Individuals can and do rise into the dawning light of spiritual resurrection when they are willing to lay on the altar what seems to be their most precious human possession—the mortal sense of self. This willingness must have as its constant companions uncompromising integrity, humility, and a sincere desire to put off the graveclothes of self-indulgence and self-justification. These two blinding beliefs of animality are deeply rooted in the false assumption that matter is real, that it is the substance and intelligence of men, the source of their happiness and satisfaction.
In an Easter sermon Mrs. Eddy asks these pertinent questions: "Is our consciousness in matter or in God? Have we any other consciousness than that of good? If we have, He is saying to us to-day, 'Adam, where art thou?' We are wrong if our consciousness is in sin, sickness, and death. This is the old consciousness." Miscellaneous Writings, p. 179; She says further, "Have we left the consciousness of sickness and sin for that of health and holiness?
"What is it that seems a stone between us and the resurrection morning?
