And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. [Gen 1:26-27]
Introductory Quotes to 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 Divine Metaphysics 1. 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]
2. When the 32 planks of the platform is understood and the letter and the spirit bear witness, the infallibility of divine metaphysics will be demonstrated. [SH 330:9]7 Terms for God 1. Mind ~ Source of All Mental Activity 2. Spirit ~ The only substance which is flawless. 3. Soul ~ Spiritual seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting & smelling. 4. Principle ~ System & structure in balance. 5. Life ~ Living the qualities of God & multiplying by reflection. 6. Truth ~ Consciousness & Motive which are the engine for results ~ Eliminates errors 7. Love ~ Nurturing all the qualities & recognizing & understanding their wholeness.
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. Intro to Key Points 1. Christian science = searching for the truth about God & man & the relationship between God & man. 2. Who is thine enemy that thou shouldst love him? Is it a creature or a thing outside thine own creation? 3. Always give gratitude for the truth that you've learned from the studying. 4. Truth ~ It is fixed ~ Must adjust to it ~ not try to change it.
Secret to Healing ~ Mary Baker Eddy
1 of 3 I have learned a great secret. I have learned how to demonstrate, I have learned how to make Science a thing of life, not of words. I am going to tell you what the secret is, and it is wonderful. It is this: Not to see or hear or repeat any kind of imperfection. It is seeing and hearing and repeating good only, at all times and under all circumstances, and in spite of everything that appears to the contrary. I make this resolve every morning, when I first open my eyes, and I renew it every hour of the day.
2 of 3 I see perfection in myself in my friends, in my so-called enemy, in my affairs and in world affairs. I take my radical stand for the perfection of God and everything and for everything and everybody He has created. I look upon the world with God's eyes and see it just as He sees it, and I refuse to see it in any other way. I stop a dozen times a day, and renew the resolve, and make sure that I am not repeating error or giving way to criticism. I watch my thoughts about people, the lame, the old, the unloved to sense that I pass in the street, stray animals, I except nothing.
3 of 3 I have taken my radical stand for perfection and I will not, absolutely will not, relax this perfect standard. The result has been simply marvelous. Try it and you will find that you forget your glasses; they will become unnecessary. You will be seeing with God's eyes, His perfect sight, and you will behold a perfect universe, the outward condition of your inward thinking. To change the picture you must change the sight that produced the picture. CLICK to View/Dnld PDF