Matter seems solid as a rock to us much of the time. But to overcome the belief in its reality, we need to pray until we see that matter is not stuff but a false way of thinking. When this illusion is seen through and penetrated with love, even partially, one's consciousness is filled with tremendous light.
How often this myth of matter's reality would come between us and our achievements, our plans, our hopes, and our health! The Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, asks in Miscellaneous Writings, "What is it that seems a stone between us and the resurrection morning?" In the next paragraph she answers: "It is the belief of mind in matter. We can only come into the spiritual resurrection by quitting the old consciousness of Soul in sense."Mis., p. 179.
A study of the word "matter," with the aid of the Concordances to the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and Mrs. Eddy's other writings, can prove a revelation and resurrection to thought. It shows us the unreality of matter's claims to control our existence.
