Cultivating our perception of reality
"The elements of divine Spirit are the indestructible substance of man, infinitely more tangible to spiritual sense than matter seems to be to the material senses. What would life be—or how could it be — without the invisible, though substantive, elements of love or joy? Their true nature is entirely spiritual."
Readiness for the practice
"It is wise to admit our shortcomings, for this is the first step in overcoming them. But it is not wise to so exaggerate them that we undermine our confidence and usefulness. The important issue is not how vast our intellectual knowledge of the Science of Christ is but how pure and inspired our understanding of Truth is and how selflessly we are willing to use it to benefit others."
What the acme of Christian Science is
An editorial — "Because Deity is All, it is inevitable that the divine should be coinciding with, or occupying the same place and time as, what appears to us as the human. Accepting this does not mean turning our backs on people and our surroundings—neglecting mankind, being unappreciative of the talent, goodness, hope, love, intellectuality, expressed by human beings. On the contrary. It means warmly embracing humanity, healing spiritually our own troubles and those of others."
