Day 216: Ignorance of God

426:5-428:2

Man's individual being can no more die nor disappear in unconsciousness than can Soul, for both are immortal. If man believes in death now, he must disbelieve in it when learning that there is no reality in death, since the truth of being is deathless. The belief that existence is contingent on matter must be met and mastered by Science, before Life can be understood and harmony obtained.

The great difficulty lies in ignorance of what God is. God, Life, Truth, and Love make man undying. Immortal Mind, governing all, must be acknowledged as supreme in the physical realm, so-called, as well as in the spiritual.

2010

Day 134: To begin rightly is to end rightly

260:31-262:32

Divine Mind is the only cause or Principle of existence.

Detach sense from the body, or matter, which is only a form of human belief, and you may learn the meaning of God, or good, and the nature of the immutable and immortal. Breaking away from the mutations of time and sense, you will neither lose the solid objects and ends of life nor your own identity. Fixing your gaze on the realities supernal, you will rise to the spiritual consciousness of being

[Man] will then drop the false estimate of life and happiness, of joy and sorrow, and attain the bliss of loving unselfishly, working patiently, and conquering all that is unlike God.

2011

Day 61: Mind, not mind

114:1-116:10

The nice thing about the web is that I can display Mary Baker Eddy’s words in an arrangement that is meaningful to me. So here goes:

Mind	mind
In Science, Mind is one, including noumenon and phenomena, God and His thoughts. In divine Science, the universe, including man, is spiritual, harmonious, and eternal.	The spiritually unscientific definition of mind is based on the evidence of the physical senses, which makes minds many and calls mind both human and divine.

 

Scientific Translation of Immortal Mind

Scientific Translation of Mortal Mind

GOD: Divine Principle, Life, Truth, Love,Soul, Spirit, Mind.  MAN: God's spiritual idea, individual, perfect, eternal. IDEA: An image in Mind; the immediate object of understanding.--Webster.

1st Degree Depravity Physical Evil beliefs, passions and appetites, fear, depraved will, self-justification, pride, envy, deceit, hatred, revenge, sin, sickness, disease, death. 2nd Degree Evil beliefs disappearing. Moral Humanity, honesty, affection, compassion, hope, faith, meekness, temperance. 3rd Degree Understanding. Spiritual Wisdom, purity, spiritual understanding, spiritual power, love, health, holiness.

 

2010