Article January 7, 1956 Issue

NO MIND APART FROM GOD

DIGUR BADER WEBER

The understanding gained in Christian Science that God is all there is brings unbounded joy to the one seeking absolute Truth and an answer to the puzzle of mortal existence. How wonderful to discover that disease is not real and so can be healed, to find that God, Mind, is the only cause, and that consequently life is not a mixture of good and evil but is good alone.

Accepting divine Mind as cause results in a great falling away of limitations, perhaps even in a healing of disease of long standing. But sometimes with the passing of time one becomes dissatisfied with his progress. His inspiration seems to fade, and his joy grows dull. Not recognizing his spiritual status as a son of God, he may be tempted to consider himself a mortal, working up to perfection, and the kingdom of heaven a goal to be attained in the dim future. "If only unbroken harmony could be maintained," he thinks, "if I could always hold to the truth as all, instead of battling with error. Why do I surmount one problem only to come face to face with another?"

Should one find himself in this unsatisfactory state of thought, there is no cause for dismay, but there is certainly a great need for an awakening. For, if self-pity is indulged or allowed to operate as one's own thinking, this unscientific standpoint would keep the student from experiencing his God-given dominion—complete harmony. Inadvertently claiming a separate mind, the student is subjecting himself to all the frustrations and limitations of the human mind. This is an impossible premise, and confusion is naturally the result.

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