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Overcoming Frustration
One of the basic tenets of Buddhism is that the only way to escape the suffering of life is through the annihilation of desire. Christian Science does not advocate the elimination of desire, but it does teach its adherents that happiness rests on a spiritual basis and that if one would overcome frustration, he will need to elevate his desires and seek that which is unlimited and everlasting. All through Christ Jesus' teaching there runs a strain of definition of the kingdom of heaven, or the ultimate desirable state of existence. He exhorted his followers to seek the spiritual and pursue it, for this is the way to eternal life. Not a promissory note for future existence, this is the recipe for present fulfillment.
Mortal and material existence never brings satisfaction and contentment. The mortal self, however abundantly supplied, is never complete and never at rest. The reason for this frustration is that this mortal self does not express God, Life, Truth, Love. In fact, it expresses the opposite of God—fear, limitation, illusion, death. The mortal, or carnal, mind "is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Rom. 8:7; It cannot feel the perfection of being or know the completeness of God's presence and power.
Frustration is inevitably bound up with materiality, with the belief that life and intelligence are in matter. Matter itself is a limited concept. All that is material is limited and ultimately inadequate to meet the needs of men. Even in the midst of what seemed to be abundance, the writer of Ecclesiastes came to the conclusion that "all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Eccl. 1:14;
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July 12, 1969 issue
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Creative Business
MARTIN BROONES
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Strengthening Our Citadel
HENRIETTA K. CARAWAN
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Do Christian Scientists Have Fun?
EVELYN P. JENSEN
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Pause Prayerfully
JOHN MASON JEFFREY
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Where Is Your Confidence?
SAVILLA WELK AMERY
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ALWAYS HOME
Jane R. Harwood
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How Big Can You Think?
OLGA COSSI
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Happiness and Health
Alan A. Aylwin
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Overcoming Frustration
William Milford Correll
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In 1936, I had what is most commonly referred to as a nervous...
Thomas J. Abbott
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During the year 1925, I was invited to attend a Christian Science...
J. Pauline Tanner
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Mary Baker Eddy, the author of Science and Health, states on the...
May Courser with contributions from Pearl Courser Moody
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In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mrs. Eddy...
Mary Ann Sutton with contributions from L. Jack Sutton
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I would like to bear witness to the fact that the practice of...
Russell Luerssen with contributions from Elizabeth Bice Luerssen
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RADIO PROGRAM NO. 379 - Overcoming Discord Within the Family
Richard Lombardi with contributions from H. Dickinson Rathbun
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Signs of the Times
William M. Bowen