IN divine Mind, the first and only cause, there is no process of destruction. Mind corrects and instructs the human consciousness through enlightenment, not through punishment or destruction. A willingness to be instructed and governed entirely by Mind, divine Principle, would remove from human living the painful experiences that come through belief in a destructive force or element.
In correcting a mistake in mathematical computation one does not destroy any number, since the mistake results from false belief about numbers. The only possible correction of a mistake in mathematical computation is through enlightenment of thought as to the value of the numbers and their relation to one another. Ignorance is dispelled by understanding; and thereby a correct solution of the problem is found.
The mortal sense of destruction, with its painful or terrorizing process, is produced by the mistaken belief that life, substance, intelligence, and sensation are resident in matter and are subject to the supposititious laws of matter, in other words, by the belief in an imperfect ego apart from and independent of the one infinite Ego, God or good.
