If we neglect or relax for a moment our spiritual defenses we can be quickly swept over by the seemingly overwhelming array of tribulations presented by mortal mind via so-called material existence. In desperation or resignation we may retreat into the comforting confines of our home sanctuary and assume that at least the "out there" isn't "in here" and can't get in.
Yet not only would this be disobeying the commands of Christ Jesus and Mrs. Eddy to resist the devil, but an important lesson would be delayed: that the only "out there" is always "in here", within our own thinking. We only experience what we admit into, and what therefore exists in, our consciousness, and once there, false belief has no difficulty coming home with us as an unwelcome houseguest. The work of silencing or resisting error's claims is a full-time task, and the mental ground may have to be carefully gone over hundreds of times to assure the adversary's full and final eradication . We must destroy, not merely ignore or parley with, what Mrs. Eddy calls "personal sight or sense".
To see, hear, or experience anything but God's omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omni-action is to entertain and rehearse something that never did, or even could, exist. This may be easy to grasp intellectually, but it must be sedulously demonstrated spiritually, metaphysically, if we are ever to free ourselves forever from the nothingness "out there". That is why ceaseless study, prayer, and practice are essential, and if it is sickness that herds us eftsoons into the schoolroom which directs us to Christ, we should be grateful for the experience.
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I cannot say enough about this blog post! Just might be one of the very best you've done. This is really up there metaphysically.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Outstanding entry! This can't help but give your readers a real boost in their study and practice of CS.
Wasn't it Pogo who said something on the order of, "We have met the enemy and he is us!" Great post blogger!!! This idea that the only place error can claim to have a foothold is in our own consciousness and as we purify and uplift that, all sorts of wonderful things take place.
I echo the previous commenter. Great post! Filled with solid CS, and a real help to me this morning.
You are doing a grand job, blogger.
I don't know about the rest of your readers, but this one is right up there with the early, powerhouse writers in my opinion. My wife and I get a lot from the Bookmark, and this lifts me up along the lines of Wilcox's writings on Christian Science.
Terrific job!
Your title pinpoints exactly what we CS's are confronted with: our own false sense that life and being and action are separate from God--which they aren't. I thank God for the writings Mary Baker Eddy gave us that show us what Jesus knew about God and man! Don't know where I would be without CS today.
Thanks for an inspiring blog post...
Really helpful posting and comments. Something that has helped me immensely among the wonderful truths Christian Science brings out is this from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (page 403) where Mrs. Eddy states: "You command the situation if you understand that mortal existence is a state of self-deception." Where else but in CS can one get the understanding that wakes him up from the Adam dream?
You obviously have a mature sense of our religion, and must be a deep student, the way you write. And your freshness in expressing your thoughts. A pleasure to read your blog!
Absolutely, we can't afford to disobey Christ Jesus. Nor can we stay on upward wing spiritually if we disregard what our Leader has given us through her God-inspired writings.
Love your blog!
You are doing a blessed, no I would say, a holy work, and I sure hope you keep on blogging.
We need you out here!
A right-on theme, full of ideas for other blog posts I should think. I get a bang out of the way you express your metaphysical thoughts.
Many thanks,
Where else but in the teachings of divine Science could one find truths that enable him (or her) to really get at problems? What a treasure Christian Science is. I can't thank God enough I turned to it after college.
Enjoy your blogging!
A wonderful blog post,but then, all of yours hit the spot with me. So glad you are doing God's work!
I sound like a broken record I know, but you are so good at what you are doing! Original, well thought through, and expertly expressed.
We're blessed to have you blogging!
God bless you,
Want you to know how much this particular entry is helping me. Read it last night, and have been thinking about what you bring out.
Really appreciate your blog.
What to know what I think? Our Leader would be so pleased with all the top-drawer blogging you've been doing. Very well done, in both the thinking and the writing department.
Thanks!
Very good posting! As others have noted, you consistently hit the mark with fresh, thought-inducing entries, and I congratulate you, blogger.
As others have said, this is a very helpful entry you've done, and I thank you for sharing your inspiring insights with the rest of us.
God bless continue blessing your work.
A really well-written website you have here. Always am interested to see where your study and thought are leading you.
Heartfelt thanks!
This is just wonderful. So very uplifting and strengthening spiritually, and I thank you for posting it.
All the best to you,
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