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Rh until this belief is deprived of its imaginary powers by Truth, which sweeps away the gossamer web of mortal illusion. The most self-reliant state is one of rectitude and understanding, and this is best adapted to heal the sick.

Expose the body to certain temperatures, and illusion says that it takes a cold and has catarrh; but no such result occurs without mind to demand it and produce it.

The corpse, deserted by thought, is cold and decays, but it never suffers. The body of Mind is subject to Mind. Mortal mind says, “My body is dying — disappearing.” To others this body has not disappeared. They will bury it, and believe that the body will decompose into dust. But this is not so to the dying belief. Mortals waken from the dream of death, with healthy bodies, not seen by those who think they have buried the body, — and that Mind has lost a body.

While belief is declaring that certain states of the atmosphere produce catarrh, fever, rheumatism, or consumption, those effects will follow, — not because of the climate, but on account of the belief. I have healed diseases in too many instances, through the action of Truth on the mind, and its corresponding effects on the body, not to know that what I say is true.

Invalids flee to tropical climates in order to save their lives, but they come back no better than when they went away. Then is the time to cure them with Christian Science, and prove that they can be healthy in all climates, when their fear of climate is driven out.

The material body, that you call me, is mortal mind; and this mind is material in its sensation, even as the body that has originated in material sense, and been