Article March 27, 1937 Issue

The Ascending Path

NORA TAYLOR

Over nineteen centuries ago there was enacted the greatest drama which has ever taken place in the history of mankind. Of the actors in this drama, the central figure alone clearly comprehended the terrific mental forces let loose, and the far-reaching effect on human history of a certain event. Jesus, the great demonstrator of Spirit, was arraigned before the bar of the carnal mind's hatred of Truth.

Later, in his resurrection, Jesus proved for all time that Life is Spirit, and that hate is powerless before the spiritual forces of divine Love. He proved for all mankind in every age that Truth and Life, understood and lived, heal the sick, reform the sinner, and raise the dead.

On page 179 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs. Eddy asks, "What is it that seems a stone between us and the resurrection morning?" She answers her own question thus: "It is the belief of mind in matter. We can only come into the spiritual resurrection by quitting the old consciousness of Soul in sense." As Christian Scientists we may ask ourselves, Where is our consciousness? Is Christ a living power and presence in our lives? Does evil seem to us as real as good? Are we learning to keep our thoughts far above the belief in matter? Are we daily striving for that spiritual understanding which divides the light from the darkness, the real from the unreal? Are we centering our thoughts on our personal problems, and so losing the inspiration and spontaneity of spiritual ideas, which alone will solve them?

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