Article August 30, 1947 Issue

MAN'S TRUE POSITION

HELEN ROSS FOOTE

In human experience considerable thought is given to the question of what is called the individual's position in life. Often we find envy and rivalry over eminent positions and a coelbowing in endeavoring to attain them. Individuals are frequently judged by the positions they hold, and given acclaim or sympathy according to whether these are considered desirable or undesirable. This human measuring is apt to become a source of discontent and disappointment. Therefore the whole question of position deserves to be considered impartially, so that the burden often attached to it may be lifted as it is seen in its true light.

In Science man always has his position in Mind. It is not something he is seeking after or attempting to hold. God maintains him in it. It is eternally evident to man that God, infinite good, is All-in-all; that Truth is true; that being is scientific and eternal. Man looks out from this position, not up to it as something to be gained. He is always secure in this position and completely satisfied with it. Because it is individual, no one can take it from him or occupy it. This position is not a dream state, longingly hoped for. It is concrete and forever expressed, a divine state of consciousness, and man cannot be deprived of it.

The individual who takes this true view of position and maintains it will begin to see it work changes in his human experience. He will see that instead of seeking satisfaction, he is expressing it through understanding man's eminently satisfying and unchanging position as God's son. Mary Baker Eddy says (Pulpit and Press, p. 3): "Know, then, that you possess sovereign power to think and act rightly, and that nothing can dispossess you of this heritage and trespass on Love. If you maintain this position, who or what can cause you to sin or suffer? Our surety is in our confidence that we are indeed dwellers in Truth and Love, man's eternal mansion."

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