Powerless Unreality

[Florence]

SH p.6 Jesus uncovered and rebuked sin before he cast it out. Of a sick woman he said that Satan had bound her, and to Peter he said, “Thou art an offence unto me.”

SH p.234 We should become more familiar with good than with evil, and guard against false beliefs as watchfully as we bar our doors against the approach of thieves and murderers.
Sin and disease must be thought before they can be manifested. You must control evil thoughts in the first instance, or they will control you in the second.

Whether evil appears as a physical claim or a character trait am I saying “Get thee behind me” or “Thou art an offence unto me?” Or am I giving it audience with, “Oh! Why this” or “How did this happen.” Either of Jesus’ commands to the appearance of any claim denotes that I recognize its unreality and therefore its powerlessness? The fearful alarming questioning kind of response gets us into human reasoning; because we are already mesmerized, believing the evil is real and in the human mind we remain fearful looking for material justifications or material remedies.

Patient persistence in consistent uncovering and rebuking of sin, controlling thought to have the things of God dominant in our thinking is what gets us “familiar enough with good.” Rejecting resentful thoughts, selfish ambitions, judging/condemning others, favoring some and not others, forgiving, being compassionate, loving enough to warn of evil will all help the reflecting of the Christ Mind. And that Mind is a bar against evil, it recognizes it and repels it while being a citadel preserving the purity of one’s thinking.

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