One of the most basic popular misconceptions is that the body operates separately from the mind.
Jesus disproved this. Preaching one day in Capernaum, he was approached by several people who were carrying a palsied man to him on a bed. Immediately Christ Jesus said to the man, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."Matt. 9:2, 5 Certain scribes, who were watching this young layman's activity and not liking what they saw, became a little disturbed that he was forgiving sins. Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus asked, "Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?" He then healed the man.
Jesus' act shows that the body is not independent of the human mind. In fact, the body is a direct function, an outward embodiment, of that mind. The palsied man's belief in the power of sin and matter must have disappeared to some degree as a result of Jesus' conviction that there is no power but God. Losing its foundation, the palsy disappeared.
