Editorial July 27, 1981 Issue

Man's indestructible senses

DeWITT JOHN

Perception belongs to Mind, not matter. This is the radical, uncompromising basis on which Christian Science heals disorders and impairments of sight, hearing, and the other senses.

The perception of a thing or an idea is the consciousness of it. Perception is consciousness. Metaphysically speaking, perception is inherent in divine Mind, God, and absolutely inseparable from Mind, because perception is one of the capacities of infinite, all-knowing intelligence.

To mortal view, eyes, ears, and nervous system are complex constructions of matter through which information passes to the human mind; they are external to consciousness yet support it; and sometimes they act independently of mind by malfunctioning. But to spiritual understanding, seeing, hearing, feeling, and all other perceptive faculties are elements of knowing, which is the conscious activity of Mind, Soul. These faculties exist within Mind. Their substance is Spirit, not matter. And since they are manifestations of Mind, Soul, Spirit, they belong to man, because he is Mind's individualized reflection including all that Mind creates.

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