Article December 26, 2016 Issue

Seeing division, or oneness of Mind?

Laura Clayton

Recently I was reminded of a phrase that the discoverer of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, used when writing to Christian Scientists about abiding in God, in Truth and Love. She said that if they did this, they would be “one in heart,—one in motive, purpose, pursuit” (Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 135).

Whether within families, neighborhoods, or legislatures, the goal of moving together in harmony with a common purpose, and supporting one another, is an ideal worth striving for. Amid apparent conflict it’s not unreasonable to pray for unity of spirit because such oneness expresses the nature of God, the infinite and only Mind, our creator. Oneness, rather than division, characterizes and underlies all true being as the spiritual, perfect outcome of God.

Yet Christian Science doesn’t teach us to pray with the aim of bringing contrary minds together, of patching up a supposed splintered reality. Instead it requires us to turn away from the notion of many minds. This Science encourages us humbly to accept the truth that there is one Mind, which controls, orders, and guides all in harmony. Wonderful progress and healing come from yielding to this intelligent control, to the law of divine Love, and to the fact that each individual truly is created in the likeness of divine Mind.

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