Article December 31, 1955 Issue

SEPARATE THE DREAM FROM THE REAL

BRIDELLA MC CALLUM

"Entirely separate from the belief and dream of material living, is the Life divine, revealing spiritual understanding and the consciousness of man's dominion over the whole earth. This understanding casts out error and heals the sick, and with it you can speak 'as one having authority.'" This quotation from page 14 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy states one of the first truths which the student of this Science needs to know

As we honestly and steadily pursue our study of Science and Health, spiritual understanding reveals to us in small and greater degrees that divine Life, which is our only Life, is entirely separate from matter. Through persistently affirming that man is spiritual and denying that he is material, we are able to apply this truth to every detail of our living and find ourselves gaining dominion over error. Spiritual truths predominate over material illusions.

Each small victory over sin, sickness, discord, or inharmony of any sort is cause for gratitude and rejoicing, because it proves that we understand something of man's perfect being and his dominion over the whole earth. In describing her proving of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy writes (ibid., p. 108), "My conclusions were reached by allowing the evidence of this revelation to multiply with mathematical certainty and the lesser demonstration to prove the greater, as the product of three multiplied by three, equalling nine, proves conclusively that three times three duodecillions must be nine duodecillions,—not a fraction more, not a unit less." We can allow our little demonstrations to multiply with equal certainty.

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