Editorial March 9, 1940 Issue

Being Awake to Spiritual Truth

Duncan Sinclair

One of the temptations which beset mortals is to believe that they can be conscious only of that which pertains to material things. It is being constantly suggested to them that nothing can be actually known outside the range of material sense. But what a fallacy is this, which would shut us out from the illimitable universe of Mind, Spirit! Through-out the centuries men have fought the argument that their knowledge is circumscribed by material sense; and many of them have been able to refute the argument because, through spiritual sense, they have seen far into the realm of spiritual reality—the kingdom of heaven.

Christian Science is clarifying the situation for all thoughtful people today. Not only do its teachings deny that all we can know is that of which material sense informs us, but they also deny the validity of material sense itself. Indeed, Christian Science declares that nothing is real of which this sense claims to tell us. It goes even farther. It reveals that only that to which spiritual sense bears witness is true or real. It cannot be denied that this teaching is radical; but since it is true, it demands the consideration of all conscientious seekers for Truth.

How does Christian Science reach its conclusions? It begins by affirming that God is infinite Mind or Spirit. From this premise it reasons that creation—God's universe—consists solely of spiritual ideas, since Mind can express itself only in this way. Thus, Christian Science teaches that only God and His universe of spiritual ideas exist as reality. But Christian Science goes farther still; it draws the conclusion that, since God is infinite Spirit, in reality there exists nothing the opposite of Spirit. It thus denies that matter has any origin or existence. In this way, by making known the allness of God, Spirit, and denying reality to matter and all that pertains thereto, Christian Science sweeps away the fallacy that we are limited to the fables of material sense, and establishes the truth that we have the whole range of Mind's universe to know and contemplate through spiritual sense.

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