Poems

PERFECTION

Perfection is no abstract stateNor wistful hovering of vague desireFor a mutation somewhat higherTo make us somehow better than we are—Perhaps to give us kinship to a star.

IMMORTAL FRUIT

To taste of fruit immortalseek Truth through Spirit's portal;unlock the gatethat opens unto Soulwith love, and let the wholeof heaven hereand now appear.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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COMPANIONED

I am companioned though you are gone;From selfish yearning my heart is free.

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MY BRETHREN

A clear sense of omnipotence—Be this my constant prayer,That when I would my friends compareAnd judge them less than goodMy love for God and man I findWill quickly bring me back to MindAnd I shall see as Peter saw:No man as common or unclean.

TOGETHER

Out of reach?

TRUTH'S SIMPLICITY

Why do I seem to struggle so?

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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LIFTED UP

The light shone clearly where you stoodunshaken, seeing only good,and while you spoke the brightness grewtill what Love is winged into view.

OBEDIENCE

"Speak the word only,And my servant shall be healed.

THE SPIRITUAL FACT

Above the beat of rainand wail of wind,the constant sun isshining in depths of blue.

PITCH YOUR HOPE HIGH

Pitch your hope high;Claim heaven itself to base it on.

ONE NATION

A mountain viewreveals a living map.

THE MOUNT

The higher he climbed, the more alonethe Son of man whose thoughts his own.