As we begin to explore the Science of Christ in all its variety, we learn that Christian Science is one great whole. Every concept relates harmoniously to every other, and all lead to God, their source.
Temperament—the disposition or inclination of a human personality—would claim to fracture our living of this wholeness by tempting us to tilt toward and settle into emphasizing one aspect of Christian Science more than another. Perhaps we'd rather study about God than help our neighbor. Or maybe we're so busy running around helping others that we've left God out of the picture and have run dry of spiritual inspiration because we haven't prayed enough. If such descriptions fit, we might want to examine ourselves honestly and see if temperamental tendencies are splitting up our view of Christian Science and endangering our ability to demonstrate it.
We're not meant to have just a part of Christian Science, any more than we're meant to live just a little bit of life. Our right is to have and live the whole of Christian Science. So if we're in need and our prayers appear ineffective, we can overcome our obstructing temperament with spirituality.
