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To be spiritually independent is to be self-governed, to do one's thinking, under God's direction, unswayed by mortal opinions and beliefs. Dependence on divine Mind and independence of mortal mind make way for Love's leading and control and so bring a natural unfoldment of good into human experience.

God's guiding hand is always near us. Humility enables us to discern it.

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will. Thus Shakespeare recognized the divine influence operating in the affairs of mankind.

Many times, while on a tour of naval duty during World War II, the writer was prompted to feel gratitude for the memorable way in which Mary Baker Eddy phrased the truths recorded in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " Lonely night watches at sea became enriching instead of fearful experiences in proportion as he gave himself to a contemplation of the truth that God and man are inseparable, as taught in Science and Health.

Divine Love encompasses the universe. God, or infinite Spirit, blesses its perfect idea, man, endowing him by reflection with Love's own qualities, and man cannot fail to express these joyously and abundantly.

" Prayer will be inaudible, and works more than words, as we understand God better. " Mary Baker Eddy makes this perceptive declaration regarding prayer on page 15 of her cogent sermon "Christian Healing.

In his epistle to the Colossians Paul makes this statement ( 2:10 ): "Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. " This is the statement of a scientific fact, a truth to be demonstrated in individual experience.

Spiritual intuitions are the gracious means whereby divine Love reaches the human consciousness and influences it for good. They always bless and never harm the recipient.

Indicative of the alliance existing between the quality of stillness and the divine nature are Mary Baker Eddy's words in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 559 ): "The 'still, small voice' of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe's remotest bound.

" Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me" ( Isa. 45: 11 ).