Article September 22, 1928 Issue

Perfect Poise

MARGARET A. ACHESON

Christ Jesus said unto the tempestuous sea, "Peace, be still." He declared for peace, knowing that the cause of peace—God—is always present; and he rebuked the winds, and "there was a great calm." He said to his disciples, "Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?"

When the winds of error blow around us, suggesting to us that there are two powers, one good, the other evil, if we would but stop and ponder the example of Jesus, we too could hold to the reality of peace, and our fear and belief in evil would dissipate. Two things cannot occupy the same place at the same time; and if fear or unlovely thoughts are entertained, there can be no room for thoughts from God to enter consciousness. Wrong thoughts are displaced little by little by truthful, loving, trustful thoughts, until there is no room left for wrong thoughts or wrong action. Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 261), "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts."

When we are excited, fearful, angry, or when we feel hurt, or are hasty in our words and actions in excitement or in anger, we certainly are not expressing poise. Some definitions of "poise" are, "state of being balanced; equanimity; evenness of mind or temper, composure, calmness." When an object is not poised, it topples over; so, in our thinking, when we are not thinking correctly things go wrong—they topple over, so to speak.

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