When we study the Gospel stories of the career of Jesus, we quickly come to the conclusion that here was a man who was always master of the situation. If we are watching and working to follow in his steps, we long to emulate his dauntless dominion. He dared to deal with human woe as nothingness. He proved it to be just that. We, too, must realize that the spiritual authority he manifested is ours by reflection, and we must claim it.
Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says of the Master in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 18), "Jesus acted boldly, against the accredited evidence of the senses, against Pharisaical creeds and practices, and he refuted all opponents with his healing power."
There it is, in three words: "Jesus acted boldly." The way to make a kite rise is to run straight into the wind with it. The way to make thought rise is to go straight "against the accredited evidence of the senses," to act boldly in the positive realization of all-powerful good. To do this, we must realize that the situation before us is not governed by two minds. There is one Mind. This Mind is good. Mrs. Eddy says in her book "Christian Healing" (p. 10): "There is but one side to good,—it has no evil side; there is but one side to reality, and that is the good side. God is All, and in all: that finishes the question of a good and a bad side to existence."
