Spirit ~ See 250131
Introductory Quotes ~ Science & Health 1. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. — John viii. 32 2. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. — Shakespeare 3. Oh! Thou hast heard my prayer; And I am blest! This is Thy high behest: — Thou here, and everywhere. — Mary Baker Eddy System of Divine Metaphysics DIVINE METAPHYSICS is now reduced to a system, to a form comprehensible by and adapted to the thought of the age in which we live. This system enables the learner to demonstrate the divine Principle, upon which Jesus’ healing was based, and the sacred rules for its present application to the cure of disease. [SH 146:31-5] 32 PLANKS OF THE PLATFORM ~ When this is understood and the letter and the spirit bear witness, the infallibility of divine metaphysics will be demonstrated. [SH 330:9]
Definitions of God ~ Good ~ Man God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love. [SH 465] God ~ The great I AM; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; Principle; Mind; Soul; Spirit; Life; Truth; Love; all substance; intelligence. [SH 587] Good ~ God; Spirit; omnipotence; omniscience, omni-intelligence, omni-knowing, omni-wisdom, ~ omnipresence; omni-action. [SH 587] Man ~ The compound idea of infinite Spirit; the spiritual image and likeness of God; the full representation of Mind. [SH 591] Scientific Statement of Being There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image & likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual. [SH 468]
4 Operators 1. Word ~ Facts about 7 terms for God 2. Christ ~ Translate from matter to Spirit 3. Christianity ~ Demonstrate ~ Path to healing 4. Science ~ Automatically live perfect life ~ Jesus saw only the perfect man 5 Spiritual Senses 1. Sight - spiritual discernment. 2. Hearing - spiritual understanding. 3. Feeling - divine consciousness. 4. Smell - intuition of character. 5. Taste - relish of Truth. Generic Man 1. Male ~ Courage, strength, protector, perseverance, fatherhood & responsibility. 2. Female ~ Tenderness, kindness, loving, nurturing, forgiving, & compassion. 3. Child ~ Innocence, trust, forgiveness, curiosity. Defining the Desire for Spiritual Progress 1. Infinite Progression is Concrete Being [Misc 82:20 ~ Mary Baker Eddy] 2. Exceptional = A+ Student = A life of giving 30%+ of everything. 3. Above Average = B Student = 20% 4. Sheep = C Student = 10% Plod along with no strong purpose
Some Key Points referred in this Treatment 1. Mary Baker Eddy uses these terms to describe each of the 7 terms for God. See #2 Spirit View 2. As is seen, Spirit is flawless. It's purity enables Truth to appear. 3. The ability to be able to see is a result of letting one's consciousness be open to the perfection of vision. Let the perfection enlighten our vision. 4. Mary Baker Eddy addresses diversions ~ Can one focus no matter what comes one's way? 5. Genesis 1 indicates a sequence in the spiritual development of the revelation of reality. 6. The first step is that we need to let our consciousness be open to our revelation of light & be ready to accept the Truth.
7. Our prayer is always heard if we are in alignment with the terms & qualities that define God. If we're acting intelligently in everything we think, say & do, then we're following Mind. 8. If we're pure, then our ability increases in proportion to our purity. Truth will appear if we are pure in our thought & if we have opened our consciousness to Truth. 9. It's like the saying, when the student is ready, the teacher appears or when this teacher is ready, the student appears ~ There's a balance ~ A student requires a teacher & a teacher requires a student. So if you appear to only have one, then you have some balancing to do. 10. Focus should be on what is God, what is man, & realize that the relationship is that man is the image & likeness of God.
God cannot be a God without God's image & likeness. 11. All the way up the scale, there is a counter to every Truth & there's a counter to every evil. 12. Mary Baker Eddy stopped whatever she was doing hourly for self-examination to make sure that she was only seeing perfection. 13. CRITICISM ~ The guaranteed way to self-destruct ~ focus on the faults of others ~ be self-deceived that one does not have any faults. 14. Dr. Fluno, a lecturer for Mary Baker Eddy, was instructed to cover the topic of CRITICISM because she felt it was so important. 15. In other words, if you want to have a life of progress, then one cannot criticize anyone for anything.