Not what we see or hear—or even what we eat—but rather what we feel determines what we see and hear and the harmony of our being.

The physical body is governed by the mentality of the individual who possesses it. So to improve our bodies we should only work to improve human consciousness by filling it with spiritual thoughts in line with the true fact: that man's actual and only identity is perfect in God's likeness.

When error presents to us its pictures of evil, disease, poverty, dishonesty, sensuality, death, and all the etceteras of sin, it is well to question and see if they find a response in us by way of belief. Are these pictures real to us?

If we look at our lives from a purely material standpoint, we may see much that could justify depression. But to do this would be to close our eyes to our spirituality and to God's love for us.