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Messages from the media— or from God?

From the October 2011 issue of The Christian Science Journal


What if the billboards on the highway were filled with the qualities and synonyms of God, instead of alluring advertisements?

In my study of Christian Science, I recently started examining what it means to consciously live my life in a way that starts from a spiritual basis—and disproves the attempts of mortal mind to drag my thinking into a material, culture-driven atmosphere. I have learned that my communion with God comes through thinking clearly, recognizing the allness of God, and glorifying the spiritual qualities that I reflect as His child.

At the beginning of this year, it dawned on me that various aspects of my lifestyle needed to change. On a day-to-day basis, I was not living my life in a way that allowed me to have the clarity of thought that is essential for healing through Christian Science. Specifically, I was listening to music and watching TV shows that were contradictory to what I wanted to entertain in my consciousness as a healer. Plus, the judgments I was passing on others were hindering my ability to be loving. I was riding the roller coaster of the “media message,” which was distracting me.

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