UNLIMITED SIGHT

DORA S. FETZER

True sight is spiritual, eternal, unlimited. It is the instant awareness of whatever divine Mind knows. Mind's expression is never vague, indefinite, uncertain. Therefore to see good clearly is natural to man as Mind's reflection. To know all things rightly is his heritage. Mary Baker Eddy writes in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 487): "There is more Science in the perpetual exercise of the Mind-faculties than in their loss. Lost they cannot be, while Mind remains."

The writer once experienced a very beautiful healing when this quotation was read by a teacher to his students at an association meeting. At the start of the trip to this meeting she was suffering from extreme nervous tension, coupled with eyestrain and double vision. She had been able to proceed with the trip, and the double vision had been dispelled almost instantaneously, when she realized that there is just one Mind and that no belief of double-mindedness could have anything to do with her true selfhood. On the way someone had given her a pair of sunglasses, saying that her eyes looked very tired and these might rest them. They were accepted quietly and worn from time to time. When she put them on she closed her eyes and tried to understand the truth that rest and restfulness lie in reflecting the all-knowing and all-seeing Mind. She certainly knew that the all-seeing Mind could not know weariness, pain, or strain. However, it was not until the quotation was read from the desk at the afternoon session of the meeting that her thought was completely cleared and every trace of the illness disappeared.

Jesus said (John 5:30), "I can of mine own self do nothing," and (14:10), "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." Here is a complete handling of self-assertive mortal will, the egotistical personal sense of being or doing apart from God, and a strong acknowledgment of the all-seeing, all-acting, all-knowing divine Mind which man reflects. To have experienced in ever so slight a degree release from a finite, personal sense of being, seeing, knowing, or doing is to have fresh vistas of thought opened for one. It is to find newness of inspiration, joy of accomplishment, in one's experience. It is to replace fear and worry, lack and dullness, with courage, confidence, and assurance of good. It is to know God's will of limitless good. Mind expresses itself in an abundance of ideas, enthusiasm, and radiance without effort or heaviness. Unfettered, all-knowing Mind is never in doubt as to the presence and power of good.

Unlimited sight could never see evil, for the very nature of evil is limited and limiting. Unswerving allegiance to all-perceiving divine Principle will pierce the mists of mortal concepts, tear away the false coverings and concealments of material sense, and find perfection everywhere present. Love is ever operative and maintains its own purity. Radical reliance on good is of supreme importance in overcoming evil and its false suggestions and limiting beliefs. Doubt and fear can never gain entrance to thought where God, good, alone is known to be ever present, all-powerful, and supreme.

Trust in good always destroys fear of or faith in evil. Evil cannot stand when good is acknowledged as supreme, all-powerful, ever present. Unlimited vision, purity of discernment, acknowledges Spirit as All. The allness of Spirit precludes and dispels every taint of materiality or impurity of thought, motive, or desire.

Paul declared (Acts 17:28), "In him we live, and move, and have our being." Then is it not clear that our sight is from God and matter has nothing to do with it? Man, God's idea, reflects unlimited spiritual discernment. Let us then claim our right to unlimited vision. As we do so, any seemingly erroneous condition will be rectified, and normal, harmonious conditions will be established in our experience. God is no respecter of persons.

We do not have to suffer in order to realize better thinking and therefore better seeing. God never made man capable of darkness or suffering of any name or nature. Let us rejoice in the realization of man's God-given dominion and know that we have the right here and now to unlimited sight. Because true seeing is not finite or localized, it is ever present and can be demonstrated at all times. We do not have to struggle to be children of light, aware of good vision. Man is the compound idea of God and therefore reflects all good. He is at one with the infinite source of his being. The infinite source of all being is also the infinite source of all seeing.

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