Article February 23, 1946 Issue

Spirituality—the Way of Progress

HERBERT H. NORSWORTHY

Man's unity with God is a basic spiritual fact in the Science of being. Nothing ever has changed or can change this fact, and its truth means nothing less than man's perfection, his God-likeness and God-given dominion over all the earth. It is the basis of demonstration in Christian Science, No wonder, then, that the realization and progressive demonstration of man's unity with God, Life and Love, satisfy human cravings with a higher, nobler purpose, in which the heart finds peace.

Men are taught from childhood that they are independent thinkers and doers; that they have minds and personalities of their own. From this premise it naturally follows that success in life is thought to depend largely upon the ability and application of these so-called minds. But false education along the lines of material systems and laws hampers one's expression of man's dominion. Moreover, the belief of a mind of one's own, separate from God, often induces fear lest one's ability successfully to accomplish the tasks or solve the problems that fall to one may prove inadequate. One instructed in Christian Science gains through prayer and spiritual understanding the conviction that all truth is of divine Mind, omnipotent and omnipresent; that man is one with this Mind; and that any error can only seem to exist as a false belief about what is true.

The realization of man's genuine spiritual selfhood frees one from resentment or fear of adverse criticism. Yet the sincere seeker for Truth will not rest until perfection and reality are demonstrated in his experience. Ever critical of his own exemplification of true being, he will measure his progress by his growth in spiritual understanding, which cognizes only spiritual good.

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