Article December 25, 1978 ISSUE

Healing by looking out from God

CORINNE LaBARRE

When we want to gain a panoramic view of the countryside, we go to the highest spot we can find. If we need to get an even wider or more penetrating view, we use satellites and scientific instruments to probe the heights and depths of earth and sky. Always, though, we're observing material objects, which appear to be external to ourselves.

In Christian Science, however, we learn there is nothing external to God or man. Why? Because God is infinite Mind, all-inclusive Spirit, and man is Mind's spiritual expression, including all Spirit's ideas by reflection. When we understand this fact, we can begin to see that all these material objects that appear to be external to us are in fact only false images in human thought. We then can see the possibility of translating these material objects or images into their spiritual counter facts—true, divine ideas. As we do this through prayer, or spiritual vision, we gain glorious views of God's kingdom. The things on earth become representative to us of the harmonious and perfect objects of spiritual creation.

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