Basic statements and health treatment of truth; a system of instruction in divine science and its application in healing and for class training, home and private use ...

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Book S*Jl

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Preface

The arrangement of this consecutive course of condensed lessons, under the heading of Basic Statements and Treatment, is designed to be a simple, practical method which, when understood and practiced will enable students to realize wholeness for themselves, and for others. Wholeness is comprised of pure Being, perfect thought and result. It is the all of Life, Love, Truth, Intelligence, Substance, Power, and Presence for which we are seeking. It means Health, Satisfaction and Success.

Part I Basic Statements Of Divine Sciexce For

I. Healing by the Christ Method - - - - 11

BE SINCERE IN YOUR EFFORTS

PART 1 1 Introductory - - - - - - 27

Directions for Application of Treatment - 28

Whatto Accept and Whatto Reject, as Taught at Home College

I. Statement of Being. At-one-ment is Harmony. At-

one-ment is Salvation. Agree with Thine Adversary Quickly. Treatment of Wholeness - - 31

II. Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Make You Free Treatment of Perpetual Health Against Mortal Inheritance ------ 35

III. I have Overcome. Treatment, of Adjustment for the

Healing of Environment - - - - 37

IV. Treatment, of Illumination. Dehypnotizes from Erron-

eous Beliefs of Subjection - - 39

V. The Way of Life. Perfection of Body '- - 40

VI. Strait is the Gate and Narrow the Way Which Leadeth

Unto Life. Treatment, of Dominion Over all Suffering - - - - - - - 42

VII. Treatment, for Opulence 44 VIII. He that Believeth on Me. the Works That I Do Shall

He Do Also. Treatment, to Demonstrate the

Comforter - - - - - - 45

IX. Like Expresses Like. Treatment. Against Bodily Limitation and for Demonstration of Opportunities - 47 X. Specific Treatment of Dominion - 49 XL Scientific Treatment Against the Desire for Liqu 50 XII. Treatment, Truth for General Bodily Healing - - 51 XIII Treatment, for Perfect Sight 52 XIY. Treatment, for Healing of all Acute Disease - - 52 XV. Treatment, for Perfect Digestion 54 Brief Summary - - - - - - 55

<PART I DIVINE SCIENCE STATEMENTS

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HEALING BY THE CHRIST METHOD

THE basis for the manifestation of power in the Christ Method of Healing is knowledge of at-one-ment of man and God. "I and my Father are one'' means one and the same in nature, possibility, and power ; not two Beings, Spirits or Minds. The Creator of an ever-present living creation must necessarily be infinite and limitless from eternity to eternity ; hence, there can be neither finite being nor limitation.

Most people believe creation to be an event of the past, and that creative action ceased with the accomplishment of that event. Where this is believed, it is claimed that creation belongs to time and place. This claim cannot be true, for all that live, live within and unto God, and are, therefore, living within the omnipresent Creator throughout eternity ; and must be, begin, end and be complete in God now. If Being and the beginning of its expression were not eternal, existence would have no relationship with God at this time. "The way, the truth and the life," must be the origin of all living things ; hence, all things must in the end find their abiding place in Being where they have origin, which makes them eternal. As "I Am" is the Word which is the light of the world, and of every man that comes into the world, everything lives within Me and is illumined with My glory, even as the burning bush was to Moses, aflame with the light of My Holy presence.

Not until we conceive that all things are now alive unto God's eternity and wholeness, and not unto time, shall we "witness the beginning of creation." When we cease thinking, speaking and acting, as if the body, or anything pertaining to it, belongs unto time, and is dependent on place, we shall have ceased talking about death, and planning for the grave. A full understanding of Divine Science, the living truth of what we are, is a Knowledge of God in creation, that creation is God expressed.

HEALING

There are various ways by which the attention of people may be arrested and called to the Christ Method of Healing. Some are interested through hearing of the healing of others and are thus caused to give it consideration. Wanting healing, as they do, either for themselves or friends, they are induced to try this method, and as it results in the health and satisfaction for which they have long sought, they in turn are ready to interest others.

They who say, "If one can be healed, another can, hence, healing is for me," speak wisely. They virtually declare the vital truth for themselves — that "There is no respect of persons with God." This decision is good, it comprehends much, it is a receptive attitude which is ready for successful results. Again, others are advised by friends to try the Christ Method, and as they have done all they knew to do — having exhausted every method that has been presented for the salvation of man — they accept the advice, and resolve to try the Truth, which to know makes them free, and are made whole.

The ways by which people are led to investigate Divine Science and practice it may vary ; but what all are seeking to know is, when and how to begin. Nozu is always the accepted time, the only time to begin. The moment you want to be healed is the right time to commence the work. It is understood by all that there can be no result without a cause, and cause can bring forth no result without action, so now is the time to act and produce results. No one can enjoy health as a result of treatment until the treatment is commenced. Hence, the beginning must necessarily precede the result. There is something for each one to do who wants healing, though the nature of the work to be done may differ from all previous attempts made to regain health. Much has been said in the class-room, written and published, explanatory of methods by which healing is done, which are considered helpful in their nature ; but in the Christ Method, a knowledge of Being that which is whole, is the one thing necessary as a basic Principle for demonstration.

How can we heal others, see them w r hole, when there is a beam in our own eye? The supposition that there is something in our nature that is the opposite of God will see motes and blemishes in others ; for that which sees and describes false belief as real, is itself false belief. Knowledge never believes error to be truth. When a child understands the principle by which to solve his problem, he neither believes that error is truth, nor that a mistake stands for calculation.

The responsibility as to the result of treatment does not rest exclusively with the person employed in giving treatment. Christ, in the patient, who is "The Way, the Truth and the Life," compels no. personified false beliefs to accept Him, and think and believe that they are whole. God creates all things, but does not create opinions concerning them. It is a matter of choice, called free will, whether we pronounce with God or otherwise. "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve," whether it be the Truth that the infinite whole is God, and is perfect, or whether it be the false supposition that there is something else, that is imperfect. Those wanting to be healed should do their part and be willing to recognize and receive unto themselves the Truth that they are whole. The record of Life, the truth of Being, says that we have eternal life with God. This being true, we must necessarily have eternal health in God, and be satisfied and happy.

The teaching of Jesus stands above all teachings preceding it, in that He taught that knowledge of the Truth, applied, heals, or puts an end to sickness ; for there can be no sickness in God or Good, hence can be none in Truth. His practice proved the truth of His preaching, for He not only healed the sick when called upon to do so, but his command to the disciples was to go forth into all the world, and preach the gospel unto every creature, and heal the sick. It is not sufficient to enable us to demonstrate wholeness that we think the truth for a portion of creation, for Truth must erase the false belief of the world's apostasy from God; and thus proceed forth with the Holy Spirit into all the w r orld, even unto the ends of the earth.

"Go show yourselves to the Priests," Jesus said unto the ten lepers who called upon him to have mercy on them. The appeal was made as he approached, which, spiritually speaking, made the conjunction or at-one-ment in thought, between them ; they went their way, which was according to his direction or commandment ; hence, the result was they realized that they were whole, and were clean.

The first requirement in this method of healing is that of giving up the false supposition and unsatisfying belief of a self-hood separate from God. This change of conception is the spiritual act of baptizing unto repentance, which precedes the taking on of at-one-ment — the baptism of the Holy Spirit. At-one-ment is the yoke that is easy, — / / the bond of union which makes every burden light.

Where two are agreed upon earth as touching any one thing there is at-one-ment, and / am is in the midst of them with perfect demonstration. What is agreed upon shall be granted unto them. No line is to be drawn between the one employed in giving treatment and the one receiving it. The two should agree, and thus be one in the Truth, of which they seek demonstration. If it be health, the freedom and harmony of Truth, that is sought to be realized, the first thing to do is to agree that health is, and is for you; and if for you, it is present; what is not present cannot be realized, enjoyed, or demonstrated. In this you have the whole plan of success. You have now determined to shape your thought, word, and deed, according to the Truth of what is, and is for you, and is at hand. So, there is no postponement, neither is there seeking for something to come from afar ; what you ask for is come ; is yours now.

"No" should never be taken for an answer, and in order to prove that "No" is not an accepted answer you are to cease making negative claims and doing that which is contrary to Truth. God accepts no excuses, even as the principle in mathematics admits no excuses in the solution of a problem, but demands that the principle be adhered to if demonstrated in the example. Make your claims according to Truth. Claim to be Truth, and your words will be words of Life — the pure, white "Yes" of God. Let man, created in Christ Jesus, in righteousness and holiness of Truth, use the pronoun / as meaning the unlimited nature of the All Good. The Canaanitish woman was so determined to have her daughter healed that she refusel to recognize any obstacle to that result. All should be thus determined who ask for healing, and the result following- will be the same as it was with her.

As the word that is. with God, and is God, made the world, and is its light and life, one should stop discussing the question as to whether it is God's will that we be whole, — made to enjoy health. The will of an all-powerful God to make whole must of necessity be one and the same at all times. God must be without variation or shadow of turning. His will must be for the absolute perfection and goodness of each one in every respect. The habit of setting up obstacles, claiming difficulties, and making excuses should be given up. The infinite All, when accepted as being all Good, God, proves to be health, success and harmony without limit. After having heard the Truth, nothing but a willingness to continue in old lines of belief and tradition can hinder any one from having a realization of wholeness. Since it is God's will that all should feel well, and right habit of thought based in Being will bring this about, there is no reason why all should not enjoy health in the knowledge of Truth. It is an easy matter to reject the belief that there are difficulties to be overcome, obstacles in the way, excuses to be made, and to accept the whole Truth, and to know and enjoy freedom. Begin your work at once by saying, What has been done, I can do. I can realize myself to be whole. There is nothing in me, or of me that is not harmonious. Speak these words in faith and persist in acting in line with them ; actions speak louder than words sometimes.

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BE SINCERE IN YOUR EFFORTS

If you have sought in many ways and spent a fortune in your search for health, and have failed to find it, do not hesitate to try the Divine Science method, it will heal you. Your past experience has embraced methods of treatment based in the erroneous claim of physical causation, accompanied with hope of getting well, which at best, can only change one condition of belief for another. These changes have been brought about by going from one locality to another, change of scenery, or perhaps by a few little pellets ; being made in belief only, and as to condition, these changes do not touch the plane of eternal Life, or Being ; hence, do not touch our unchanging health. "God is the health of his people/' The Christ or Divine Science method of healing proves that wholeness is to be enjoyed in Truth and nowhere else. It demonstrates that health is eternal ; that success is ever at hand. Your past experience has been based in a mere hope of getting well. Now, try the only true method of knowledge and faith — that of being well. "Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect." Perfect being must necessarily precede perfect thinking ; perfect thinking must precede perfect results either in words, deeds, or sensations. This is infallible law. Truth frees by proving that you are not bound.

If physicians have said that your case is incurable, if they have exhausted their skill upon you, and said there is no help for you, remember, their skill consists in administering' external remedies and in performing operations. "In vain shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured." Their skill is not that of bearing fruit of the Spirit of Truth, and creating anew, which is the only true demonstration of health there is. Healing is , producing results direct from Spirit, or Principle. Give no place to what your friends have said about your case. Let your determination to succeed be a matter wholly between you and God. God never pronounces against any one, and does not say that your case is incurable or hopeless. He has no method but the one of perfection. He says : "Be whole, because I am whole" ; "Thy faith hath made thee whole" ; "Thou art loosed from infirmities." rt My freedom is thine."

Age is not an obstacle in the way of either knowing or demonstrating the freedom of Truth. Why limit the body by time, and the claim of age? It is eternal in idea and substance. The notion that mental faculties must fail with increasing years is a false one, and is as unreliable as is the belief that mental faculties are born of the brain, and that mind or spirit is evolved from the body. The truth is that mental faculties, the brain, and entire body are the manifestations of Mind or Spirit, and Mind can never fail. /Hence, you are always just old enough to be well, and to think right, and to know and remember all there is in Truth. Now is just the right time to prove that you have health, are happy and satisfied. Xow r is the time to bring eternal Life and immortality to light, and bear witness of the truth of what vou are. ,

Because you have spent large sums of money trying to get well; do not hold that as an objection against trying this method. When it is once settled in your consciousness that you want and can realize freedom and wholeness, the only question that should arise is : Do I want to realize it more than "anything else; how 7 much do I want health ; what am I willing to do for it ? Be not divided in your thought between money and what may be accomplished. Let neither money, time, nor anything, be as an obstacle in your way. Your determination will not falter if your purpose is one and undivided. Say, my birthright is health, wholeness and satisfaction, and think and act accordingly; do not barter it for any number of excuses. If necessary, give up all former habits of belief, speaking and acting, and conform all to the Principle of Truth.

Jesus never denies that he is the Truth — the at-one-ment of God and man ; but says, in the hour of seeming need : "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth." Each one should say : I am here to bear witness of the truth as much in the hour of seeming need as at any other time, and this is my time. To this end was I born. My existence bears witness of truth and life. I need no medicine. I cannot serve God and Mammon. The taking of medicine will not prove that I am eternal Life and Truth, or free from the liability of disease. I therefore declare I am health and wholeness. I and my Father are one, and not two ; hence, I am complete in Him, and find nothing in my existence to remedy. The I Am is sufficient unto all things needful.

As you have proven that all the claims made for external remedies are powerless to give the unchanging health and satisfaction for which you have sought, begin your work on the plane of Being, by being in God, and you will find what you have sought. If you have had no opportunity of studying Divine Science in a class, or have found no one to give you private instruction, who understands the Truth, then be as faithful to Truth contained in this little book as you have been in obeying the doctor's directions. Put yourself entirely in the hands of Truth, and do as it directs. Argue not within yourself or with another about Divine Science.

Do not talk as if you were personally too good, or your opinions too true, to have brought about the diseased conditions from which you are seeking freedom, but that God was not too good to have brought them upon you, and that they must, therefore, be endured. Let the Christ knowledge speak in you in all things. Declare that nothing I have believed in the past can prevent the true idea of God from being demonstrated in me. Do not criticise this new and living method, Divine Science, nor condemn the statements made in this book ; for surely, if you ask, and ask not amiss, it will be necessary that you assume, mentally, the attitude of one receiving. See, therefore, that you are willing to receive, by gladly acknowledging that you do possess what you have asked for. The truth herein recorded will be your teacher and healer, and will give you the necessary instruction to bring forth your conscious understanding of Truth.

Expect no one to devote their time to you without making some return for it. The law of giving is also the law of receiving ; the entire business of the world is transacted through this law of exchange. Giving opens the channels for receiving. It is both spiritually and literally true from the individual standpoint that they who give, receive, and they who receive, give. Equal exchange, in the business world, is justice. The great desire, under general cultivation in the world, is that of getting, and giving as little as possible in return. This desire prevents many from realizing their divine opulence, for it is just the opposite of the Law of wholeness and success, which is, to render full measure for that which is given. There is no real freedom in this desire, nor is there any real possession in the desire to get something without rendering a just equivalent. As "the laborer is worthy of his hire/' one might as justly demand another's money for nothing as to demand that one should give his time and labor for nothing. To render a just equivalent for all things, in our dealings w r ith each other, is honorable, righteous and helpful. No teacher or healer ever thinks of charging for the Truth ; hence, the charge is for the time spent in behalf of the students' and patients' welfare.

If healing is not instantly or quickly realized, be reasonable, sincere and willing to persevere. Do not say : I have given it a fair trial with a few treatments ; but say to yourself : I am willing to believe that health is ; hence, I am willing to say that I do not believe that I have any disease. Be as faithful in claiming that you have health, and that you are in a state of perfect harmony, as false belief has been in claiming to be diseased and inharmonious. Be as willing to persevere with Truth as yon have been to take medicine and experiment with external remedies ; and you will soon prove that Divine Science is all you need to bring out the full realization that God is your sufficiency. The instant your thought and belief is at-one with the idea of God, you will realize freedom. Do not postpone being well. Do not postpone for to-morrow what ought to be done to-day. The belief that you will receive by and by, keeps putting off, and prevents you from realizing in the sweet, happy now. You cannot speak the truth of Infinite Spirit without saying : I am well now ; I am free now ; I am health now ; I am satisfied now ; I succeed now. You cannot say : I hope for these things some time, and speak the word of God as he speaks it. Thus it is clear that the Christ Alethod is the demonstration of Principle. This is Life's 'new and living way." Speak as God would speak, and your words will be living words, and your feelings, environments and success, will be shaped accordingly. Then will you be glad that you were told to say these things. The Infinite's idea is kept before you in this method. "Hold fast the form of sound words."

Avoid thinking, talking, or reading of sickness, or of any kind of trouble. Do not describe symptoms or sensations to any one. If friends or members of your own family ask after your feelings and symptoms, and you describe them, it prevents you from yielding thoroughly to the treatments ; for when these conditions are talked about, they are still given form in memory ; hence, they have not been given up. You can do much for yourself by avoiding" everything that tends to keep in memory the condition from which you wish to be free. To prove the Christ Method, you are to be courageous, determined, and faithful, and think and act the truth that you have being in God now. Study Divine Science thoroughly, get an understanding of its law, and you will realize freedom and be able to liberate others from false claims and conditions. Do not attempt to mix or confuse Divine Science w T ith former beliefs and opinions. As Good, or God, is no respecter of persons, say to yourself : I can do all that has been done. "He that believeth shall do the things that I do," is a promise for all. Yet, of myself, apart from the one All, I can do nothing. It is God in me who is doing the works. The law to be demonstrated is the Christ method, and is mathematically exact. When wholeness is fully comprehended it is realized ; and it is known that there is no disease in Truth, Ease, peace and eternal rest are in the truth of at-one-ment. One is the number of unity, and not two. /

Part II Introductory Introductory

TO BE, is in the present. To act, is in the present. The result of action is in the present. Action and the result of action have no power over Being, nor do they attempt to have. They are the power of Being expressing itself and expressed.

The true idea of a future and continuous Life is to be found in the eternity of the Life we now are. As the Life or Being that now is is eternal, we are now what we shall ever be.

As eternity is a continuation of the present — a neverending now, and Being is eternal, to Be at all is to Be wdiat is real and eternal now. Postponement of the use and full enjoyment of our divine inheritance is prophecy, but the fulfillment of all prophecy is in the present. Any and all action is in the present. It is not possible to begin the accomplishment of any work either in the past or future, hence xow is the beginning ; so, "When ye pray, believe that ye receive, and ye shall have." There can be no result in the present without acting in the present, and no present action without Being. Xow is the time to Be, to Do, and to have the result or fruit of our doing. "Now is the accepted time." It is to be understood that Divine Science

28 DIRECTIONS FOR TREATMENT

treatment when given to any one, no matter what the socalled disease is named, is to heal now. "To-day is the day of salvation.'' To-day is ever-present salvation.

This book is designed to correct the false race belief of separation of God and man, and the various theories of dualism arising therefrom. It is intended to eliminate the claim that man is ungodly, but can become godly through a process of doing, and to establish him in the consciousness that he is now altogether godly. False beliefs do not constitute man, nor have they anything to do with his existence ; to realize his divinity and eternity it is necessary to refuse to entertain the false race beliefs about man.

DIRECTIONS FOR APPLICATION OF TREATMENT

God, the Good, being the Infinite Whole, the one All, it is God who is whole, and of whose wholeness is expressed in man. To ask in the name of God is to declare wholeness for ourselves ; to acknowledge that it is already ours is true asking ; God neither expresses nor knows any reality but wholeness, so to ask and ask not amiss is to believe ourselves whole, without spot or blemish. This is keeping the covenant of at-one-ment.

In the thoughts and words of God alone is to be enjoyed the full realization of wholeness. It is therefore intended that these treatments be used with the understanding that they are God's spoken word, the Truth of all living. We can only realize at-one-ment by being as God is, and thinking the same thoughts and speaking the same words. Do not hesitate to make statements for vourself , that are

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true of God — the infinite Whole. In Truth there is nothing higher than wholeness and nothing lower. Realization of the truth of what you claim will be according to the faith you have in Truth. To believe that you are heirs of God, and to realize that you have received and are in possession of your inheritance, is to believe that you are every whit whole, and that every member and atom of your body is alive unto God now and ever will be.

To apply the following treatments, students should first commit to memory the Statement of Being and make it fully their own, then begin with treatment Number one and devote one day to its study and application. Read it over and over many times. The next day study and apply treatment Number two in the same manner; continue the same each succeeding day, with the treatment next in order, unto the end. Then begin over and rehearse in the same order. The Statement of Being should be read every day in connection with the treatment of the day. This practice will unfold to you the truth of Being and bring forth health, mental peace and successful effort. These lessons and treatments correct the erroneous belief of separation from God or Life, which is the underlying mistake made in attempting to solve life's problem from a false premise ; and thus erase the false belief of a fall, and enable the student to understand and enjoy the truth that the problem of Life is already solved and demonstrated in his existence. Then is the truth of Principle seen to spring forth speedily in health, satisfaction, and success ; which may be likened to a well of pure water springing up within you unto everlasting life.