Article February 23, 1974 Issue

Wiping Out a Bad Memory

MADORA HOLT

Does some incident of the past nag you today? A heartbreak? A blighted hope? Frustrating misunderstanding? A moral misstep? Or a recurring mental flashback of some tragic event you witnessed?

Christian Science cleanses the unhappy record of yesterday. Indeed, it goes much further and leaves no voids, no blank, no unwritten pages. Crucifying experiences are translated into positive resurrections inspired and reanimated by the Christ.

In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, defines "Christ" as "the divine manifestation of God, which comes to the flesh to destroy incarnate error."^{ Science and Health, p. 583;} We do not have to change locale to be released from anguished bygones. But we need to listen to the Christ within. The Christ is what we hear of the voice of God speaking to the heart, waking us to the immortal truth of eternal being. The Christ brings wonderfully new and glorious discoveries of life as it really is. But to enjoy heaven's bounties, one must willingly, and resolutely, part with old habit patterns such as thoughts of limitation, discord, and fear.