Editorial June 4, 1966 Issue

Good Practice and Bad Practice

William Milford Correll

In the study of Christian Science one becomes aware of the importance of his thinking in relation to his experience. He discerns the necessity of being watchful regarding the state of his consciousness. Mrs. Eddy tells us in Science and Health, "We should become more familiar with good than with evil, and guard against false beliefs as watchfully as we bar our doors against the approach of thieves and murderers." Science and Health, p. 234: Jesus pointed out this same fact in his teachings. He said, "If the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up." Matt. 24:43;

This Science teaches us how to think rightly, and it also uncovers for us the modes of wrong thinking. It delineates good practice and warns us regarding malpractice, or bad practice. We learn in this study that God is the divine Mind, the source of all right ideas, the only true consciousness, the intelligence which governs its image and likeness, the real man. Because there is one God, there is one Mind; and man, reflecting God, must be perfect and harmonious. He cannot be influenced by any other power. This divine Mind is eternal, self-sustaining, self-perpetuating. It is the only creator, and its nature is the nature of Love, Truth, and Life.

There is, in belief, an opposite to God called mortal mind. This so-called mind is the opposite of Love, the opposite of Truth, the opposite of Life. It is self-destructive, self-maligning, self-deceived. It is mortal in all respects, and it manifests itself as hate, malice, jealousy, lust, dishonesty, sin, disease, and death. If we reflect the divine Mind, we shall be expressing the elements of good practice. But if we reflect mortal mind, we shall be guilty of bad practice or malpractice.

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