Editorial August 7, 1965 Issue

Man Is Not a Creature of Habit

William Milford Correll

Man is a spiritual idea; he is not a material mechanism. He represents the unfolding inspiration of divine Mind and not the repetitious beliefs of material thinking. It is important in the healing of sickness and sin to know that man is not a creature of habit.

Habit refers most often to a mechanical process. Material scientists interpret habit in terms of the chemistry of the brain or of the body. Psychology describes habit in terms of repeated material stimuli and response. It is considered as action without conscious thought, and it is based on the belief that life and intelligence are in matter. This fundamental error has been uncovered by Mrs. Eddy in her discovery of Christian Science.

Much of what is defined as sin falls into the category of habit and is based upon the belief that intelligence is in matter. Individuals may feel that they are victims of their bodies, that they can't help themselves, and that they are involuntarily swept along with the general beliefs of mortal mind. Paul spoke of this in his letter to the Romans (7:19), "The good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do."

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