The mind science of Christ Jesus

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Introduction

With malice toward none, and love toward all, I present the truth as God has revealed it to me.

This book is not written to make converts to any sect ; but to make known to all people everywhere, some of the marvellous secrets of Christian Psychology.

The teachings herein contained are in harmony with the Bible, with scientific investigations and with every day practical experience.

No man needs so much to realize these truths, as does the true minister of Jesus Christ.

Multitudes of people, though earnestly desiring to know the real truth of God, are so dissatisfied with the sermons which they hear when they attend regular church services, that they refuse to identify themselves with any cf the orthodox dene nr nations.

Many preachers, being unspiritual and unscriptnral, fail utterly to provide spiritual nourishment for those who wait upon their ministry.

In many communities such preachers are looked upon as financial burdens.

The true minister of Jesus Christ is the kind of a burden that wings are to a bird.

Thousands of intelligent members of orthodox denominations are, every year, going over to Christian Science; because they see demonstrated in the lives of Christian Scientists, a certain power for good which is lacking in the majority of modern orthodox churches.

The orthodox ministry must face this issue fairly and squarely; and not take cowardly refuge in ridicule. The hundreds of thousands of members of orthodox churches, who are earnestly seeking to know the truth in regard to healing, are not going to be satisfied with hearing- the ministry declare that " Christian Scientists are a pack of fools;" whilst among the Christian Scientists themselves, they see daily and hourly demonstrations of a great power for good, which heals many bodies and sweetens many dispositions, of those who surrender themselves to it.

The thousands of intelligent orthodox church members who have already left the churches and gone over to Christian Science, have done so because they realized that the unspiritual unscriptural preachers, who unfortunately fill so many pulpits of the orthodox churches, are not proclaiming nor demonstrating the real truth of God; and not understanding the secrets of Christian psychology, they have jumped to the false conclusion that Christian Science must be and indeed is, the very truth of God.

No one who knows the facts doubts for one moment that there is power in the teachings of so-called "Christian Science," to heal many bodies and sweeten many dispositions; but I know, and I hereinafter absolutely prove, that the power of Christian Science is the power of human mentality only, and not the power of God.

I beg of my readers not to be narrow-minded, but to deal fairly with me, by studiously reading my book; for as God is my witness, I have written this book for the sole purpose of making known the truth of Grod to all truth seekers, irrespective of sect or creed. Life is too short and eternity too real, to waste time and energy debating any doctrine for the sake of argument, or for the sake of making converts to any sect.

Hundreds of millions of members of the human race, are living lives of suffering and despair, who would be saved, both physically and spiritually, if all the people who profess to believe in Jesus Christ were Christians in fact; demonstrating daily and hourly the truth of God.

The Author.

Contents

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I. What is Man? 10

II. What is God?. 11

Chapter I. WHAT IS MAN I

Each human being is one mind, indwelling a hnman body; and each mind is divided into three realms; the Conscious, the Subconscious, and the Superconscious.

These are not three minds, but three realms of one mind. These are not three personalities, but three divisions of the one personality.

Each realm has its separate and distinct functions.

The Conscious Realm of the human mind, is that division in which reason, judgment, will and the five senses, have their seat.

The Subconscious Realm of the human mind, is that division which controls the circulation of the blood, digestion, respiration and all involuntary muscular movements ; and in which intuition, memory, affection, emotion, conscience, belief, imagination, inspiration and genius, have their seat.

The Superconscious Realm of the human mind is the only division which has a capacity for God.

Chapter II. WHAT IS GOD?

"God created man in His own image." Gen. 1:27.

Man, as he came from his Creator, was the counterpart of God; and God, therefore, is the counterpart of man, as man was when he came from his Creator.

Man, when he came from his Creator, was one mind, divided into three realms; the Conscious, the Subconscious and the Superconscious; and God, therefore, is one mind, divided into three realms; the Conscious, the Subconscious and the Superconscious.

The male and female in man, when first created, were complete in one body — the father-mother man. "In the day that God created man ? in the likeness of God made He him; male and female created He them; and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created." Gen. 5:1, 2.

In the eternity before "time" was, the one Mind, God, consisted of two realms: the Father, the subconscious realm; and the Holy Spirit, the superconscious realm.

These two realms made complete the eternal, invisible, Father-Mother God.

The Father-Mother God begat Christ, the "only begotten Son," and the two realm mind was made to embrace three realms.

Had a separate and distinct God mind been imparted to Christ, there wonld have been two Gods, instead of one. In the infinite wisdom of the Father-Mother God, it was decided not to give a separate and distinct God mind to the only begotten Son, Christ, bnt rather to impart to Him certain functions of the two realm God mind; thereby creating a separate and distinct realm; cansing the two realm Mind to thereafter embrace three realms.

Since Christ was begotten, the one Mind, God, has been divided into three realms: Christ, the conscious realm; the Father, the subconscious realm; and the Holy Spirit, the superconscious realm.

"These three are one." I John 5:7. They are not three minds, but three realms of the one mind. These are not three personalities, but three divisions of the one personality.

Christ, the conscious realm, was begotten before any other being existed, apart from the eternal, invisible, Father-Mother God; and before anything material in the universe had been created. The Father-Mother God, the subconscious and superconscious realms of the one Mind, God, always has been and always will be invisible.

Christ, the conscious realm of the mind of God, was begotten in the visible form of God; and has at all times since been visible; and always will be visible.

The subconscious and supereonscious" realms of the mind of God, have spoken all their words and done all their works through the conscious realm: therefore all the knowledge that angels, or men, or other, beings throughout the universe, have concerning God, has been revealed through the words and works of Christ, the conscious and only visible and knowable realm of the mind of God.

Chapter III. THE CONSCIOUS REALM OF THE MIND OF

MAN.

The conscious realm is that division of the mind of man in which reason, judgment, will and the five senses, have their seat.

During prenatal and early childhood days, the influences which bear upon the mind are external; and the mind influenced is by no means responsible, whether the influences be for good or evil.

After accountability is reached; that is, when the reason is able intelligently to lay before the judgment the evidence in each case, and the judgment is able clearly to decide what is right and what is wrong, after duly considering the evidence; the will of the conscious realm becomes responsible for every voluntary act, and is approved or condemned by conscience according to its acts.

Dictionaries give the meaning of the word ' t conscience" as, "The moral sense which determines right and wrong;" bnt that is erroneous.

Every normal human being has reason and judgment; by the proper use of which he is capable of deciding what is right and what is wrong. If the will determines to do an act, which the judgment has decided it is right to do, conscience approves the act: but if the will determines to do an act, which the judgment has decided it is wrong to do, conscience condemns the act.

Though an act may in fact be wrong to do, conscience approves the doing of it so long as the judgment considers the act right: and though an act may in fact be right to do, conscience condemns the doing of it so long as the judgment considers the act wrong.

It is the intention of the will to do right or wrong, which establishes the innocence or guilt of the will.

Every decision is made by the judgment of the conscious realm; and every voluntary act is performed under the ruling of the will of the conscious realm.

The eternal destiny of each human being, after accountability is reached, is determined by the will of each. Until accountability is reached, each human being rests in the will of God; and His Word distinctly states that He is "not willing that any should perish." 2 Pet. 3:9. Christ

Jesus, the conscious realm of the mind of God, set His seal to this declaration when He said, * ' Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the Kingdom of God." Luke 18:16.

The conscious realm of the human mind is the court of last appeal, from the day accountability is reached, so long as reason remains, until the day of death.

For that which a human being inherits, he is not responsible until accountability is reached: but for that which the will determines, in regard to inherited tendencies, the human being is responsible.

Each normal human being has the power within himself to overcome every inherited tendency; and after accountability is reached, has the will to determine, very largely, what shall be his environment. If, through peculiar circumstances, some are unable to determine their environment, they still have the power within themselves, if properly directed and controlled, to overcome every evil influence.

Every thought, word, look and act of the conscious realm, has its part in the moulding of the subconscious realm. As the farmer must meet the demands of natural laws, before he can realize a harvest; so the human mind, must meet the demands of spiritual laws, before it can realize God. The will of the conscious realm determines whether or not the demands of spiritual laws will be met.

Heredity, environment and education are three of the prime factors in the moulding of human character. Education is, to a large degree, the result of the combined influences of thoughts, words, looks and acts of the conscious realm, upon the subconscious realm.

The conscious realm of the human mind may well be called artificial or unreal; in that its thoughts, words, looks and acts are frequently determined upon, not because judgment has decided they are wise or right, but because other human beings are doing the same things. Changes in fashions of wearing apparel are generally made for this reason only. Books are read, tours are made, houses are purchased and furnished according to certain ideas; and fads of all kinds are freely indulged; because others are doing or have done the same things.

Every thought, word, look and act of the conscious realm, whether artificial or otherwise, has its part in the moulding of the subconscious realm.

Chapter IV. THE SUBCONSCIOUS BEALM OF THE MIND OF MAN

The subconscious realm is that division of the mind of man which controls the circulation of the blood, digestion, respiration and all involuntary muscular movements; and in which intuition, memory, affection, emotion, conscience, belief, imagination, inspiration and genius, have their seat.

The forces of the subconscious realm are little understood and appreciated by the average man; although they constitute the greatest forces of the mind. The latent power of the subconscious realm of the average mind, if properly directed and controlled, is more than sufficient for the accomplishing of marvellous achievements.

Every normal human being has an almost inexhaustible reservoir of power in the subconscious realm of his mind. Unaided, undirected and uncontrolled, the subconscious realms in the minds of untold millions, have carried on the work of circulating the blood, digesting the food, purifying the lungs, and exercising the muscles, in spite of the mistakes of the conscious realms.

The vast majority of men have no realization of their greater selves.

They do practically all of their thinking with the conscious realms of their minds : and since the conscious realms are largely artificial and unreal, and extremely limited in their thought capacity, their lives are like their conscious thoughts, artificial, unreal, and extremely limited.

The conscious realm can think of but few things at one time; whereas, the subconscious realm has absolute perfect memory at all times, of every impression that has ever been made upon it; whether through the ears, the eyes, the other senses, or thought vibrations from any source.

The subconscious realm is suggestible; and is devoid of reason, judgment and will; therefore rejects no suggestion, but receives every suggestion at face value; whether it be true or false. If it were not for the reason, judgment and will of the conscious realm, the mind of man would be controlled absolutely by suggestion. The subconscious realm is utterly powerless to resist the autosuggestions of the conscious realm. Autosuggestions are ineffective, therefore, only when the conscious realm counteracts its own suggestions; or when they are counteracted by more emphatic suggestions of another mind.

A human being whose reason is unseated before accountability is reached is not responsible; and rests in the will of God.

Every normal human being is what he is, because of the decisions of his own will. Every normal human being has the power in himself to mould himself. The will of the conscious realm is absolute.

Millions of men are failures, because of the evil autosuggestions which they have permitted the conscious realms of their minds to give to the subconscious realms.

Making any kind of suggestion to one's self, is autosuggestion.

If a man autosuggests to the subconscious realm of his mind, that he is a fool and a failure, how can he in the nature of things ever expect to be anything but a fool and a failure? Every such suggestion is accepted and believed by the subconscious realm; and it is what the subconscious realm believes, tliat is the standard of the man. A man actually is, what he makes the subconscious realm of his mind believe he is. The subconscious realm is that part of a man's mind, which in the Bible is referred to as "The heart." "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."

This is not an opinion, but an inviolable law of God; an absolute statement of fact. The subconscious realm has power within itself to fashion the man according to its own beliefs.

The subconscious realm having neither reason nor judgment, has no means of knowing whether a statement made to it is reasonable or unreasonable, true or false, except through the reason and judgment of the conscious realm: and has no power to reject any suggestion, reasonable or unreasonable, true or false, except through the will of the conscious realm.

The functions of each realm are separate and distinct. The conscious realm is the seat of reason, judgment, will and the ftve senses; and these are not to be found in the subconscious or superconscious realms. The subconscious realm controls the circulation of the blood, digestion, respiration, involuntary muscular movements, and is the seat of intuition, memory, affection, emotion, conscience, belief, imagination, inspiration alnd genius; and these are not to be found in the conscious or superconscious realms. For instance, the conscious realm can love only through the love of the subconscious realm; and the subconscious realm can will only through the will of the conscious realm. Each realm is dependent upon the other realms, for the functions of the other realms.

When men think only with the conscious realms, their thoughts are limited to the functions of the conscious realm; but when they expand their thinking to embrace the subconscious realms, their thought capacity is enlarged to the extent of the functions of the subconscious realm.

Men have permitted the subconscious realms of their minds to lie practically dormant ever since the beginning of the human race ; and the wonder is that they can be resuscitated. Muscles of the body which are seldom used, become soft and flabby, and refuse to respond quickly even in time of need. The subconscious realm must be properly exercised and trained before it will respond satisfactorily. Being in a weakened condition by enforced idleness, it cannot be expected to respond powerfully under first instructions.

The subconscious realm is the great storehouse of the mind. In it is all the knowledge which has been gleaned through the years, by the study of the conscious realm. If properly directed and controlled, the subconscious realm can be made to give out all the knowledge which has been stored within it; at the time, and in the manner, that the will of the conscious realm may direct.

The memory, being one of the functions of the subconscious realm, is subject to control through suggestion and autosuggestion, and can be made to remember, or to cease to remember, at will. If the memory of some great grief, or disaster, or mistake, or sin, is constantly depressing one and interfering with the enjoyment of life, the subconscious realm can be instructed to cease to recall such an event; and it will obey the instruction. " Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto the things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Phil. 3:13, 14. It is also clear that the will of God exercises control over the function of memory in the mind of God, for He declares, "I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." Heb. 8:12. Students who learn bow to control the subconscious realms of their minds, are delivered from nervousness and selfconsciousness, which cause lack of memory at critical moments, such as examinations.

If the conscious realm deposits treasures of thought in the subconscious realm, and then buries them under heaps of rubbish, it is not to be expected that they shall be found the instant they are wanted, at a time of crisis. It always takes time to find things, no matter how valuable they may be, if they have been carelessly stored away; and covered with a lot of trash. Treasures of thought, after they have been stored away, should be reviewed as frequently as possible.

The subconscious realm cannot give out more than has been stored within it. If the thought food, which the conscious realm has fed to the subconscious realm, has been trash, then the preponderance of the product of the subconscious realm will be trash. The subconscious realm has stored within it, all that it has received through the study of the conscious realm, through its own intuitions, through its contact with other minds, and through thought vibrations. If it has been given opportunities to absorb wisdom through mingling with men of culture and education, it may have by absorption obtained enough intelligence to enable it to greatly improve upon the work of the conscious realm. If the subconscious realm has been starved through lack of good reading, or good thought food, it probably cannot be made to produce literature of real worth.

A man's library should be a striking index to his character. Most libraries need thinning out, like Gideon's army. God accomplished more with three hundred men of the right sort, than He could have accomplished with the original thirty two thousand men. Any student is better equipped with one dozen books of the right kind, than with a thousand books of the wrong kind. Library shelves should not be filled with popular novels, but with books which abound in thoughts which a keen thinking man of spiritual discernment would be desirous of storing away in the subconscious realm of his mind for future helpfulness. A poorly written book impresses upon the subconscious realm, a poor style of writing; whereas a masterful book carries with it the impression of a masterful style of writing. One cannot afford to be careless even along one line. The influence of trashy reading cannot fail to manifest itself in one's work. The subconscious realm absorbs impressions continually. The power of suggestion is so tremendous that it is impossible even to look upon a picture without being influenced to a considerable degree. The reading of the details of crime in one newspaper, effects one's thoughts detrimentally for weeks. There are so many thousands of worthy and helpful books, that it is almost criminal to waste precious time in reading trash. Subscribe only for good papers and read only helpful books.

Every thought, word, look and act of the conscious realm, has its influence upon the subconscious realm; and every such influence reacts upon the body, building it up or breaking it down, to that degree. Worry, anger, jealousy, malice, envy, bitterness, etc, act as poisons of a greater or lesser intensity, upon the organs of the body; and interfere with the functions of the same. Every good thought, or uplifting emotion, manufactures energy: whilst every evil thought, or degrading emotion, destroys energy. The body and mind react one upon the other. Good food, frequent bathing, fresh air and sunshine, all have helpful influences upon mind conditions.

The first book which should be placed in every library, is the Bible. The greatest masterpieces of literature, were written by men who were familiar with the Bible. In a christian nation, a man cannot honestly claim to be well educated, until he has familiarized himself with the Bible. Every book should be tested by its relation to truth. When I say " truth' ' I mean Christ Jesus, the conscious realm of the mind of God, who alone is the truth. Any book which causes its readers to doubt the absolute veracity of Christ Jesus, should have no place in the library of a right thinking man.

No saner words were ever uttered by human lips, than those which Daniel Webster spake, when he said, "If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, we shall go on prospering and to prosper: but if we and our posterity, neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us; and bury all our glory in profound obscurity."

What a man reads has not only a tremendous influence in forming his character, but also in determining the quality of his work. The majority of people spend their lives in imitating and envying the originalities of other people; while hidden away within the subconscious realms of their own minds, unknown and unsuspected, are powers of originalities far surpassing in real worth, the products of the minds of those whom they envy.

This phenomenon is witnessed every time a "best seller" is published. Ten thousand imitators immediately set to work to produce stories along the same line. The magazine editors, no better than the imitative writers, shape the policies of their magazines by the policies of other magazines; until one would think the majority of the magazines were edited by the same man, and contributed to by the same unoriginal twaddle writers. So long as a writer remains satisfied to imitate the writings of others, he need not expect to produce meritorious work.

No man can work subconsciously unless his thoughts are harmonious. Anger, or evil thoughts of any nature, retained in the conscious realm, make inspiration, or expression of genius, impossible.

Inspiration and genius have their seat in the subconscious realm; therefore, no matter how good has been the work done by any man working consciously, he has the power within the subconscious realm of his mind, to produce that which will make the work of the conscious realm look crude.

This is not only true in literature, but in every line. The musician, singer, sculptor, poet, painter, orator, preacher, novelist, can all improve greatly upon the best work of the conscious realms of their minds, by learning to work subconsciously.

If an orator, in the midst of an eloquent peroration, is made self conscious, aware of his hands and feet, and of the manner in which he is making his gestures, he instantly loses all power to sway his audience.

If an elocutionist be made selfconscious, while in the act of reciting, he will most probably forget even the words of his piece.

If an artist be made selfconscious, by some uncongenial person looking over his shoulder while he paints, he instantly loses all inspiration; and if he continues under the circumstances, his strokes will be mechanical. It is only by painting subconsciously that an artist can depict the feelings of his soul; and fix upon the canvas the fleeting lights and shadows which make real pictures.

The Spaniard Goya was a great painter even after he became insane. Birge Harrison, the artist, referring to the demented Goya, writes, "Naturally the character of his subjects was effected by his loss of mental control. They became ghastly and often incoherent, bnt the fundamental temperamental quality of his art remained great to the end. The temperamental man, dwelling deep down below the surface, had not been effected by the storm which played havoc with the surface nature. We are therefore forced irresistibly to the conclusion that temperament resides in the emotional, in other words, in the subconscious nature of man."

The only art critics who are worthy the name, are those who learn to judge pictures subconsciously. Mechanical work, which is the product of the conscious realm, can be justly criticised by the conscious realm of the mind of the critic: but subconscious work, which is the product of the subconscious realm, cannot be justly criticised by a critic who has failed to learn to judge subconsciously. Masterpieces are painted only subconsciously.

The conscious realm can think of very few things at one time; but the subconscious realm is the seat of perfect memory at all times. If, when time of crisis comes, the student has taught himself to work subconsciously, then selfconsciousness, which causes nervousness, forgetfulness and awkwardness, will be an unknown quantity.

One has never mastered a foreign language until he speaks it subconsciously. So long as a Frenchman, who is endeavoring to master the English language, thinks his thoughts first in French, and then translates them into English, just so long will he speak English in a lame and halting manner; but when his knowledge of the language becomes such that he thinks his thoughts in English, then he will speak the language freely.

It is the intuition of the subconscious realm which causes one to be instantly drawn to or repelled by, a complete stranger. If instead cf ignoring such intuitive impressions, we followed them, we would be saved from many of the treacherous friendships of life. People who make little or no impression upon us, when we first meet them, generally upon closer acquaintance prove to be largely negative quantities. People who have it in them to accomplish great things, whether for good or evil, radiate their personal influence. Subconscious first impressions are the only impressions to trust. Second impressions are untrustworthy; because they are partly the result of the reason of the conscious realm and are effected by appearances. The conscious realm is able to arrive at conclusions only through reason; and seldom, if ever, are all the facts relating to another individual made known to one's reason.

Dreams are in the realm of the subconscious; and are many times the result of unknown suggestions or influences. Dreams of almost any nature can be induced by autosuggestion. Many people, by concentrated thoughts and autosuggestions, have induced dreams which they claimed were visions from God. All suggested and longed for visions, are doubtless the product of the suggestions and longings ; having been subconsciously produced by autosuggestion. Dreams which come unsought, and which are strictly in accord with the teachings of Christ Jesus, may have their origin in the superconscions realm of the mind, and be influenced by the Spirit of God ; bnt dreams whose teachings are antagonistic to the teachings of Christ Jesus, are the product only of the subconscious realm. God cannot contradict Himself! Christ Jesus is the conscious realm of the mind of God; therefore, anything which is antagonistic to His teachings, is not of God.

God inspires men only through the superconscious realm of the mind, after the superconscious realm has experienced the new birth, having been fertilized and eternalized through the operation of the Spirit of God. It is an indisputable fact, in the light of the teaching of the Word of God, that the superconscious realm lies dormant in every man until he believes in the deity of Christ Jesus. Moreover, God never, under any circumstances, permits any man to add to or take from His own Word; or to make light of the blood of Christ Jesus, as the only propitiation for sin. Put no faith, therefore, in any dream, or so called revelation, which in the slightest degree is antagonistic to the teachings of Christ Jesus.

Children are peculiarly amenable to suggestion. The whipping of little children is often barbarous, brutal and cowardly; and is many times unnecessary. Many parents lose the love and confidence of their little ones by whipping. A parent who when angry whips a little child, is a coward. Any bad habit in a child can be cnred by loving, frequent, emphatic suggestions.