The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-10

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OF Mind. IL forever one with Mind.
II vas his understanding Of God
as the only Mind that enabled
Christ Jesus TO prove hls sonship
with God. He perceived that IN
deniable, absolute fact, the insep-
arability Of God and man. Never
at any time did he disAssOciate
F himself from his divine source. lie
constantly declared his unity with
God. his unity with Life and Love.
He said. 7 and my Father are
one" To him oneness with divine
j Being was not a theory. II was
q fact 10 be lived and demonstrate
ed. He recognized quite naturally
that God was actually his Mind.
and he acted on that spiritual fact.
Referring to this. Mrs. Eddy says
In Science and Health tp. 1861.
Jesus claimed no intelligence. ae-
ton, nor life separate from God. +"
Naturally. II we live, move. and
have our very being in God as
Paul declared. the oneness and
eternal unity Of God and man is
established forever. This being the
case, let US see how this divine
oneness operates in human ex-
perienee. Suppose. for instance.
that the so-called law Of heredity
has put upon an individual the
cruel belief that he u constitution
ally weak, lacking in strength,
yigor. and vitality; that he has no
force or energy and is easily IA
tigued. What are strength, vigor.
vitality. and power Are they ma
terial7 Did anyone ever see them ?
No: they are wholly qualities OF di-
vine Mind. And how much of
strength and power Is there? Is
IT not infinite and Unreasonable ?
And where Is all this power and
strength? Does IL reside in some
place, and does man have to 60
somewhere 10 get IL? Not at ALI
Man. Gods image and likeness, is
not separated from strength, en-
ergy, and power. They are inner
ent In his very being. He Is him
self the very manifestation and
expression of infinite strength and
power. Man is the very manifes-
tation of God Man Is Gods wit
ness, the proof and evidence that
God Is.
Sometimes people seem TO be
afraid TO declare their sonship
with God. Are you afraid TO claim
your inseparability from your
Father-Mother God? What did
Paul mean when he said, Let this
mind be in you, which was also
in Christ Jesus ?" II infinite Mind
is not your Mind. upon what are
you relying for your intelligence
and thinking capacity? Right now
IL In our privilege to become spir-
itual thinkers. The study of Chris
tian Science shows us that since
Mind Is infinite and man is the
embodiment or expression of that
Mind, there is no limit to our abil-
ity to think and know spiritually
that we can now claim as ours in
finite intelligence, infinite wisdom.
infinite understanding. Is 1t pre-
sumptuous to claim that you and
] reflect infinite intelligence You
may claim all there Is and yet
there will still be enough for the
rest OF us--all this. because Mind
is one and infinite.
What is birthright or a hertz
age? The dictionary defines It as
the right, privilege, or possession
that belongs to an heir. Suppose
that someone were to tell you that
by inheritance fortune was
awaiting you. and that all you
needed TO do was to claim II.
Wouldn't you do so? Or would
you sell your birthright. as did
Esau, for a mess of pottage? Paul
tells us. "The Spirit itself beareth
witness with our spirit, that we
are the children of God: and II
children, then heirs. heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ" and
Christian Science awakens us to a
realization OF our true birthright.
II reveals our Unreasonable leg
acy. II we may compare Gods
supply of spiritual ideas to bank,
We see that we may every day.
yes, every hour, make our right
full demand on infinite Love or
Mind for the intelligence to carry
on our business, for the capacity
and capability to fin our positions
in better way, and to demon
strate progress. There is never a
time when the bank of infinite
Love will refuse payment You
can write out a check on that
bank at any time, and II will
never be protested. Moreover. the
bank of infinite Love never closes
its doors; II is open for the Fa-
TIERS business at all hours. Your
check will never come back mark
ed mot sufficient funds" There
is always enough, for the resources
of the bank OF infinite Mind or
Love are infinite. its capital and
funds unreasonable.
What is failure What has
happened to the thinking Of a man
who fails. and why has he failed
We recognize that the world is fill
ed with men and women carrying
within their hearts the conscious
ness or fear that they have not
succeeded. Possibly they have
started out well enough. but some
where on the road they have run
into difficulties. They have reached
q point where they find themselves
saying. y can't. ! don't know
how. I am afraid. ! am discour-
aged. I'm failure"
Now what is operating here
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