The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-18

Kingdom
Time Is not In the kingdom o
God. eternal MINI. for all that con
stiiutes and is in the kingdom i
eternal Man, made in the imag,
of Mind. il ageless. timeless. pos
sesslng the unimpairable strength
action, and faculties OF supreme
Mind. Nor is there any sense o
chance in the kingdom Omnipo
tent Mind ever acts with intelli
gent certainty to make. maintain
and govern man and all that con
stitutes his life and destiny
Speculation. chance, uncertaint,
are unthoueht of by Mind, o.
Minds man.
A young student of Christian
Science once came TO practi
toner and said he had been criti
cized for buying tickets on thu
sweepstakes. that is, gambling oil
certain horse races. He said h,
could not see any harm in 1t bui
was willing to have his mistak,
pointed out TO him II he was
wrong. The practitioner showed
him that the wrong In IL was thai
when he bought those tickets he
was thinking of and believing In
forces of chance. He might lose
something or win much. But in
the kingdom of real Mind in which
he, as a Christian Scientist, was
endeavoring to live and think. In
an ever-increasing measure, there
was no such force as chance. The
forces Of unerring Mind governed
with certainty and provided low
lngly and constantly for him and
all.
Perhaps II might seem a small
thing to take a ticket on the races,
but IT was nevertheless step In
the wrong direction, a step away
from the consciousness of the king
dom of Principle, Mind. and into
the realm OF belief in uncertain.
material forces. 1t
was denial of the chanceless.
continuing sovereignty of God.
He saw his mistake and corrected
1t. Intelligent certainty. not ig-
norant chance, always character
yes Gods government OF His
and OF His man.
Where Is Gods Kingdom
Just where would YOU like to
ind the kingdom of God? Would
you not like to have it just as
near as possible and just as ac-
as possible to you and to
everyone Well that il just where
I Is. 1t is az near to you and to
everyone as 1t possibly can be.
md II Ia accessible to you twenty
our hours every day. Jesus said,
The kingdom OF God is within
1ou." II couldn't be closer than
hat. could 1t? But it Is rather a
idea, isn't it? The
Priests and Pharisees doubtless
hought he was talking foolishness,
or they believed the kingdom was
IN attractive material place de-
signed for a prolonged rest after
nortals die. Jesus made ii plain
hat 1t was not that kind Of place
at all. that you do not ever sec
the kingdom of God with the
physical eyes. for they perceive
only images Of mortal thought, but
you become conscious of 1t by
true and spiritual ideas
One enters the kingdom not by
physical dying but by spiritual
and there is nothing to
prevent our entering now. That
was the good news Jesus brought
But how can the kingdom OF
God be within your Please
mark the Masters words-"withir
you" Certainly he was thinking
of very different you than the
one which appears when mortai
faces the mirror. bundle of bones
blood. and temporary tissues
styled with variations of height
breadth, and line. but never oc'
cupying more than few cubic
feet of space. There's no place for
God and His kingdom in thai
you" Mrs. Eddy helps us tt
Jesus statement wher
she says in Science and Health
(p. 576l, This kingdom of God Ii
within you, within reach Of
mans consciousness here, and the
spiritual idea reveals IT,"
So the kingdom of God Il
within you" because II Is etern'
ally within reach of your con
What In your con,
seriousness What's IL for? What's
ii made of Who makes it, How
much control have you over II ?
These are questions worth think.
ing about. Your only real con-
sciousness is an individual express
sion of deific consciousness, God
God, Mind. constitutes IT, controls
II, il IL. Your true consciousness
il the active, individual expression
Of Mind. SO your true conscious
ness is naturally conscious Of what
real Mind knows-itself and it,
kingdom Of ideas. There is moth
ing else TO he really conscious OF,
Jesus showed true thinking to be
thinking that is ever conscious OF
the omnipresent God and His
kingdom. He was ever conscious
of this kingdom. You and / car
likewise become ever conscious OF
this all-embrscing Kingdom Be.
cause the kingdom is within our
consciousness there is really moth.
ing else there. This consciousness
Is the Mind Of Christ, the con-
sciousness wherewith eternal Love
saves US from matters goddess
kingdom. BY right thinking we
live with God in His kingdom. BY
wrong thinking We are absorbed
by matter into its hell.
How We Find the Kingdom
Jesus told us where the kingdom
IL and how TO find and enjoy IL
His teaching was complete. not
fragmentary. Right at the be,
ginning Of his ministry he said