Editorial January 7, 1956 Issue

THE DREAM AND THE AWAKENING

Robert Ellis Key

The allness of God, Spirit, is made clear in the Scriptures. The First Commandment (Ex. 20:3), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," points to God's allness and wholeness. The First Commandment is the basis of true being. It is the basis upon which all statements of divine metaphysics rest. Mary Baker Eddy writes in the. Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 269), "The categories of metaphysics rest on one basis, the divine Mind."

The belief that there is more than one Mind, more than one God, results in a belief in the separation of man from God and the suggestion that the brotherhood of man can be ruptured or destroyed. These errors of belief deny the presence and power of God and of His Christ, or divine manifestation.

The allegory of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis uncovers the error of separation and its fatal consequences. In this allegory a so-called man named Adam is separated from God. This separation immediately produces fear. Man is believed to exist apart from God. Thus Adam accepts a false corporeal concept of God. and instead of God being the only creator. Adam believes himself a creator also.

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