“When the first symptoms of disease appear, dispute the testimony of the material senses with divine Science…. Suffer no claim of sin or of sickness to grow upon the thought.”
~ Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, p. 390
Symptoms of disease may feel physical, but they are mental. This is a truth that is so cool to understand because something of the mind can be revised and improved, and quickly for the better if one is determined to stay healthy.
With millions of people fearing Covid, these are times to be especially diligent about not accepting symptoms of Covid from entering thought and body.
If symptoms appear, be quick with rebuttals of the intruding error and cast it out promptly. Be quick to acknowledge the facts of divine Science instead.
Divine Science explains how God governs the universe spiritually. It is God’s law in operation giving man health and strength to live fully and abundantly.
The laws of divine Science are always at work in your being, giving you everything you need to stay healthy and well.
Stay aware of God’s law operating on your behalf. Acknowledge only God-control over your health.
Admit the spiritual truth of your being, and refuse to admit symptoms of error.
Side with the facts of divine Science, and stay well.
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Thanks for sharing this article, it expresses these ideas so clearly, I have printed it out to share with a friend who is not a Christian Scientist. Thank you for acting on your inspiration to share ❤️
Thank you Angie for sharing this.. There are so many beautiful and deep truths to ponder over and work with here!
Thanks Angi
Thank you very much for this, Evan. Reminds me of this from Science and Health page 495: “When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought.” and there is more good advice to follow that on the same page..
Thanks for this good reminder to move quickly to erase a lie.. iIf you were out hiking and something unpleasant landed on your skin you would remove it immediately – why not mentally as well? Cheers
Instead of swatting flies, we’re swatting lies!
Love that Anna, swatting lies…….and discarding them into the trashbin of nothingness.
Yes! 🙂
Anna, Love it! (=
The best defense is a strong offence. What appears in many testimonies is II Timothy 1:7.
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and love and of a sound mind”.
I made a label of this and other verses and keep them within sight and in mind.
Each time error tries to get a hold of my thought I remember this and many others.
It is grand to express gratitude for this truth. A most powerful offence against error.
Thank you all for this mornings reflections.
Thank you Evan and all readers comments.
Thank you Evan and Angie for the link to such a helpful article. I also have printed this out….❣️
I am so grateful for spiritview Evan, thank you to the moon and back and forever. Gratitude also for all the amazing follow up feedback from others, along with links to articles and suggested bible verses.
Great morning to all!!❤️
A great big zero “0”has no more power that a tiny zero “0”
(Wish I could change the size of the 0 but you get the idea.)
My CS Teacher asked us in class what is error, or mortal mind? We said a lie, nothing. He put a big zero on the chalkboard. But then he said to take it a step further, and he erased the zero.
Thank you, Evan, and all the others! And thank you, DMK for sharing your teacher’s clear description of the nothingness of error and all that is going on today. The current lies promoted today are nothing. This is a wonderful reminder to focus so completely on God that nothing else enters thought. Our reflection of Mind is complete.
I’m so grateful for the topic this morning. “Quickly Reverse Symptoms of Disease” How important to stay vigilant in our understanding that Covid is not a gift from God, therefore not a reality. And how interesting that a false belief can mesmerize most of the world 24/7 according to the barrage of news and then constantly be regurgitated by seeming mortal minds. I’m also grateful that the ideas shared here are always applicable to a multitude of situations.
I had the very opportunity early this morning to quickly reverse symptoms of “dis-ease” of mortal mind. I woke up very early this morning to help my husband get ready for work and then decided to lay back down for a little while after he left. It seemed as though my mind was spinning its wheels non-stop with unuseful nonsense that felt very aggravating, irritating and exhausting. I think I laid like that for almost an hour in a sort of half hazy sleep with all this junk swirling around. My alarm finally went off and I felt exhausted and super annoyed. It was still dark out, and the suggestion was just to go back to sleep for a while to rest from all that nonsense. Instead I decided to refute all of it. I made a couple of simple declarations acknowledging God-Mind, harmony, order. Promptly following, the thought from our lesson this week from Science and Health came: “The consciousness of Truth rests us more than hours of repose in unconsciousness.” This brought immediate peace and I got up. That was the end of it. This is something I’ve been confronted with before and the agitation could last for days.
What a gift we’ve been given in this Science. It’s simple, unlaborious when we let go of a self separate from God. We are healthy, well, perfect right now, no matter what the worldly thought is screaming at us. So important for us to stay vigilant in our own experience. We have access to the only power that can heal all error.
Thank you, Trista! Very helpful sharing of your determination to stick with Perfect Mind, the only All.
Thanks Trista, I can totally relate to the early morning agitation and the
“half hazy sleep with all this junk swirling around.” We express the One Mind, and that Mind contains no agitated, anxious thoughts. God’s Peace is our birthright. Let’s refute these lies, I’m right with you.
And to Angie, thanks for expressing Love by sending us wonderful articles to ponder.
I love this very profound yet simple truth that we are mental not physical. The article brings that out so clearly! Thank you Angie! I think it’s a point so often missed when practicing CS. We are not healing matter. We are healing a belief that we are matter!
Only mortal mind has a wrong belief. My 2nd year lin college I went to see a practitioner about a serious chest problem. After talking about the truths we had been discussing she looked me in the eyes and with authority said:
you can wake up you can wake up right now.” Suddenly I was one with God all was in divine harmony. I ran back to the dorm. Later I found out I had been healed of TB.
I have this message from Jack Hubbell, C.S.B., on my refrigerator:
“If you fear something, it’s a sure sign it doesn’t exist because it is not of God. If the condition isn’t good, it’s not of God; if not of God, it isn’t true. If not true, it’s powerless. Security is not so much a matter of where you are or what you are doing, as it is what you are and what you are thinking.”
Thank you, Evan, for your message to guide us in thinking the right thoughts! And thanks to all for sharing your heartfelt inspiration – so helpful!
Thanks Evan. I loved, “the laws of divine science are always at work in your being…”. This takes away any sense of burden that we have to humanly make something happen, as it is ALWAYS at work.
Someone asked me to pray with them a few days ago and one thing that came to me about this person was:
They are not matter
They’ve never been matter
They can never be matter
Nothing can turn them into matter!
This is true for every one of us. Also very helpful to me is to remember that matter doesn’t know anything and can’t do anything, it is inert and mindless. Love to each of you in SpiritView land, so grateful!
I have often found Rob Gilbert’s (CSB) anagram of ARK to be a quick and decisive treatment to any symptoms or situation: 1. Allay the fear
2. Reverse the error
3. Know the reason why
These three points, prayerfully reasoned, lift thought from sudden fears and symptoms to realize the power and presence of God.
Thank you , Evan, for today’s blog and for all of the thoughtful responses.
yes yes yes
Thank you very much Evan reminding me how to conquer everything which is not from God, Spirit. It seems not so easy sometimes but last night I had to addresse something and I did clang very much to God and His idea (which I am) see p. 495 in Science and Health what DavidM mentioned above here. Am very glad the seeming ailment disappeared, and late in the night I got calm and am very grateful I could come to sleep. God is with us day and night!
Thank you so much, Evan for your so helpful and loving SpiritView!
I feel like printing a t-shirt with some of the statements you have written there, Evan. Thank you SO much!
I have gone back over and over the video clip you did about guarding our thought against malpractice. I keep reading p.441-442 which really help guard the thought too. As well as the Dailies in the Manual… this all so helps in guarding and guiding thought. Mankind is being blessed by all this good work going on. Jesus did instruct us to “watch and pray” ….
Thanks for reminding us of this.
What is animal magnetism?
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