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The Tranquillity of Soul
Today many individuals feel the need of more tranquillity and peace in their lives. Some turn to alcohol, drugs, and other material means for help in experiencing these qualities. However, Christian Science shows that such temporary measures do not actually succeed. But permanent serenity and composure, accompanied by a deep sense of harmony, can be found through the understanding of the oneness of Soul.
Soul is one of the seven synonyms used by Mrs. Eddy in referring to Deity. Since there is only one God, there must be only one indivisible Soul. In her book Unity of Good she says: "To me God is All. He is best understood as Supreme Being, as infinite and conscious Life, as the affectionate Father and Mother of all He creates; but this divine Parent no more enters into His creation than the human father enters into his child. His creation is not the Ego, but the reflection of the Ego. The Ego is God Himself, the infinite Soul." Un., p. 48;
Soul is not divided up into parts and is never encased in anything, for this would make Spirit, Soul, subject to boundaries and limitation. Man, then, is not a second force, another ego. He is not an opaque form of matter with a bit of soul inside. How good it is to know man does not have his own private soul, his own little system, existing alone and finite in an external universe! Instead the true man is Soul's embodiment, maintained in a state of peaceful and harmonious activity.
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March 2, 1968 issue
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Neutralizing and Destroying Error
ERIC W. CARR
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Examinations—and Self-examination
MARGUERITE ELISABETH COLEMAN
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Toward a Universal Perspective
LARRY HELLER
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Are You Claiming Your Birthright?
STANLEY JOHN YORK
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Man Is Innocent
LILLIAN WITHINGTON BUHMAN
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CREATION'S CROWN
Althea Brooks Hollenbeck
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The Tranquillity of Soul
ELAINE HIBBARD ROBINSON
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Peter and Snowball
MARJORY PEAKALL
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God Is Not a Mystery
Helen Wood Bauman
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The Ark of Safety
Alan A. Aylwin
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Sixty-one years ago I was visiting my sister in another city for the...
Katherine Hickle-Lasley
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It has been over twenty-four years since my first testimony appeared...
Estelle F. Jackson
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My mother's passing on when I was born left me with a feeling...
Celia T. Schroeder
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My husband passed on very suddenly ten years ago
Myrtle Mae Dittrick
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Signs of the Times
with contributions from D. Elton Trueblood, R. W. A. West