Article August 8, 1994 Issue

The impact of spiritual thought on experience

Eva-Maria Hogrefe

Shakespeare wrote, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" (Hamlet, Act II, scene 2). Clearly, the quality of our thought has great deal—in fact, everything—to do with the nature of our experience. It's vital, then, that our thoughts be conducive to harmony, that they be in accord with God, who is the very Principle of harmony.

A study of the Bible and its key, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy, reveals that as we spiritually understand God's true nature and the way He created man, as His spiritual image and likeness, we have a new model to pattern our thought and action after—a perfect model. Being faithful to this model has a healing, regenerative effect in our lives.

When we watch our thoughts and bring them into conformity with Truth's pattern—perfect God and perfect man—we begin to experience real progress. In Science and Health we read, "Immortal ideas, pure, perfect, and enduring, are transmitted by the divine Mind through divine Science, which corrects error with truth and demands spiritual thoughts, divine concepts, to the end that they may produce harmonious results" (p. 259).