Undisturbed

D. MURIEL SAVARY

A Student of Christian Science once walked beside a mountain stream almost from its source until it joined the river in the valley below. The course of the little stream was never smooth. Rough boulders and heavy rocks were continually encountered. But, undaunted and undisturbed, it flowed happily on over or around the obstructions in its path and was strengthened and enlarged as it went forward. Not only was its passage not prevented by these obstructions, but the flowing of the water over the rocks made pools so clear and pure that the sky and clouds were constantly reflected. Its joyous, purposeful sound added to the beauty of the mountainside.

As the student watched and listened, she realized that here was an important lesson. She saw that the accelerated activity of the stream was the result of its meeting with and flowing over the very rocks which might have seemed to disturb or hinder its course.

To the earnest seeker for Truth the way does not always seem easy or plain sailing. Perhaps the boulders of fear, sickness, sin, or limitation have long seemed part of our existence; or we may have become dismayed and disheartened by the struggle. Then, through the clear teaching of Christian Science, we begin to glimpse our desired goal of harmony and freedom. Like the mountain stream this Science purifies and quickens consciousness. The false beliefs of fear, lack, or sickness are overcome as their unreality and powerlessness to hamper progress are seen. A clear realization of God's all-power and presence enables us courageously to proceed on our heavenward journey with renewed strength, undisturbed and unafraid.

No seeming boulders of sin or disease can disturb the pure, peaceful, life-giving waters of spiritual understanding. Man, the beloved child of God, dwells and remains forever at one with his divine Father-Mother, from whom he is never separated, and of whom he is the perfect image and reflection. No jarring sense testimony can alter or reverse the understanding of this fact. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 306) our inspired Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes, "Undisturbed amid the jarring testimony of the material senses, Science, still enthroned, is unfolding to mortals the immutable, harmonious, divine Principle,—is unfolding Life and the universe, ever present and eternal."

Was Jesus, the Way-shower, disturbed or dismayed because he encountered the beliefs of disease, sin, or death? No. "The jarring testimony of the material senses" alarmed him not. He did not look upon these beliefs as real, or as able to impede his understanding of true being and of the perfect activity of each one of Mind's ideas. His understanding of man's oneness with divine Love remained undisturbed and intact, and that understanding restored harmony.

The disciples must have learned much from the incident which followed the feeding of the five thousand. They were alone in a ship on the lake, and it was dark. As Christ Jesus, whose presence they desired, drew near, walking on the water, they were afraid. Why? Surely it would appear that their thoughts were still dwelling on matter's supposed supremacy. To them it seemed impossible that Jesus could walk on the water. The very fact that he was overcoming this supposed difficulty appeared to alarm them. But Jesus reassured them, saying, "It is I; be not afraid." Their fear vanished, confidence was restored, and "immediately the ship was at the land whither they went."

Are we ready at all times to give up our belief in matter's supremacy, and to overcome, through the joyous operation of Mind's control, the seeming difficulties in our path? Are we knowing that all good is not only possible, but the natural state of man? The harmony we so much desire is the true and only reality. We do not need to fear that it is beyond our reach, for it is the inevitable effect of a clear realization of the allness of God, good, and of man's oneness with Him. With what comforting assurance we read the tender words of our Leader in Science and Health (p. 410), "Christian scientific practice begins with Christ's keynote of harmony, 'Be not afraid!'"

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