Sensation is generally associated with the belief that matter is intelligent, that it can see, smell, hear, taste, and touch. Real sensation is spiritual and is independent of material brain, nerves, and the flesh, for man, the reflection of God, Spirit, is cognizant only of that which is spiritual, that which emanates from divine Mind.
Christian Science teaches that the real senses of each individual are spiritually mental, that the sensations of pain and pleasure are not in matter but that they are the effects of the suggestion of a mind apart from God and His creation. This false mind, called "a liar" by Christ Jesus, "the carnal mind" by Paul, and "mortal mind" by Mrs. Eddy, mesmerically appears to project its erroneous claim to reality on individual thought and body through the five physical senses.
Those endeavoring to understand the scientific meaning of perception and sensation find the following statement by Mrs. Eddy most helpful. It is from "Miscellaneous Writings" and reads (p. 72): "Matter is manifest mortal mind, and it exists only to material sense. Real sensation is not material; it is, and must be, mental: and Mind is not mortal, it is immortal. Being is God, infinite Spirit; therefore it cannot cognize aught material, or outside of infinity."
