Article June 29, 1981 Issue

The vantage ground of spirituality

BARBARA M. VINING

If we want to help mankind through prayer, we need more than a knowledge of what's going on in the world, helpful though such knowledge may be. To be an active force for good, we need to view world events from the vantage ground of spirituality.

Spirituality brings a consistent awareness of the power of Spirit and the consequent powerlessness of matter. It gives a two-barreled conviction: that mankind's basic need in every situation is for a scientific understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him, and that we can help to supply that need through prayer because we can reflect the one infinite Mind, which governs all.

From this high ground, the constant rush of information reaching us through the news media can be seen in its proper perspective. Fundamental mistakes in mortal thought are just that: mistakes—regardless of their proliferation in human consciousness in the form of crime, disease, war, repressive governments, or ailing economies. These are essentially false beliefs and can be removed only by the light of spiritual understanding and Christian living.

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