In this section, Mary Baker Eddy uses the imagery of the fountain which can’t send both sweet and bitter water. Her point being you can’t develop a higher spiritual sense and still hold to the lower material thoughts. Another interpretation might be that you can be the empowered but bad Christian Scientist. You can’t have the ability to heal and still be wicked – therefore uses your healing power for evil.
For my own spiritual development, I think her first statement is one I need to work on:
A mental state of self-condemnation and guilt or a faltering and doubting trust in Truth are unsuitable conditions for healing the sick. Such mental states indicate weakness instead of strength. Hence the necessity of being right yourself in order to teach this Science of healing.
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