‘Explain.’
‘Well, for instance: if there is no such thing as matter, how can matter propagate things?’
In her compassion she almost smiled. She would have smiled if there were any such thing as a smile.
‘It is quite simple,’ she said; ‘the fundamental propositions of Christian Science explain it, and they are summarised in the four following self-evident propositions: 1. God is All in all. 2. God is good. Good is Mind. 3. God, Spirit, being all, nothing is matter. 4. Life, God, omnipotent Good, deny death, evil sin, disease. There—now you see.’
It seemed nebulous: it did not seem to say anything about the difficulty in hand—how non-existent matter can propagate illusions. I said, with some hesitancy:
‘Does—does it explain?’
‘Doesn’t it? Even if read backward it will do it.’
With a budding hope, I asked her to do it backward.
‘Very well. Disease sin evil death deny Good omnipotent God life matter is nothing all being Spirit God Mind is Good good is God all in All is God. There—do you understand now?
‘It—it—well, it is plainer than it was before; still—’