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===The Cause of Sickness===

===The Cause of Sickness===

1. Do not mistake effect for cause, nor think that sickness is apart and separate from what its cause must be. It is a sign, a shadow of an evil thought that seems to have reality and to be just, according to the usage of the world. It is external proof of inner "sins," and witnesses to unforgiving thoughts that injure and would hurt the Son of God. Healing the body is impossible, and this is shown by the brief nature of the "cure." The body yet must die, and so its healing but delays its turning back to dust, where it was born and will return.

1. Do not mistake [[effect]] for [[cause]], nor think that sickness is apart and [[separate]] from what its cause must be. It is a [[sign]], a [[shadow]] of an [[evil]] thought that seems to have [[reality]] and to be just, according to the usage of the world. It is external [[proof]] of inner "[[sins]]," and witnesses to unforgiving thoughts that injure and would hurt the Son of God. Healing the [[body]] is impossible, and this is shown by the brief nature of the "cure." The body yet must die, and so its healing but [[delays]] its turning back to dust, where it was born and will return.

2. The body's cause is unforgiveness of the Son of God. It has not left its source, and in its

2. The [[body]]'s [[cause]] is unforgiveness of the Son of God. It has not left its source, and in its

pain and aging and the mark of death upon it this is clearly shown. Fearful and frail it seems to be to those who think their life is tied to its command and linked to its unstable, tiny breath. Death stares at them as every moment goes irrevocably past their grasping hands, which cannot hold them back. And they feel fear as bodies change and sicken. For they sense the heavy scent of death upon their hearts.

[[pain]] and [[aging]] and the mark of [[death]] upon it this is clearly shown. Fearful and frail it seems to be to those who think their [[life]] is tied to its command and linked to its unstable, tiny [[breath]]. [[Death]] stares at them as every moment goes irrevocably past their grasping hands, which cannot hold them back. And they [[feel]] [[fear]] as bodies [[change]] and sicken. For they sense the heavy scent of [[death]] upon their [[hearts]].

3. The body can be healed as an effect of true forgiveness. Only that can give remembrance of immortality, which is the gift of holiness and love. Forgiveness must be given by a mind which understands that it must overlook all shadows on the holy face of Christ, among which sickness should be seen as one. Nothing but that; the sign of judgment made by brother upon brother, and the Son of God upon himself. For he has damned his body as his prison, and forgot that it is he who gave this role to it.

3. The body can be healed as an [[effect]] of true [[forgiveness]]. Only that can give remembrance of [[immortality]], which is the gift of [[holiness]] and [[love]]. Forgiveness must be given by a [[mind]] which understands that it must overlook all [[shadows]] on the holy face of [[Christ]], among which sickness should be seen as one. Nothing but that; the sign of [[judgment]] made by brother upon brother, and the Son of God upon himself. For he has [[damned]] his body as his [[prison]], and forgot that it is he who gave this role to it.

4. What he has done now must God's Son undo. But not alone. For he has thrown away the prison's key; his holy sinlessness and the remembrance of his Father's Love. Yet help is given to him in the Voice his Father placed in him. The power to heal is now his Father's gift, for through His Voice He still can reach His Son, reminding him the body may become his chosen home, but it will never be his home in truth.

4. What he has done now must God's Son undo. But not [[alone]]. For he has thrown away the [[prison]]'s key; his holy [[sinlessness]] and the [[remembrance]] of his Father's [[Love]]. Yet help is given to him in [[Ta|the Voice his Father placed in him]]. The [[power]] to heal is now his Father's gift, for through His [[Voice]] He still can reach His Son, reminding him the body may become his chosen [[home]], but it will never be his home in [[truth]].

 

5. Distinctions therefore must be made between true [[healing]] and its faulty [[counterpart]]. The world of opposites is healing's place, for what in [[Heaven]] could there be to heal? As [[prayer]] within the world can ask amiss and seeming [[charity]] [[forgive]] to kill, so healing can be [[false]] as well as true; a witness to the [[power]] of the world or to the everlasting [[Love of God]].

===False vs: True Healing===

===False vs: True Healing===

1. False healing merely makes a poor exchange of one illusion for a "nicer" one; a dream of sickness for a dream of health. This can occur at lower forms of prayer, combining with forgiveness kindly meant but not completely understood as yet. Only false healing can give way to fear, so sickness will be free to strike again. False healing can indeed remove a form of pain and sickness. But the cause remains, and will not lack effects. The cause is still the wish to die and overcome the Christ. And with this wish is death a certainty, for prayer is answered. Yet there is a kind of seeming death that has a different source. It does not come because of hurtful thoughts and raging anger at the universe. It merely signifies the end has come for usefulness of body functioning. And so it is discarded as a choice, as one lays by a garment now outworn.

1. False healing merely makes a poor exchange of one illusion for a "nicer" one; a dream of sickness for a dream of health. This can occur at lower forms of prayer, combining with forgiveness kindly meant but not completely understood as yet. Only false healing can give way to fear, so sickness will be free to strike again. False healing can indeed remove a form of pain and sickness. But the cause remains, and will not lack effects. The cause is still the wish to die and overcome the Christ. And with this wish is death a certainty, for prayer is answered. Yet there is a kind of seeming death that has a different source. It does not come because of hurtful thoughts and raging anger at the universe. It merely signifies the end has come for usefulness of body functioning. And so it is discarded as a choice, as one lays by a garment now outworn.