Article July 29, 1933 Issue

Freeing the Imprisoned Thought

CLYDE D. CAREY

As two children were playing together, all at once one of them let go her grasp on the string that held her toy balloon and in a few moments it was soaring above trees and houses, caught up by a brisk breeze. As it floated away, tears of disappointment were shed by the child, who felt that she had been separated from the source of her childish joy. The truth as taught in Christian Science was immediately brought to bear upon the situation, and simple explanations were made to show her that nothing of real value could be lost, since all good is always at hand and available for every need. It was realized, also, that God's child could not be separated from the source of joy, which source is not in objects of material desire, but in Truth and Love. From God emanate all right thoughts and desires, the only means by which lasting harmony and happiness can be obtained; for, as the Psalmist declares of God, "In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

Presently a second balloon was launched upon the breeze, and in its turn became a tiny speck in the clear blue sky. This time, as the balloon floated away, all was eagerness and joy. The complete dismissal of disappointment in the first instance had obviously taught a very useful lesson. It was made clear that the evidence of disappointment and sorrow had been only a belief based upon a material sense of things, which did not coincide with the truth of man's spiritual existence, and only the explanation of Christian Science was needed to heal or remove this false sense and replace it with the fact of man's eternal harmony.

The thought of loss was destroyed as the child was led to reverse the argument of error with the truth and to know that she could "rejoice always in ever-present Love," as Mrs. Eddy says on page 377 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Leading her to think of the wide spaces over which the balloon would doubtless sail—this expanding thought typifying the limitless reaches of infinite Mind in which we dwell—was sufficient to satisfy the child; and the comforting statements of Christian Science served to silence all complaint.

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