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"Each step along the way has brought so much refreshment."

with contributions from Mildred F. Hines, Willie Mae Bailey

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I've been a longtime subscriber and look forward to each issue and usually read it from cover to cover. Each step along the way has brought so much refreshment.

I still remember the picture of a young woman with the word "Joy" above it that brought me joy (see advertisement, July 24). Even now when I think of joy, that picture comes to mind. I'm also very grateful for the special issue on "The future of medicine—and the medicine of the future" (March 13, 2000).

Mildred F. Hines
Dallas, Texas

What is consciousness?

Please share with me your definition of human consciousness. So often I say to people "We need to build the consciousness" for such and such. I read articles written in your publication referring to consciousness. Ever so often I'm asked to define the term consciousness, and I am finding that it's easier to use the term than it is to define it and make it simple enough for a child to understand. In my mind I know what it means, and I'm fully aware of its machinations, but I have this zeal to explain it to a broader spectrum of people.

Willie Mae Bailey
Hollywood, South Carolina

A reader responds: One way of looking at "consciousness" is to think of it as our awareness of ourselves and the world around us. Our goal can be to think more and more in spiritual terms and less and less in material ones. Then our consciousness will become progressively more Godlike, more totally loving and good. Jesus set the example for expressing the perfect consciousness of God and of God's creation. He did this so effectively that he was able to heal people instantaneously.

There are numerous statements about consciousness in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and all of these shed quite a bit of light on the subject. But to get a feeling for the kind of progress we're capable of, you might look at the "scientific translation of mortal mind" on pages 115–116.

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