Editorial September 14, 1957 Issue

MIND AND MEMORY

Helen Wood Bauman

The scientific basis for improving one's memory is the understanding of divine Mind's omniscience. So vast is God's knowledge that mankind has scarcely begun to fathom the meaning of it. One looks upon the universe as he now comprehends it, considers the great reaches of space, the order of the celestial bodies, the intricate learning of the multitudes; and he is awed by the infinite scope of the universe of Mind, which this view hints. He knows that his circumscribed human knowledge must eventually yield to the omniscience of God, who knows all things real, knows them all at once, and knows them forever. In fact, Mind's knowing causes them to be.

The least glimpse of omniscience begets humility, and humility makes for intelligence, and intelligence breaks down the limits imposed upon humanity by the false, mortal sense of life. According to Christian Science, man reflects the all-knowing Mind, and his capacity for comprehending reality is unlimited. But man is not the mortal who struggles to attain and retain material knowledge. Man is the image and likeness of his Maker, and in him Mind unfolds its omniscience. Through spiritual sense, man knows all creation as God makes it, perfect, not as the deceiving physical senses present it—subject to the changing, destructive, blighted, decaying modes of matter.

The Christian Scientist, glimpsing the abilities of the all-knowing Mind, gradually overcomes his limitations and begins to comprehend the vastness of true being. He learns to manifest the faculties bestowed by omniscience upon its reflection. He becomes more retentive and finds himself equipped for his present experience with a better memory. Human beings need memory, and a good memory is one's immediate demonstration of omniscience.

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