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"Life is Real, and Death is the Illusion" (SH, 428)

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Announcements › Forums › Life – July 16th, 2017 › "Life is Real, and Death is the Illusion" (SH, 428)

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    From the time of so-called mortal birth to the time of so-called death, people have learned to be double-minded about virtually everything: to honor the testimony of the spiritual as well as the physical senses, to acknowledge that good always exists together with bad and to “take the good with the bad,” philosophically speaking. The Bible calls this state of mind “eating the tree of knowledge of good and evil,” making evil equal to, or even stronger than, Good, placing other gods before God that is the All-Good. This is quite like saying, “We must recognize and accept the fact that 2+2 equals 4, but 2+2 also equals 5 and other sums as well.”
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    “God is All, and in all: that finishes the question of a good and a bad side to existence. Truth is the real; error is the unreal. You will gather the importance of this saying, when sorrow seems to come, if you will look on the bright side; for sorrow endureth but for the night, and joy cometh with the light. Then will your sorrow be a dream, and your waking the reality, even the triumph of Soul over sense. If you wish to be happy, argue with yourself on the side of happiness; take the side you wish to carry, and be careful not to talk on both sides, or to argue stronger for sorrow than for joy. You are the attorney for the case, and will win or lose according to your plea.” (Christian Healing by Mary Bake Eddy, p. 10)

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