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[Original in German]
Only One Person
"Don't take it personally!" "That wasn't meant personally!" "Now, please don't get personal!"
These are not unusual remarks in daily life. "Personality" seems to occupy considerable space in general thought. Why?
That mortal personality is vulnerable, that one can tread too close to it, or offend by not honoring it, reveals one of its basic characteristics: It is obviously greatly dependent on what others think. In fact, it lives on our belief in it. A sense of personality is not something actually existing but an image that one conceives of someone as one imagines him to be. Mrs. Eddy says in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health: "The world believes in many persons; but if God is personal, there is but one person, because there is but one God. His personality can only be reflected, not transmitted." Science and Health, p. 517;
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January 3, 1976 issue
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Understanding God Dispels Discord
WENDELL HAROLD DEWARE
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Where Is Justice?
FRANCES ELMINA BROWN
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FINDING
Marjorie E. Lilly
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Cherish the Day Before It Appears!
MARIA J. TURNOCK
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Humility and Healing
REGINALD EVELYN NICHOLLS
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HOLD FAST
Gerald Stanwell
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Only One Person
JÜRGEN NICKELS
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A Helpful Rule
MAXINE LE PELLEY
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Turning to God with Confidence
GLADYS BELL
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The Ghost
Christopher Read (written at age 7)
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Mind's Healing Power
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Speaking of People
Naomi Price
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What comforting words of truth are these!...
Hannah E. Jarvis with contributions from A. Lilian Chesney
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I have seen many healings take place through mental surgery...
Eugene T. Sealey
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When I began reading the textbook, Science and Health by...
Pauline Klopfenstein