When you walk into the kitchen at lunchtime, do you listen to mortal mind and wonder what to eat, or do you tell mortal mind what you’re going to eat?
If a co-worker says something caustic that offends your ego, do you let mortal mind determine how you react, or do you tell mortal mind how you’re going to respond?
If you hear a report of a contagion sweeping through town, do you listen to mortal mind’s fears about the disease and wonder if you’re going to stay healthy, or do you tell mortal mind that you’re going to stay healthy?
Mortal mind is a term used in Christian Science to designate all that is wrong and unreal. To material sense, mortal mind appears to oppose God and deny God’s existence. But to spiritual sense, it is nothing and has no power or influence.
To stay healthy and well, it’s vital that mortal mind be challenged with spiritual truth and reduced to its primal nothingness when it appears to be real through its various manifestations of evil. However, to do that, it needs to be challenged and proven unreal.
To stay on top of evil, it’s important to not let mortal mind boss you around. There is only one Mind, the divine Mind, and it plans out predictable health, order and peace for you to reflect every moment of your existence.
When it feels like mortal mind is trying to dictate your actions or experience, take charge of the situation and instruct mortal mind with spiritual truth. Put it in its place, of having no place, and demonstrate your God-given dominion to stay healthy and well.
Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “To remove the error producing disorder, you must calm and instruct mortal mind with immortal Truth” (Science and Health, p. 415). When obeying the one Mind, we are free of mortal mind.
Instruct mortal mind with spiritual truth, and live free!
“Put it in its place, of having no place,…”
That’s so true of what we need to be doing all the time with mortal mind, and thank you, Evan, for that small phrase. I’ll be able to use that!
If error calls, hang up! I read that long ago in a CS Sentinel. As always my gratitude for your alerting all.
Haha that’s good! Thanks for sharing.
A perfect reminder! Thank you so much.
Perfect, love this!
Ahhhh.. that one is a real keeper. Thanks Evan!!
Your message today is so very helpful. Thamk you.
Very good reminder. Thanks.
Thank you Evan, this is wonderful and so important, it is “our duty to ourselves, our leader, and mankind” to instruct mortal mind to bug off! Mortal mind’s mesmerism can seem so powerful and bossy. If we arent careful it sneaks around and distracts us with all kinds of garbage. “Every moment is a holy moment” (borrowed from a CS chat that tells us every seemingly bad thought or situation is an opportunity for us to take responsibility for what we are allowing in our thought.)
Thanks Trista. I like that quote.(=
Thanks Evan!
This message couldn’t have come at a better time!
So grateful for this blog. Variety of topics is outstanding. Thank you to Evan and all who contribute!!
Every day you give us an aha! This one for sure. And “Just Do It.” Thank you Evan for your dedication.
Great post Evan. Shirley of TX loved your short “If error calls, hang up.”
Excellent! Keep focussed on God and live at one with Holy Spirit.
Another treasure!! Thank you thank you thank you
Pray often to remind myself I only have the Mind of Christ voicing good ceaselessly to me and my natural responding is included in the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-acting, all-loving “Great I am” manifesting my being. God loves me, mine and all.
This is exactly what came to me this morning! That I needed to stand up to mortal mind and body and tell it what was true and not the other way around. I feels good to have the upper hand, to be in charge. Thank you Evan and all that commented on your blog for reinforcing my insight and giving me more ammunition!
Thank you Evan. That was wonderful!
Great post! Such a good reminder. It also caused me to think about a phrase I taught my own kids (now adults) when they were little, and also used to teach my Sunday School students. I would suggest that they just tell error to, “Buzz off Buster!” Something about that phrase to a kid always caused a giggle that was often just enough to break that “mesmerism” of error and turn to Truth. I’ve continued to tell error to “Buzz off!” as I affirm the Truth. Simple but effective. Thanks so much for another great post!
Several years ago a dear practitioner gave me the following:
1. “I see what it (animal magnetism) is trying to do.”
2. “Know that it cannot do it.”
3. “See that it is NOT DONE.)
Mary Baker Eddy Collection
Diary EF 113
The Mary Baker Eddy Library
I have found these instructions very helpful!
(.”……….knowing well that Thou wilt keep us ever in Thy blessed way. Hymn 58)
With thanks to Evan and those that comment.
Thank you Evan and fellow posters. Powerful information to demonstrate.