to be changed, thus permitting a new flow of pure Spirit unhampered by any thought of restriction, pain, disease, etc. It would be impossible to arrive at this conclusion unless one were firmly convinced that such a pure Spirit is at the root of every man’s being. According to the Law of Cause and Effect, which works from image, idea and belief to form, it follows that in mental healing one must rise above the belief, the idea and the form which produce the disease. No matter what such a belief may be, he must rise in consciousness to the perception of the pure stream of Life which is unconditioned, unhampered, and unimpaired in Its movement. He must see through the apparent condition, which is real enough so far as it goes, to the Reality, which is perfect.

Wherever possible, the practitioner should explain these principles to the patient and instruct him in the proper use of the Laws of Mind. When this is not possible, or when it is inadvisable, because of certain intellectual barriers which the patient has, the practitioner often does better to work within himself entirely for his patient.

Because of the unity of the Mind Principle nothing is absent from It. The practitioner, then, mentioning the name of the patient, is present with him in Spirit. Disregarding the physical absence of the patient, the inner awareness which the practitioner arrives at will tend to objectify itself