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A friend of mine fell deeply in love with a girl. He saw her several times a week and they went on trips together.

Many commands and useful directives are warnings of what not to do: Don't drive through a red light; Don't put your hand on a hot stove; "Say No to drugs," and so on. In the Manual of The Mother Church, Mary Baker Eddy gives "A Rule for Motives and Acts," and its last sentence is a warning against doing a lot of things wrongly.

During October, November, and December last year, television producer Bill Moyers presented a series of ten hour-long programs on the Bible book of Genesis on public (noncommercial) television in the United States. He explained that among several reasons for tackling this project, titled Genesis: A Living Conversation, was his hope that it would serve to introduce (or reintroduce) many people to the stories in Genesis and the role these stories have played in shaping American culture and consciousness.

Good afternoon. It is a joy and privilege to meet and exchange ideas with so many healers! Thank you again, Herb Benson, for calling us back for a second time.

Last December, the department of continuing education at Harvard Medical School and The Mind/Body Medical Institute, Deaconess Hospital in Boston, presented their second annual symposium, "Spirituality & Healing in Medicine—II. " It was attended by a thousand physicians, psychologists, health-care administrators, nurses, allied health professionals, social workers, clergy, and others who had come simply to consider the connection between spirituality and healing.

Brad Stock is a special assistant for research in the office of The Christian Science Board of Directors. His article contains previously unpublished material about Mary Baker Eddy's pioneering work in the field of spiritual healing.

Norman Cousins, whose recovery from a crippling disease was assisted by a liberal dose of laughter, once told an interviewer that he had used laughter "as a metaphor for the full range of positive emotions: hope, faith, love, laughter, determination. "   Los Angeles Times , September 25, 1990.

God is good and upright. He is perfect Mind, which forms the universe, including man.

Christian Science shows the importance of distinguishing between what is real and true and what is not; between what is an appearance to the physical senses and what is divinely actual. Doing so is an essential element of Christian Science practice and demonstration.

Those who are attuned to today's social conditions know that many people are searching for healing. They want to be cured! They crave release from tension, worry, burden, pain, and sickness.