Article May 25, 1974 Issue

Advancing Years Can Be Years of Advancement

RAYMOND JACKSON ALLEN

Why not begin right now to outgrow the fear of old age? Why accept as true the argument of material sense that advancing years bring fading beauty, limited action, impaired faculties, and other enfeebling beliefs?

We can refuse to be taken in by these suggestions. We can know that they are false and cannot be foisted on us. Christian Science shows clearly what it is that would mesmerize us. Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health, "The illusion of material sense, not divine law, has bound you, entangled your free limbs, crippled your capacities, enfeebled your body, and defaced the tablet of your being."  Science and Health, p. 227;

If any of these suggestions appear real to us, we can cast them out as illusions, which are no part of our true identity. One of them may be that we can be mentally depressed and discouraged. This limiting belief appears among individuals of all ages but often seems especially prevalent among those called elderly. One reason why people seem to become mentally depressed and give in to beliefs of decrepitude is lack of purpose.

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