Work Against the Main Evils

Before you start to work against the details of the trouble that you want to overcome, it is better to work against the main evils. Working against these main evils and also against the detailed trouble is like using a double-barreled gun, one barrel of which is a smooth bore for shot, the other being rifled for a bullet.

Working against the main evils is like a shot-gun: it is bound to hit somewhere or other, and reduce the troubles more or less, although it may not be so effective as working definitely against the various symptoms of the trouble, which is like using the rifle barrel, very effective if you hit the mark.

 I myself always start by working against universal evil, called mortal mind by the modern schools of mental healing; it is called the devil in theology, the ether by scientific men. Then I work against thoughts of materia medica, namely, false medical beliefs; for instance, that because you catch measles you are bound to be ill for a certain time; scarlet fever a different length of time; that certain foods produce indigestion; if you get hot and stand in a draught, you catch cold; if you cut an artery, you bleed to death, etc., etc. Then I work against fear, which John speaks of in Revelation 21:8, when he writes, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murders, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

Treatment, Or Healing by True Prayer

Frederick L. Rawson

This world is not the Will of God, and so it is not real. Yet those who think it real must still believe there is another will, and one that leads to opposite effects from those He wills. Impossible indeed; but every mind that looks upon the world and judges it as certain, solid, trustworthy and true believes in two creators; or in one, himself alone. But never in one God.
Christ's hand has touched your shoulder, and you feel that you are not alone.ACiM