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Grasping the Essence

From the September 1970 issue of The Christian Science Journal


A young boy looks up at the stars and experiences a mighty struggle within himself. A scientist, after spending hours at his test tubes and microscopes, despairingly searches his thinking. A student of philosophy pores over the words of the ancient Greeks and shakes his head in confusion. An airplane pilot looks out in awe at the insignificance of the man-made features below and the vastness of the space beyond and gropes for an answer. All struggle with the same problem.

They ask, "Who am I?" and "What is the reason behind this universe?" They reach out mentally to grasp the essence of their being, but all too often fail to find a satisfying answer. As a result their thinking and their lives are not at peace.

And yet, there are today thousands who are at peace in their thinking because they have been able to grasp, in some degree at least, the essence of their being. They have come to realize that Christ Jesus, centuries ago, found within himself, within his own consciousness, the full answer. He said, "The kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21; Through his lifework he gave complete proof of this great revelation of the truth of being. And he promised, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you." John 14:27;

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