VIII. I am Not
Body.
I have
physical expression, but am not body. I have never seen my friend, nor has he
beheld me. I have never even seen myself. Matter has been seized upon by the
life-forces,—or mind,—and built up into a form of sensuous expression. All
potency resides in spirit, and all material organisms are the products of its
orderly energy. Life sets up its own animated statues with perfect
correspondence. The color and tone of mentality come out in every form and
feature. Every mental picture of the past is trying to outwardly embody itself,
even though years have intervened. It is infallible law that we show forth, and
are, the total composite of past thinking. Let us put away pride, and
admit that all primary causation is from within. We charge our ills to
the weather, water, air, climate, draughts, dampness, work, cold, bacteria, malaria,
and contagion. These may be occasions, but our receptivity is the
primary and real cause.
I
deny the rule and tyranny of body, but affirm its utility as a servant and instrument.
I will think such things as I wish embodied.
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