Is it possible to see a spiritual idea?

Spiritual perception tells us what we need to know about who we really are.

Gaining a satisfying answer to the question posed in the title of this article depends on how we're using the word see. Are we speaking of seeing through the physical sense of sight or "seeing" through the mind's comprehension of something? The expression "I see what you mean" could be stated accurately by a blindfolded person when informed of a particular concept or idea. On the other hand, "seeing" a spiritual idea through physical sight is quite impossible.

A young girl attending a Christian Science Sunday School was asked by her teacher, "Are we able to see God?" After a rather long pause she thoughtfully stated, "God is not really so much a 'see' as He is a 'feel.'" With God's grace may we all more consistently feel, perceive spiritually, God's loving presence and power.

We have difficulty getting a better understanding of God as Spirit or as divine Love—as the Bible defines Him—when we try somehow to know and see Him physically. This suggests an anthropomorphic concept of Deity, which is something I couldn't accept even as a teenager. Up to that time I had considered myself an atheist because I found it impossible to conceive of a Supreme Being as having some sort of physical form. I can remember reasoning that if there was a God, He couldn't possibly be material in any way. It was at that point that I was first introduced to Christian Science.

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