humanity's escape from sin, disease, poverty, and death—products of the false, corporeal senses.

Christian Science mercifully restores the lost meaning of the Master's teachings. The Science of his mission is now made plain as many students of Christian Science realize the godless, unreal nature of senses that contradict the very existence of God and His moral and spiritual substance, inasmuch as these senses take no cognizance whatever of God, Spirit, or of His creation. One cannot touch an individual to find whether or not he is truthful. One cannot see, or hear, or taste the purity and intelligence and love that constitute man in God's likeness. So far as the material senses are concerned, spiritual realities have no existence.

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