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Humanly analyzed, some individuals could be classified as "leaners" and others as "self-reliant. " But no matter what our human tendency has been, each of us needs to evaluate his concept of dependency, not once but frequently, in order to take increasingly progressive steps toward permanent security.

Is music in church contributing to a quickened sense of our Christian mission? To a higher demonstration of health and harmony? It will when we see it as our own individual expression of praise to God. Not that we have to personally perform all or any of the music.

If the love among us seems to be changeable and fleeting, we can be sure this is because we must express more of the Christ-love. This Christly affection tells us to love even if others seem to be cold and full of hate.

The sleepy-looking cartoon character rises from his breakfast table and mumbles, "And now, having satisfied one hundred per cent of my daily requirements, I am returning to bed. " Lee Lorenz, in The New Yorker, October 27, 1975.

What are we looking for in healing— simply the physical restoration of matter so that we can get on with our lives? Or do we recognize the fact that every malady—physical or otherwise—is really an alarm, signaling us to get out of the dream of life in matter? Radical reliance upon God, Spirit, for healing requires the right standpoint. Actually, our intent of healing in Christian Science is not to change matter (in fact, Christian Science refutes matter), but rather to verify the allness of Spirit, God.

Regardless of how sophisticated or how simple our life style may be, as long as our basis of thinking and living is material, we will have only a very tenuous hold on happiness, peace, and harmony. In Science and Health Mrs.

Christian Science reveals that our true individuality as God's reflection embodies every spiritual quality of God. As we strive to put this truth into practice, we see how to open up our thinking and be receptive to the inherent infinitude of spiritual good.

1 . Do you shy away from eating something because of bad publicity about it? 2.

There was once an evil knight who rode around the countryside terrifying everyone. No one knew who he was, for the visor of his helmet was always down.

To gain and maintain a wide-awake consciousness of the kingdom of God within, we have to watch that we do not become mentally indolent in our study and application of Christian Science. Mental alertness is especially needed today, when the carnal mind's resistance to Truth is claiming to put students to sleep spiritually, some after years of discipleship.