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Chapter five of the Science of BeingWell by Wallace D. Waddles. This
LibriVox recording is in the public domainread by Daniel Sanchez. Faith, the
principle of health, is moved byfaith. Nothing else can call it into
action, and only faith can enableyou to relate yourself to health and sever
(00:24):
your relation with disease in your thoughts. You will continue to think of disease
unless you have faith in health.If you do not have faith, you
will doubt. If you doubt,you will fear, And if you fear,
you will relate yourself in mind tothat which you fear. If you
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fear disease, you will think ofyourself in connection with disease, and that
will produce within yourself the form andmotions of disease. Just as original substance
creates from itself the forms of itsthoughts, so your mind body, which
is original substance, takes the formand motion of whatever you think about.
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If you fear disease, dread disease, have doubts about your safety from disease,
or if you even contemplate disease,you will connect yourself with it and
create its forms and motions within you. Let me enlarge somewhat upon this point.
The potency or creative power of athought is given to it by the
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faith that is in it. Thoughtswhich contain no faith create no forms.
The formless substance, which knows alltruth and therefore thinks only truth, has
perfect faith in every thought, becauseit thinks only truth, and so all
its thoughts create. But if youwill imagine a thought in formless substance in
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which there was no faith, youwill see that such a thought could not
cause the substance to move or takeform. Keep in mind the fact that
only those thoughts which are conceived infaith have creative energy. Only those thoughts
which have faith with them are ableto change function or to quicken the principle
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of health into activity. If youdo not have faith in health, you
will certainly have faith in disease.If you do not have faith in health,
it will do you no good tothink about health, for your thoughts
will have no potency and will causeno change for the better in your conditions.
If you do not have faith inhealth, I repeat, you will
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have faith in disease. And ifunder such conditions you think about health for
ten hours a day, and thinkabout disease for only a few minutes.
The disease thought will control your conditionbecause it will have the potency of faith,
while the health thought will not.Your mind body will take on the
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form and motions of disease and retainthem because your health thought will not have
sufficient dynamic force to change form ormotion. In order to practice the science
of being well, you must havecomplete faith in health. Faith begins in
belief, and we now come tothe question what must you believe? In
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order to have faith in health?You must believe that there is more health
power than disease power in both yourselfand your environment. And you cannot help
believing this if you consider the facts. These are the facts. There is
a thinking substance from which all thingsare made, and which, in its
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original state, permeates, penetrates,and fills the interspaces of the universe.
The thought of a form in thissubstance produces the form. The thought of
emotion institutes the motion. In relationto man, the thoughts of original substance
are always of perfect health and perfectfunctioning. This substance, within and without
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man always exerts its power toward health. Man is a thinking center capable of
original thought he has a mind bodyof original substance permeating a physical body,
and the functioning of his physical bodyis determined by the faith of his mind
body. If man thinks with faithof the functioning of health, he will
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cause his internal functions to be performedin a healthy manner, provided that he
performs the external functions in a correspondingmanner. But if man thinks with faith
of disease or of the power ofdisease, he will cause his internal functioning
to be the functioning of disease.The original intelligent substance is in man moving
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toward health, and it is pressingupon him from every side. Man lives,
moves, and has his being ina limitless ocean of health power,
and he uses this power according tohis faith. If he appropriates it and
applies it to himself, it isall his. And if he unifies himself
(05:24):
with it by unquestioning faith, hecannot fail to attain health, for the
power of this substance is all thepower. There is. A belief in
the above statements is a foundation forfaith in health. If you believe them,
you believe that health is the naturalstate of man, and that man
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lives in the midst of universal health, that all the power of nature makes
for health, and that health ispossible to all and can surely be attained
by all. You will believe thatthe power of health in the universe is
ten thousand times greater than that ofdisease, in fact, that disease has
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no power whatever, being only theresult of perverted thought and faith. And
if you believe that health is possibleto you, and that it may surely
be attained by you, and thatyou know exactly what to do in order
to attain it, you will havefaith in health. You will have this
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faith and knowledge if you read thisbook through with care and determined to believe
in and practice its teachings. Itis not merely the possession of faith,
but the personal application of faith whichworks healing. You must claim health in
the beginning and form a conception ofhealth and as far as may be,
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of yourself as a perfectly healthy person. And then by faith you must claim
that you are realizing this conception.Do not assert with faith that you are
going to get well, assert withfaith that you are well. Having faith
in health and applying it to yourselfmeans having faith that you are healthy,
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and the first step in this isto claim that it is the truth.
Mentally, take the attitude of beingwell, and do not say anything or
do anything which contradicts this attitude.Never speak a word or assume a physical
attitude which does not harmonize with theclaim I am perfectly well. When you
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walk, go with a brisk stepand with your chest thrown out and your
head held up. Watch that atall times your physical actions and attitudes are
those of a healthy person. Whenyou find that you have relapsed into the
attitude of weakness or disease, changeinstantly, straighten up, think of health
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and power. Fuse to consider yourselfas other than a perfectly healthy person.
One great aid, perhaps the greatestaid, in applying your faith, you
will find in the exercise of gratitude. Whenever you think of yourself or of
your advancing condition, give thanks tothe great intelligent Substance for the perfect health
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you are enjoying. Remember that,as Swedenborg taught, there is a continual
inflow of life from the Supreme whichis received by all created things according to
their forms, and by man accordingto his faith. Health from God is
continually being urged upon you. Andwhen you think of this, lift up
(08:46):
your mind reverently to Him, andgive thanks that you have been led to
the truth and into perfect health ofmind and body. Be all the time
in a grateful frame of mind,and let gratitude be evident in your speech.
Gratitude will help you to own andcontrol your own field of thought.
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Whenever the thought of disease is presentedto you, instantly claim health and thank
God for the perfect health you have. Do this so that there shall be
no room in your mind for athought of ill. Every thought connected in
any way with ill health is unwelcome, and you can close the door of
(09:31):
your mind and its face by assertingthat you are well, and by reverently
thanking God that it is so soonthe old thoughts will return no more.
Gratitude has a twofold effect. Itstrengthens your own faith, and it brings
you into close and harmonious relations withthe Supreme. You believe that there is
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one intelligent substance from which all lifeand all power come. You believe that
you receive your own life from thissubstance, and you relate yourself closely to
it By feeling continuous gratitude. Itis easy to see that the more closely
you relate yourself to the source oflife, the more readily you may receive
(10:15):
life from it. And it iseasy also to see that your relation to
it is a matter of mental attitude. We cannot come into physical relationship with
God, for God is mind's stuff, and we also are mind stuff.
Our relation with Him must therefore bea mind relation. It is plain then
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that the man who feels deep andhearty gratitude will live in closer touch with
God than the man who never looksup to him in thankfulness. The ungrateful
or unthankful mind really denies that itreceives at all, and so cuts its
connection with the Supreme. The gratefulmind is always looking toward the Supreme and
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is always open to receive from it, and it will receive continually. The
principle of health in man receives itsvital power from the principle of life in
the universe, and man relates himselfto the principle of life by faith in
health and by gratitude for the healthhe receives. Man may cultivate both faith
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and gratitude by the proper use ofhis will. End of Chapter five
Chapter five of the Science of BeingWell by Wallace D. Waddles. This
LibriVox recording is in the public domainread by Daniel Sanchez. Faith, the
principle of health, is moved byfaith. Nothing else can call it into
action, and only faith can enableyou to relate yourself to health and sever
(00:24):
your relation with disease in your thoughts. You will continue to think of disease
unless you have faith in health.If you do not have faith, you
will doubt. If you doubt,you will fear, And if you fear,
you will relate yourself in mind tothat which you fear. If you
(00:45):
fear disease, you will think ofyourself in connection with disease, and that
will produce within yourself the form andmotions of disease. Just as original substance
creates from itself the forms of itsthoughts, so your mind body, which
is original substance, takes the formand motion of whatever you think about.
(01:07):
If you fear disease, dread disease, have doubts about your safety from disease,
or if you even contemplate disease,you will connect yourself with it and
create its forms and motions within you. Let me enlarge somewhat upon this point.
The potency or creative power of athought is given to it by the
(01:30):
faith that is in it. Thoughtswhich contain no faith create no forms.
The formless substance, which knows alltruth and therefore thinks only truth, has
perfect faith in every thought, becauseit thinks only truth, and so all
its thoughts create. But if youwill imagine a thought in formless substance in
(01:55):
which there was no faith, youwill see that such a thought could not
cause the substance to move or takeform. Keep in mind the fact that
only those thoughts which are conceived infaith have creative energy. Only those thoughts
which have faith with them are ableto change function or to quicken the principle
(02:19):
of health into activity. If youdo not have faith in health, you
will certainly have faith in disease.If you do not have faith in health,
it will do you no good tothink about health, for your thoughts
will have no potency and will causeno change for the better in your conditions.
If you do not have faith inhealth, I repeat, you will
(02:42):
have faith in disease. And ifunder such conditions you think about health for
ten hours a day, and thinkabout disease for only a few minutes.
The disease thought will control your conditionbecause it will have the potency of faith,
while the health thought will not.Your mind body will take on the
(03:04):
form and motions of disease and retainthem because your health thought will not have
sufficient dynamic force to change form ormotion. In order to practice the science
of being well, you must havecomplete faith in health. Faith begins in
belief, and we now come tothe question what must you believe? In
(03:27):
order to have faith in health?You must believe that there is more health
power than disease power in both yourselfand your environment. And you cannot help
believing this if you consider the facts. These are the facts. There is
a thinking substance from which all thingsare made, and which, in its
(03:47):
original state, permeates, penetrates,and fills the interspaces of the universe.
The thought of a form in thissubstance produces the form. The thought of
emotion institutes the motion. In relationto man, the thoughts of original substance
are always of perfect health and perfectfunctioning. This substance, within and without
(04:13):
man always exerts its power toward health. Man is a thinking center capable of
original thought he has a mind bodyof original substance permeating a physical body,
and the functioning of his physical bodyis determined by the faith of his mind
body. If man thinks with faithof the functioning of health, he will
(04:38):
cause his internal functions to be performedin a healthy manner, provided that he
performs the external functions in a correspondingmanner. But if man thinks with faith
of disease or of the power ofdisease, he will cause his internal functioning
to be the functioning of disease.The original intelligent substance is in man moving
(05:02):
toward health, and it is pressingupon him from every side. Man lives,
moves, and has his being ina limitless ocean of health power,
and he uses this power according tohis faith. If he appropriates it and
applies it to himself, it isall his. And if he unifies himself
(05:24):
with it by unquestioning faith, hecannot fail to attain health, for the
power of this substance is all thepower. There is. A belief in
the above statements is a foundation forfaith in health. If you believe them,
you believe that health is the naturalstate of man, and that man
(05:46):
lives in the midst of universal health, that all the power of nature makes
for health, and that health ispossible to all and can surely be attained
by all. You will believe thatthe power of health in the universe is
ten thousand times greater than that ofdisease, in fact, that disease has
(06:06):
no power whatever, being only theresult of perverted thought and faith. And
if you believe that health is possibleto you, and that it may surely
be attained by you, and thatyou know exactly what to do in order
to attain it, you will havefaith in health. You will have this
(06:29):
faith and knowledge if you read thisbook through with care and determined to believe
in and practice its teachings. Itis not merely the possession of faith,
but the personal application of faith whichworks healing. You must claim health in
the beginning and form a conception ofhealth and as far as may be,
(06:50):
of yourself as a perfectly healthy person. And then by faith you must claim
that you are realizing this conception.Do not assert with faith that you are
going to get well, assert withfaith that you are well. Having faith
in health and applying it to yourselfmeans having faith that you are healthy,
(07:15):
and the first step in this isto claim that it is the truth.
Mentally, take the attitude of beingwell, and do not say anything or
do anything which contradicts this attitude.Never speak a word or assume a physical
attitude which does not harmonize with theclaim I am perfectly well. When you
(07:36):
walk, go with a brisk stepand with your chest thrown out and your
head held up. Watch that atall times your physical actions and attitudes are
those of a healthy person. Whenyou find that you have relapsed into the
attitude of weakness or disease, changeinstantly, straighten up, think of health
(07:58):
and power. Fuse to consider yourselfas other than a perfectly healthy person.
One great aid, perhaps the greatestaid, in applying your faith, you
will find in the exercise of gratitude. Whenever you think of yourself or of
your advancing condition, give thanks tothe great intelligent Substance for the perfect health
(08:22):
you are enjoying. Remember that,as Swedenborg taught, there is a continual
inflow of life from the Supreme whichis received by all created things according to
their forms, and by man accordingto his faith. Health from God is
continually being urged upon you. Andwhen you think of this, lift up
(08:46):
your mind reverently to Him, andgive thanks that you have been led to
the truth and into perfect health ofmind and body. Be all the time
in a grateful frame of mind,and let gratitude be evident in your speech.
Gratitude will help you to own andcontrol your own field of thought.
(09:09):
Whenever the thought of disease is presentedto you, instantly claim health and thank
God for the perfect health you have. Do this so that there shall be
no room in your mind for athought of ill. Every thought connected in
any way with ill health is unwelcome, and you can close the door of
(09:31):
your mind and its face by assertingthat you are well, and by reverently
thanking God that it is so soonthe old thoughts will return no more.
Gratitude has a twofold effect. Itstrengthens your own faith, and it brings
you into close and harmonious relations withthe Supreme. You believe that there is
(09:54):
one intelligent substance from which all lifeand all power come. You believe that
you receive your own life from thissubstance, and you relate yourself closely to
it By feeling continuous gratitude. Itis easy to see that the more closely
you relate yourself to the source oflife, the more readily you may receive
(10:15):
life from it. And it iseasy also to see that your relation to
it is a matter of mental attitude. We cannot come into physical relationship with
God, for God is mind's stuff, and we also are mind stuff.
Our relation with Him must therefore bea mind relation. It is plain then
(10:37):
that the man who feels deep andhearty gratitude will live in closer touch with
God than the man who never looksup to him in thankfulness. The ungrateful
or unthankful mind really denies that itreceives at all, and so cuts its
connection with the Supreme. The gratefulmind is always looking toward the Supreme and
(10:58):
is always open to receive from it, and it will receive continually. The
principle of health in man receives itsvital power from the principle of life in
the universe, and man relates himselfto the principle of life by faith in
health and by gratitude for the healthhe receives. Man may cultivate both faith
(11:24):
and gratitude by the proper use ofhis will. End of Chapter five
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