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Praying for Peace
It is evident that human thought has more than one source. If thoughts all came from the one Mind, God, they would all be in harmony. But human consciousness includes many thoughts that clash with other thoughts. The general belief in matter says that this is the natural result of a natural fact—that thoughts originate in the brain and there are many brains, hence many minds. Christian Science insists that the brain cannot originate thoughts because the brain is merely a part of the general belief, which is false. In Christian Science we name this belief mortal mind.'
There's no explanation for the existence of a mind other than the one divine Mind, for there really isn't such a mind. But the evidence of the existence of a mortal mind seems very real. In fact, this false, mortal mind seems to influence human thought most of the time. We see this influence in mankind's concern with material things. And we see it in human behavior that expresses the mortal mind influence—in selfishness, hatred, prejudice, crime, violence, and so on. We see it also in disease.
Disease, in a sense, is a small-scale reproduction of what goes on in a world influenced by mortal mind. Like a portion of a community roused to violence over what is actually an untruth, disease represents a portion of the body made to act in a disorderly way over a suggestion that is not true. The violence ceases when the truth is made known. The disease ceases when the mortal mind suggestion is exposed as false and human consciousness is no longer influenced by it. In both instances the cessation of evil reveals something of the truth of being. But the healing of disease points to the one Mind as the truth not only of health but of harmony among men.
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April 8, 1972 issue
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A Good Neighbor
ERNEST C. PEARSON
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Resolving Difficulties
PEARLINE B. THOMPSON
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Beyond Appearances
LESLIE C. BELL
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Overcoming Fear in the City
EVA ANDERSON
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FRIENDLY UNIVERSE
Rosemary Cobham
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Despite the Difference in Life-styles . . .
KRISTOFFER C. HORNTVEDT
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Spiritual Dominion
CORA J. GIBSON
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What Do You Make of It?
MORTON BRAINARD KEEGAN
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How Can I Best Express My Individuality?
Nate Ouderkirk
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God's Flowers
MINNIE AKINS and DELLA PEARL SMITH
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Praying for Peace
Carl J. Welz
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Everyone Is Special
Naomi Price
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I submit this testimony with much humility and gratitude to...
Miriam S. Mades with contributions from Stephen Philip Mades
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"Divine Science, the Word of God, saith to the darkness upon...
Margaret K. Ayres with contributions from Joseph William Ott, Pauline Ott
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Words cannot express my gratitude for Christian Science
Waunita Husted