Day 29: The Real Cross

49:7-51:27

Mary Baker Eddy explains the superficial, material cross Jesus bore and the spiritual, real one. The crucifixion is the material and the hatred of Truth and Love is the spiritual.

Following that line of the spiritual cross further, who or what hates Truth and Love? Sticking to a non-material line of reasoning, the people or place involved isn’t the hater. It has to be something non-material. Perhaps animal courage, animal magnetism?

To me, it is about someone being different, possessing something different. Jesus didn’t flow with the crowd, he built a new crowd. He didn’t follow the rules, he revealed them for what they were. He attracted with Love, not control. He healed, instead of abused.

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Day 28:

47:10-49:6

Animal courage, that intense reaction of material strength and brutality with little thought, is mentioned in this reading. Animal courage is never quite, doesn’t sleep, waiting it’s moment to act out, speak out, attack.

How would you describe spiritual courage? 

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Day 27: Influx of Light

45:22-47:9

Mary Baker Eddy explains the disciples sudden understanding of Spirituality after Jesus’ ascension

The influx of light was sudden. It was sometimes an overwhelming power as on the Day of Pentecost.

Just thinking about that…

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Day 26:

43:21-45:21

Mary Baker Eddy describes the material veil over the three days in the sepulcher. 

It’s impressive what was overcome.

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Day 25: Word Choice

41:22-43:20

The belief that man has existence or mind separate from God is a dying error.

I can’t stop looking at this sentence. I think I’ve been misunderstanding it for years. Instead of pointing out a belief that is coming to an end because it is wrong (my previous thought), what about the erroneous belief causes the result of death?

Did everyone see that but me all these years? I’ll be in the corner with the dunce cap on.

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Day 24: A Convenient Season

39:31-41:21

In this reading, I felt like a errant child. In some regards, I am always looking for a convenient time to get things done. Five minutes here to do the dishes, twenty minutes here to do the laundry, a few minutes after picking up the kids from school to run errands. My life is all about a convenient season materially. But not spiritually. If anything, I struggle with how to remove the veil of matter. I often wonder if a different place, time, or position would lend itself to more spirituality.

In the meantime, here I am, reading each day to glimpse that spirituality and find that calm.

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Day 23:

37:32-39:30

He taught that the material senses shut out Truth and its healing power.

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