Article October 2, 1971 Issue

Throw Out Mortal Mind's Slides

GRACE HOUGH CARTER

A woman sat in church resenting some unflattering slides she had seen shown of herself. She wondered if she could go to the photographer's house and get him to throw out the bad ones. Suddenly the woman remembered she was in a Christian Science service, and was startled by the thought, "Well, maybe I have some petty, resentful mental pictures I should throw out instead."

Then, recalling St. Paul's powerful words to the effect that nothing "shall be able to separate us from the love of God,"^{Rom. 8:39;} the woman reasoned that all the ugly pictures in the world—mental and otherwise—could not separate her from her true spiritual being in God's likeness. Her peace returned. She laughed to herself at the mental image of the state mortal mind had almost put her in.

Mortal mind, the false belief that life and intelligence are in matter, claims to be our own consciousness. It is always projecting unflattering pictures of ourselves and our fellowmen. It has a sin series, for instance, to tempt us with beguiling sensual relationships. It slyly whispers, "This is what you really want and need."

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