Dominion at exam time

Christine Carol Weiner

Tension at exam time can be overcome. In Christian Science we learn that God, omnipotent Mind, gives us assurance and intelligence. We are not separate from these qualities, so we don't have to struggle to get them. Man is God's reflection, at the standpoint of dominion and perfect ability. The Bible asserts, "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."^{II Tim. 1:7.}

We can put our whole trust in God, divine Mind, as the source of unfailing intelligence. There can be no tension, no pressure, no fear of forgetting, in Mind. The divine intelligence is never hurried, never anxious, but always unfolds right ideas. As we calmly, quietly, listen for this unfoldment, our human needs are met.

Knowing there is one Mind frees us from the belief in a personal mental ability and its related feelings of inadequacy, limitation, or fear of being unprepared. As spiritual man we reflect the one Mind, which knows and understands all. Man does not depend on guesswork and can't be confused or perceive truth vaguely. Therefore we can retain the facts as needed. Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health: "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.}