Article February 26, 1949 Issue

Now is the time to acquaint oneself with the true man, who reflects the qualities of divine Mind

REFLECTION

HENNINGE BÖLLING SKOLMEN

A Student of Christian Science was admiring some beautiful water lilies when suddenly she saw in the still water of the pond her own reflection—a perfect image of herself. A little while later, a sudden gust of wind sprang up and disturbed the water. When she looked again, the picture that had been so clear was distorted and hardly recognizable.

This experience served as an object lesson of the fact that the real man, the perfect reflection of God, is seen only when the material, so-called senses are silenced and the false belief that man lives in a material body and is a mortal being is relinquished. The lie that there is life, truth, intelligence, and substance in matter would dethrone God's reflection and make one believe that sick and sorrowful human beings are indeed His image and likeness.

Just as the reflection which was seen in the still water was perfect, so the perfect man, whom God has made, is seen through spiritual sense when the clamor of the material senses with their manifold wants and selfish desires is stilled. "Be still, and know that I am God" (Ps. 46:10). Being still in the consciousness of God's allness, knowing the unreality of material selfhood, one can discern something of man's true selfhood, the unselfed self, which is the image and likeness of God.

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