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Spiritualizing thought through unceasing prayer
Reprinted from the August 4, 1973, Sentinel
Spiritual healing requires spirituality. This statement is obvious, and its import is stressed throughout the teachings of Christian Science. In searching for what Mary Baker Eddy has written on the subject of how we can improve our healing ability we are uniformly reminded: Successful healing is directly related to spirituality. She sums this up in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “We approach God, or Life, in proportion to our spirituality, our fidelity to Truth and Love; and in that ratio we know all human need and are able to discern the thought of the sick and the sinning for the purpose of healing them.” 1
Our part in fulfilling the long-range healing goal of our Church is to strengthen our healing ability. Since individual spiritual development is essential to this, what are the practical steps we can take to achieve it?
Spirituality is a state of consciousness. Are we more conscious of Spirit than matter? Do we take a spiritually-minded approach to people, circumstances, events? Are we becoming less sensitive to the demands, the distractions, the pleasures and pains of materialism? A frank observation by Mrs. Eddy explains what is needed: “It is their materiality that clogs the progress of students, and ‘this kind goeth not forth but by prayer and fasting.’ ” 2
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September 14, 2015 issue
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Letters
Daystar, Grady, Sue, Lovestodance, Keitha Walker
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Christly love: a powerful response to injustice
Nancy Mullen
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A lesson in spiritual alertness
Deborah Peck
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We are buoyant!
Nicki Hudson
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Proof that prayer matters
Jay H. Steinberg
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I was wholly free
Marie Jureit-Beamish
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A memorable healing
Ruth Coolidge
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Injury from a pet healed
Consuela H. Allen
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An end to joint stiffness and pain
Barbara L. Saunders
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Two healings and the Lord’s Prayer
Janet Wenrick
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Spiritualizing thought through unceasing prayer
Arthur P. Wuth
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Conforming to Love’s design
Barbara Vining