Article December 27, 1982 Issue

Traveling—a higher context

GLORIA GOODALE

Imagine driving a car for miles at a time staring all the while in the rearview mirror. Not a very wise or safe plan. Imagine expecting to progress in spiritual understanding while preoccupied with the material scene around or behind us. Just as inconsistent.

In Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes, "Man walks in the direction towards which he looks, and where his treasure is, there will his heart be also."^{ Science and Health, p. 451.} Christian Science teaches that man's real identity is spiritual, the expression of divine Mind—a term for God used in this Science. These teachings are in full accord with the life and work of Christ Jesus as presented in the Bible. Jesus demonstrated spiritual dominion over every aspect of human experience by relying on no other source but God. His life is the supreme example that man's real existence is demonstrably spiritual, and it is the basis for the scientific system of divine healing.

When I was young I used to sit in the rear seat of the family station wagon, facing backward. Often I became disoriented by watching everything in reverse and had trouble with travel sickness. And as I grew older, I continued to have this trouble, to the point where I simply accepted it as an inevitable part of travel.

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