Editorial July 6, 1963 Issue

Necessary Adjustments

Helen Wood Bauman

The changing world scene calls for many adjustments. Ways of living, of moving about swiftly, of communicating instantly, of becoming acquainted with different kinds of people—their religions, their mores, and their problems— have the effect of jolting us out of complacency with our own set beliefs and prejudices. All of this is progressive; it impels us to become unselfed, to consider the needs of all mankind.

An even greater jolt comes to those who find Christian Science, and a more radical adjustment is required. These searchers learn through Science that spiritual life alone is real and that mortal existence is a deep, mesmeric dream which must be dispelled. This knowledge often calls for the giving up of cherished personal ambitions and the adjusting of thought to nobler desires to reflect God and the power which destroys evil.

A great adjustment is needed when one finds that his material personality is not important, that his only importance lies in the degree in which he manifests the Christ-spirit and carries out the will of God. Spiritual growth results when one quits demanding material things and personal satisfactions and adjusts himself to a new kind of happiness—that of finding full joy in spiritual fixing and giving. Mary Baker Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 68), "We ought to weary of the fleeting and false and to cherish nothing which hinders our highest selfhood."

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