Article June 15, 1981 Issue

"Cat is not cause!"

KAREN M. WITSCHI

Mortal mind—the counterfeit of God, the only Soul or Mind—claims to reverse the infinite law of good and so instigate disharmony. Allergies are one result of such supposed reversal. An allergy is a mistaken sense of relationship—the false suggestion that one idea of God can react with another.

In their real identity, flowers and animals are Soul's expression. Lovely blossoms radiate beauty, symmetry, fragrance, and color. Our pets express devotion, trust, affection. How could harm proceed from characteristics such as beauty and intelligent trust? Mrs. Eddy says, "What an abuse of natural beauty to say that a rose, the smile of God, can produce suffering!"^{Science and Health, p. 175.}

We can see ourselves as pure, perfect ideas originating in the one all-good source, Soul; then we begin to recognize that our true substance is wholly spiritual. Serenity, joy, activity, strength, are among God's qualities, expressed in all individual being. Self-existent Soul contains no element of irritation or inharmony.

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