Christian Healing

...how defective. The one important thing the student of spiritual science The study of the laws of the mind and spirit, similar to how one studies physical sciences. must learn is to trust the logic of the mind. If appearances are out of harmony with your mental premise, do not let them unseat your logic.

"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." original: "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment"; a quote from John 7:24.

You would not take the confused figures of a child working a problem in mathematics as an example of the truth of mathematical principles. Furthermore, you could not detect the error in that problem unless you were already somewhat familiar with the rules of mathematics. Mental propositions—the ideas we hold as true—are the standards and governing principles in every science used by humanity. In the science of creation, the same rule holds good. You may rest in the assurance that the principles you mentally perceive as true of God are inviolate original: "inviolate"; never broken, infringed, or dishonored.. If there seems to be an error in how these principles work out in the world, it is because of some misapplication on the part of the demonstrator The individual practicing or trying to prove the spiritual principle.. By holding to the principle and insisting upon its accuracy, you open the way to a fuller understanding of it and to the cause of the errors in the demonstration.

Then, if you have been in mental confusion while contemplating a good God and an evil world, and have consequently fallen into skeptical ways, the only true remedy is to stand by the pure reason of your spiritual perception and let it clear up the proposition for you. Dismiss all prejudices based upon confused perceptions, and make your mind receptive to the clearer understanding, which will surely appear when you have...