IN the vision recorded in Revelation, St. John tells of many wonders that he beheld: "I saw," or "I looked." His language indicates an imperative need for making an effort to look, if we would have the clear vision that beholds the real. "What seest thou?" was asked by "the Lord" of those to whom came prophetic vision, as in the case of Jeremiah and Amos. It is a question that might well be asked of each of us as we go forth daily to mingle with our fellows.
One's vision should be extended more and more beyond self, for as one forgets himself and dwells quietly and persistently on God's perfection and activity, one gains an uplifted sense of life and realizes better its true meaning. The glorious stillness and peace of communion with God abide with him and are manifested through him as he goes about the daily round of activities. One must see that Truth can have no opposite, for Truth is all there is. Hence any evidence that does not bear witness to the perfection of Truth should surely be seen as nothing, as merely false appearance.
Mrs. Eddy says in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 476, 477): "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick." This, then, is the constant, unchanging vision which, regardless of any contrary evidence, sees only good as real. To look for good with spiritual discernment enables one to behold good. Similarly, to look for the activity of Truth as the only action is to lose the sense of erroneous activity. Each degree of true consciousness and faith in God partakes of the nature of God; and even as God sees in man and the universe His own reflection, so man sees only that which expresses God.
