Do we ever wonder why our intentions don't succeed though we strive to do our best? We may sense that something stands in the way of the demonstration or healing we are striving for. But are we watchful enough to recognize the obstacle, and are we willing to remove it radically?
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, told one of the workers in her household, "All I have ever accomplished has been done by getting Mary out of the way, and letting God be reflected."We Knew Mary Baker Eddy (Boston: The Christian Science Publishing Society, 1979), p. 118. Do we see that perhaps it is this personal or mortal self that needs to be put aside so we can perceive God's purpose?
The starting point for our actions actually lies beyond the material, namely, in the spiritual realm. Man, the expression of God—as the teachings of the Bible and of Christian Science present him to us—is not a physical being with his own capacity to think. His true identity is founded in God, in the eternal I am that Moses perceived.
