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Rh be this: That matter is not seen; that mortal mind can not see without matter; and therefore that the whole function of material sight is an illusion, a lie.

Here comes in the summary of the whole matter, wherewith we started: that is All, and is Spirit; therefore there is nothing but Spirit; and consequently there is no matter.

Touch. Take another train of reasoning. Mortal mind says that matter can not feel matter; yet put your finger on a burning coal, and the nerves, material nerves, do feel matter.

Again I ask: What evidence does mortal mind afford that matter is substantial, is hot or cold? Take away mortal mind, and matter could not feel what it calls substance. Take away matter, and mortal mind could not cognize its own so-called substance, and this so-called mind would have no identity. Nothing would remain to be seen or felt.

What is Substance? What is the reality of God and the universe? Immortal Mind is the real Substance, — Spirit, Life, Truth, and Love.

Taste. Mortal mind says “I taste; and this is