Article December 23, 1967 ISSUE

Let Us "commute this self-sentence"

DOUGLAS ROBERTS

Every discord we experience is imposed by our own false belief. No matter how real it seems or how badly the human body seems to be affected, it is entirely a mental condition superimposed upon the body. Mrs. Eddy makes this clear when she states: "Disease has no intelligence. Unwittingly you sentence yourself to suffer. The understanding of this will enable you to commute this self-sentence, and meet every circumstance with truth." Science and Health, p. 378;

Again she writes: "You say, 'I have burned my finger.' This is an exact statement, more exact than you suppose; for mortal mind, and not matter, burns it." p. 161 ; Mortal mind burns itself. It may also be said to disease itself, impoverish itself, age itself, defeat itself.

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