Article January 15, 1979 Issue

Wake up to reality!

DONNA NALLEY RYBURN

The lights were down and the curtain had gone up. My husband and I scrambled over other theater patrons to reach our seats. As we came to the middle of the row, we found to our embarrassment that our seats were in the next row forward. Anger surged through me as we awkwardly made our way back to the aisle and into the row ahead. I resented the friend who had delayed us in the lobby. By the time we finally sank into our seats, I knew I had some healing to do for myself.

Just then the alarm clock buzzed loudly, telling me it was 6 a.m. Dream and anger fled. I almost laughed out loud, realizing the episode at the theater had never happened. What a relief to know there was no resentment to heal!

Christian Science exposes the dream nature of mortal existence and the ills that accompany it and awakens us to the reality of immortal being, where discord has no place. Mrs. Eddy states: "Mortal existence is a dream; mortal existence has no real entity, but saith 'It is I.' Spirit is the Ego which never dreams, but understands all things; which never errs, and is ever conscious; which never believes, but knows; which is never born and never dies. Spiritual man is the likeness of this Ego."^{Science and Health, p. 250;}