The fact is, food does not affect the absolute Life of man, and this becomes self-evident, when we learn that 388:24 God is our Life. Because sin and sickness are not qualities of Soul, or Life, we have hope in immortality; but it would be foolish to venture beyond 388:27 our present understanding, foolish to stop eating until we gain perfection and a clear comprehension of the living Spirit. In that perfect day of understanding, we shall 388:30 neither eat to live nor live to eat. Diet and digestion If mortals think that food disturbs the harmonious functions of mind and body, either the food or this thought 389:1 must be dispensed with, for the penalty is coupled with the belief. Which shall it be? If this decision be left 389:3 to Christian Science, it will be given in behalf of the control of Mind over this belief and every erroneous belief, or material condition. The less we 389:6 know or think about hygiene, the less we are predisposed to sickness. Recollect that it is not the nerves, not mat- ter, but mortal mind, which reports food as undigested. 389:9 Matter does not inform you of bodily derangements; it is supposed to do so. This pseudo-mental testimony can be destroyed only by the better results of Mind's oppo- 389:12 site evidence. Scripture rebukes Our dietetic theories first admit that food sustains the life of man, and then discuss the certainty that food can 389:15 kill man. This false reasoning is rebuked in Scripture by the metaphors about the fount and stream, the tree and its fruit, and the kingdom di- 389:18 vided against itself. If God has, as prevalent theories maintain, instituted laws that food shall support human life, He cannot annul these regulations by an opposite 389:21 law that food shall be inimical to existence. Ancient confusion Materialists contradict their own statements. Their belief in material laws and in penalties for their infrac- 389:24 tion is the ancient error that there is fraternity between pain and pleasure, good and evil, God and Satan. This belief totters to its falling before the 389:27 battle-axe of Science. A case of convulsions, produced by indigestion, came under my observation. In her belief the woman had 389:30 chronic liver-complaint, and was then suffering from a complication of symptoms connected with this belief. I cured her in a few minutes. One instant she spoke de- 390:1 spairingly of herself. The next minute she said, "My food is all digested, and I should like something more 390:3 to eat." Ultimate harmony