Article February 1, 1982 Issue

What's the motive?

MARY LOU S. HARRISON

Why does a good deed sometimes seem hollow and insincere? I help a friend. Why do I feel unhappy when I expected joy? I study the Christian Science Bible Lesson. In the Christian Science Quarterly. Why do I feel bored when I anticipated inspiration?

If we want our actions and deeds to express more genuine humanity, affection, and faith, then wrong motives need to be eliminated from our efforts to express these qualities.

Study of what the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, terms the "Scientific Translation of Mortal Mind" offers a means for evaluating our motives. In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures she lists three stages:

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