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The Science of Psychic Healing1982
and rejecting that which is not needed, is an instance of this intelligence. The
process of digestion, assimilation, etc., shows the “mind” of the cell, either
individual or in groups. The healing of wounds—the rush of the cells to
the point where they are required, and many other instances familiar to
physiologists are evidence of this cell life and mental action.
The entire body is built up of these tiny cells. This is true not only of the
soft tissue and muscle, but also of the hard bony parts, including the enamel
of the teeth. These cells are shaped in accordance with the particular work
that they are designed to perform, such shapes and forms varying materially.
Each cell is, practically, an individual, separate and more or less independent,
although subject to the control of the organic mind, and, still higher, the
Instinctive Mind.
The cells are constantly at work—each performing his own particular task,
like a well-trained soldier in an army. Some of the cells are active workers,
and others are of the reserve force, kept awaiting some sudden and urgent
call to duty. Some are stationery, and others are moving about attending
to their particular duties and tasks. Some of them act as the scavengers of
the system, carrying away the refuse and debris of the system, while others
carry the nourishing elements of the food to all parts of the body.
Cell life has been compared to a large and well ordered community,
each individual doing his own particular work—all for the common good.
The community is a large one, it being estimated that there are at least
75,000,000,000 of the red blood cells alone. These red blood cells are the
common carriers of the body, and float in the arteries and veins, carrying a
load of oxygen from the lungs and delivering particles of it to the various
tissues of the body, which give life and strength to the particular parts. On
their return journey through the veins the cells carry with them the waste
products of the system. Like a merchant vessel, these cells carry a cargo on
their outgoing trip, and bring back a second cargo on their return.
Other cells perform police work and protect the system from bacteria,
etc., which might produce trouble in the system. These policemen are quite