Day 53

97:29-99:29

Today is the last day of this chapter. When I started the chapter, I wasn't looking forward to it and couldn't believe how long it was. Now, I'm thrilled - I totally get this chapter but think it could use a new name: One God.

I marked several things. I'll see if I can explain why.

It is imperious throughout all ages as Christ's revelation of Truth, of Life, and of Love, which remains inviolate for every man to understand and to practise.

These three (Truth, Life, Love) are everywhere in the book so when they are together, I tend to slow down on the sentence. Here, Mary Baker Eddy is saying I must understand and practice them. I've mentioned before how I tend to focus on these three and delve for a deeper understanding so I think I'm working on that one. But practicing? Well, that could use some work on my part. Don't mean to be cheeky about it, but, yeah, I have some work to do there.

The next thing I underlined was a listy thing:

The way through which immortality and life are learned is [1] not ecclesiastical but Christian, [2] not human but divine, [3] not physical but metaphysical, [4] not material but scientifically spiritual. 

Then:

Christian Science is unerring and Divine, the human sense of things errs because it is human.

I'm still stuck back on Day 50's Divine Logic, so now when I see Divine, it stands out to me.

I liked MBE's summation of the chapter:

The calm, strong currents of true spirituality, the manifestations of which are health, purity, and self-immolation, must deepen human experience, until the beliefs of material existence are seen to be a bald imposition, and sin, disease, and death give everlasting place to the scientific demonstration of divine Spirit and to God's spiritual, perfect man.

Deepening my experience -- that is a good summation of this chapter. 

On a side note, I'm going to tag the previous posts so I can find things easier. Not sure how that will affect RSS readers. And today is post 50. Any thoughts or suggestions? If you don't want to comment on the blog but would rather make more pointed comments privately, feel free to email me (dina.readinginoneyear@gmail.com).