Accession: A10859
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Unknown, 1881
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
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Annotator: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: 1881 - archivist estimate
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⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyWhat Arnes called his Key or private ManuscriptAs Written:MSS See Scince & HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Vol. I page 186

⇉ Handshift:printedMARY B. G. EDDY'S

PRIVATE

DIRECTIONS

FOR

TREATING DISEASE

METAPHYSICALLY.

COPYRIGHT SECURED ACCORDING TO LAW.

DIRECTIONS FOR TREATING DISEASE.

Argue the patient's case silently at first. After this if you can fix the Truth stronger in thought by so doing, talk it audibly with them; but do not turn away your patient's or hearer's attention— "casting pearls before swine."Matt 7:6 ¶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. For a sick child or very young infant, you argue mentally and audibly with the parents mainly; turning their thoughts in the direction of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science and get a diversion in your favor, assuring them the opinion they had entertained was incorrect, which is always the case.

Argue mentally there is no hereditary disease, because matter cannot make its own conditions, or mind produce pain in matter, and vice versa; that there is no reality in disease; that naught is true or real, but God and His idea; that the Truth of being is harmonious, therefore the reality is harmony, and sickness and discord are unreal. Argue that Life cannot be destroyed, for life is not in a mortal form; and sickness and death are illusions; that man is eternal, he is shadow and God is his substance; therefore, pain, sickness and death cannot be in shadows, or the shadow be lost while the Soul or Substance which is God remains, etc., etc.

Supposing a belief of consumptionEditorial Note: tuberculosis is to be destroyed; begin with the leading points, vizAs Written:vis: that it is not inherited and that tubercles, hemorrhage, inflammationAs Written:inflamation, or ulcers are beliefs only, and not the Truth of man; that man is the offspring of Soul and not body, of God and not man; that he is spiritual and not material; that God—Spirit—never entered matter or disease to destroy man; the Principle of harmony never produced discord, or Life death; but here is a belief of sickness and the opposite understanding must break this spell or illusion. To you the belief is but a dream, and not the reality of being; make it thus to your patient and you cure him.

The Truth you bring mentally to destroy error, will sometimes cause chemicalisationEditorial Note: “Chemicalization” is a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of “fermentation” as errors of various types are being destroyed., as when two opposites meet, and one must destroy the other to form a new base; but let this fermentation be painless as with fluids, for matter has no sensation; in this fermentation do not argue the old way, but deny the power of a chemical to produce suffering; calm the fears of your patient, for it is fear and confusion that produces it; and explain their present symptoms and their cause. Truth affects the body as an alterative, for it destroys at length all belief and error, then comes out the true idea, even man harmonious and eternal. Fear is the foundation of all sickness and fear produces what is called inflammation As Written: inflamation , some image in the mind, be it cancer or rheumatism, has produced this mental state that caused the physical one; inflammation As Written: inflamation is produced by mortal mind, and not matter; it is never seen where this mind is not; fear produces increased or diminished action; it paralyzes As Written: paralyses or overacts; destroy the fear with the "peace be still"Mark 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. of Truth; knowing, as you ought, that inflammation As Written: inflamation is but the action of mind caused by fear, that heats the blood and quickens the pulse. The sick know nothing of this but suppose that matter or the body is the cause of it all. The sick cannot always give the name of the disease that you are to argue against, so you should read the thoughts as much as you can, and not from their lips wholly take your points to argue. Find the thought in unconscious mind, that produces the conscious thought or condition called disease; but which is ignorant of itself or the error, that you must find out.

Always begin by allaying fear in the mind of your patients, assuring them mentally there is nothing to fear, for God governs all. Blot out of mind the image of disease; if it is a cold, argue down the belief that matter can take cold, etc., etc., or if grief, argue down the belief that sorrow can chase away joy, or that evil is stronger than good; give error the rebuke it deserves from immortal man; not from flesh but from Spirit.

It is necessary sometimes to startle or shock the mind, in order to stir it, and thus remove some chronic belief; when this is necessary, come out bluntly, and tell your patient with determined vehemence, to awaken, that nothing ails him, and he is like an insane man, suffering from belief alone; but afterwards impress him with the feeling that while you command the error to depart, you are charitable, kind and loving, and for the good alone of your patient you speak thus boldly the truth of man.

Avoid talking of disease, and let not nurse, friend or patients talk it if you can help it; the patients can tell you their symptoms if you know them not, and by your mental arguments and explanations, but especially through the Spirit, Truth or God, that governs you, you will heal them; and your healing will As Written: wid prove whether you admit only God, and are governed only by Him, or by material beliefs. If the sick ask what their diseases are, or where located, change their thoughts of them, and say you will tell them all that is best for them to know, but they have heard too much of disease already; do not give names to disease, but unname and destroy it; in arguing down a case or belief, called disease, call it mentally by name for thus you reach it sooner; showing conclusively that mind speaks to mind, and that mind and not body produces sickness.

You must take up the moral as well as the physical errors of your patients, and cast out devils when you heal, thus, "preaching the gospel,"Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. speaking Truth to all error. Remember man is shadow and God is his substance, that God is his Life and Intelligence, and he has no other; then to say that tumorsAs Written:tumours, ulcers, tubercles, inflammationAs Written:inflamation, pain, deformed or broken bones, are in shadows, or that man dies is too absurd to last another century. If a sudden relapse of some old belief occurs, meet this courageously as at first; take up the argument there is no reaction in matter, and that disease cannot change from one form into another, or shift about, etc., etc. The beliefs of individuals about your patient may have caused this relapse, or it may be your own fault in treating the case; if so, argue down their arguments, and your own fears, and rise to higher and holier being.

Perhaps you will find some moral question, the cause of a relapse or their not recovering; a belief in mediumship, or creeds, or leaning on some broken reed of matter, some doctrine or opinion that is not of God, but of man, for God governs man by no opinions, creeds or doctrines, and man should have no Intelligence separate from God whereby to govern him. All that is real, is God and his idea.

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⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyWhat Arnes called his Key or private MSSExpanded:Manuscript See Scince & HealthEditorial Note: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Vol. I page 186

⇉ Handshift:printedMARY B. G. EDDY'S

PRIVATE

DIRECTIONS

FOR

TREATING DISEASE

METAPHYSICALLY.

COPYRIGHT SECURED ACCORDING TO LAW.

DIRECTIONS FOR TREATING DISEASE.

Argue the patient's case silently at first. After this if you can fix the Truth stronger in thought by so doing, talk it audibly with them; but do not turn away your patient's or hearer's attention— "casting pearls before swine."Matt 7:6 ¶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. For a sick child or very young infant, you argue mentally and audibly with the parents mainly; turning their thoughts in the direction of ScienceEditorial Note: Christian Science and get a diversion in your favor, assuring them the opinion they had entertained was incorrect, which is always the case.

Argue mentally there is no hereditary disease, because matter cannot make its own conditions, or mind produce pain in matter, and vice versa; that there is no reality in disease; that naught is true or real, but God and His idea; that the Truth of being is harmonious, therefore the reality is harmony, and sickness and discord are unreal. Argue that Life cannot be destroyed, for life is not in a mortal form; and sickness and death are illusions; that man is eternal, he is shadow and God is his substance; therefore, pain, sickness and death cannot be in shadows, or the shadow be lost while the Soul or Substance which is God remains, etc., etc.

Supposing a belief of consumptionEditorial Note: tuberculosis is to be destroyed; begin with the leading points, visCorrected:viz: that it is not inherited and that tubercles, hemorrhage, inflamationCorrected:inflammation, or ulcers are beliefs only, and not the Truth of man; that man is the offspring of Soul and not body, of God and not man; that he is spiritual and not material; that God—Spirit—never entered matter or disease to destroy man; the Principle of harmony never produced discord, or Life death; but here is a belief of sickness and the opposite understanding must break this spell or illusion. To you the belief is but a dream, and not the reality of being; make it thus to your patient and you cure him.

The Truth you bring mentally to destroy error, will sometimes cause chemicalisationEditorial Note: “Chemicalization” is a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of “fermentation” as errors of various types are being destroyed., as when two opposites meet, and one must destroy the other to form a new base; but let this fermentation be painless as with fluids, for matter has no sensation; in this fermentation do not argue the old way, but deny the power of a chemical to produce suffering; calm the fears of your patient, for it is fear and confusion that produces it; and explain their present symptoms and their cause. Truth affects the body as an alterative, for it destroys at length all belief and error, then comes out the true idea, even man harmonious and eternal. Fear is the foundation of all sickness and fear produces what is called inflamation Corrected: inflammation , some image in the mind, be it cancer or rheumatism, has produced this mental state that caused the physical one; inflamation Corrected: inflammation is produced by mortal mind, and not matter; it is never seen where this mind is not; fear produces increased or diminished action; it paralyses Corrected: paralyzes or overacts; destroy the fear with the "peace be still"Mark 4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. of Truth; knowing, as you ought, that inflamation Corrected: inflammation is but the action of mind caused by fear, that heats the blood and quickens the pulse. The sick know nothing of this but suppose that matter or the body is the cause of it all. The sick cannot always give the name of the disease that you are to argue against, so you should read the thoughts as much as you can, and not from their lips wholly take your points to argue. Find the thought in unconscious mind, that produces the conscious thought or condition called disease; but which is ignorant of itself or the error, that you must find out.

Always begin by allaying fear in the mind of your patients, assuring them mentally there is nothing to fear, for God governs all. Blot out of mind the image of disease; if it is a cold, argue down the belief that matter can take cold, etc., etc., or if grief, argue down the belief that sorrow can chase away joy, or that evil is stronger than good; give error the rebuke it deserves from immortal man; not from flesh but from Spirit.

It is necessary sometimes to startle or shock the mind, in order to stir it, and thus remove some chronic belief; when this is necessary, come out bluntly, and tell your patient with determined vehemence, to awaken, that nothing ails him, and he is like an insane man, suffering from belief alone; but afterwards impress him with the feeling that while you command the error to depart, you are charitable, kind and loving, and for the good alone of your patient you speak thus boldly the truth of man.

Avoid talking of disease, and let not nurse, friend or patients talk it if you can help it; the patients can tell you their symptoms if you know them not, and by your mental arguments and explanations, but especially through the Spirit, Truth or God, that governs you, you will heal them; and your healing wid Corrected: will prove whether you admit only God, and are governed only by Him, or by material beliefs. If the sick ask what their diseases are, or where located, change their thoughts of them, and say you will tell them all that is best for them to know, but they have heard too much of disease already; do not give names to disease, but unname and destroy it; in arguing down a case or belief, called disease, call it mentally by name for thus you reach it sooner; showing conclusively that mind speaks to mind, and that mind and not body produces sickness.

You must take up the moral as well as the physical errors of your patients, and cast out devils when you heal, thus, "preaching the gospel,"Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. speaking Truth to all error. Remember man is shadow and God is his substance, that God is his Life and Intelligence, and he has no other; then to say that tumoursCorrected:tumors, ulcers, tubercles, inflamationCorrected:inflammation, pain, deformed or broken bones, are in shadows, or that man dies is too absurd to last another century. If a sudden relapse of some old belief occurs, meet this courageously as at first; take up the argument there is no reaction in matter, and that disease cannot change from one form into another, or shift about, etc., etc. The beliefs of individuals about your patient may have caused this relapse, or it may be your own fault in treating the case; if so, argue down their arguments, and your own fears, and rise to higher and holier being.

Perhaps you will find some moral question, the cause of a relapse or their not recovering; a belief in mediumship, or creeds, or leaning on some broken reed of matter, some doctrine or opinion that is not of God, but of man, for God governs man by no opinions, creeds or doctrines, and man should have no Intelligence separate from God whereby to govern him. All that is real, is God and his idea.

 
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Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science tuberculosis “Chemicalization” is a term Mary Baker Eddy used to refer to a temporary stirring up of symptoms or process of “fermentation” as errors of various types are being destroyed.