The Master's familiar words still challenge the Christianly scientific metaphysician. Said Christ Jesus, the Son of God, "Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" Matt. 7:3.
I've realized that perhaps there could be more to the beam/mote question than the traditional interpretation. Doesn't the demand include that we confront evil's "beam" as it appears at the doorway of our consciousness; that we ourselves are to be consciously convinced, thoroughly persuaded, of God's allness? Then we'll be better prepared to deal effectively with another's mote—the belief that evil is arguing "out there" or "over there." Actually the beam and mote are basically the same limiting claim—the claim that would suggest God is not All-in-all.
Today's Christian Scientist says, "Come and see what the merciful plan of infinite Love, God, when applied through Christ's divine Science, does to the beam and/or mote." It heals, individually and collectively, those claims of discord—those beams and motes—that bring painful pressure in our bodies; that disturb our families, neighbors, business associates, fellow church members; that sow seeds of inharmony in social, educational, economic, political, or international groups. The scientific demonstration of Love's plan means that the beam/mote is actually nowhere, is lawfully unreal, because God, good, is always All-in-all.
