Editorial August 18, 1973 Issue

Something to Learn

Carl J. Welz

All the knowledge of all the human beings in the world is but a speck in the total of all there is to know. One's own knowledge is but an atom in that speck. When we learn this, we gain the meekness we need to view the infinite and to learn from it.

Of all that can be known in any phase of living nothing really matters but the truth. What is not true may seem to matter a great deal, but because it is untrue, it must eventually prove itself so, and be replaced. Christian Science teaches that only what is of God, infinite Mind, is true. Meekness enables us to acknowledge God and receive into our lives the good that is His.

Christ Jesus was the greatest example of meekness the world has ever known. He could have claimed superiority over all other people, but superiority was not his concern. What he was seeking was the awakening of mankind to their true status as children, or ideas, of God. He showed us that we learn through love. This is because infinite Mind is Love and manifests itself in man. True knowing reflects Love and awakens others to the wonderful qualities of their true being. So as the speck of truth one knows humanly includes a recognition and a demonstration of what is spiritually true of others, it expands. And it becomes more practical.

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