Article October 29, 1927 Issue

On Thinking Rightly

JEKAB GREENBLAT

All thoughts may be divided into two general classes, those which are bad or destructive, and those which are good or constructive. As God has given to all the capacity and capability of discriminating, it largely depends upon the individual's own alertness in selecting the thoughts he thinks, whether his life is one of sickness, misery, and failure or of health, happiness, and success.

One may inquire, But where is the source of either bad or good thoughts? The study of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, will answer this question, and will show conclusively that all evil thinking originates in the so-called mortal or carnal mind, which in itself is but an illusion, a counterfeit of the real Mind, God; while good thoughts proceed from God, and are seen in the manifestation of God's good ideas everywhere. Mind being the source of all true ideas, the importance of constantly watching and examining every thought presenting itself to us, before we permit its entrance into our consciousness, cannot be overestimated.

The majority of our troubles can be traced back to some wrong thought entertained. Because a photographic film is very sensitive, those interested in photography carefully guard the film in a camera from exposure to scenes not desirable of reproduction. By viewing a picture taken on an unguarded film, a student of Christian Science once learned a valuable lesson. The photographer had done his part in the taking of the picture; the individuals photographed had done their part; a good picture was expected, yet the result was not a success. And all this because the photographer had not guarded his film against exposure to extraneous light before taking the picture! Our mentalities are more receptive than the film in the camera. Should they not, therefore, be guarded even more carefully against exposure to wrong thoughts, whether these seem to originate within ourselves or to be suggested by the words and actions of others? Who but we ourselves are to be blamed if the wrong thought-pictures are reproduced at some future date in our own experience!

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