To give up false beliefs! To outgrow mistakes! To forgive enmity! To forgive ourselves! To erase unhappy memories and sacrifice belief in the reality of everything that isn't good!
Whatever memory claims to be one's own—That history, background, way of life comprise—In every aspect innate goodness lies,For Love was always there and wrong unknown,Except to mortal sense.
If you had been one of Christ Jesus' disciples, on your way to Emmaus, would you have recognized the Master as he walked with you, explaining the Old Testament references concerning himself?
An article on the Christian Science movement that appeared recently in The Wall Street Journal can serve as a useful reminder of the words written by Mary Baker Eddy when the press was mounting one of its frequent campaigns against her and her teachings: "Rest assured that the injustice done by press and pulpit to this denomination of Christians will cease, when it no longer blesses this denomination.
Christian Science has taught me to depend solely on God, and the more consistently and persistently I have done this, the more I have grown in understanding God, who is Life itself, and man, who is the reflection of this Life.
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