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Before I began to investigate Christian Science, I thought all metaphysics was some farfetched abstract theory in the clouds of human intellectual reasoning, which extraordinary people and unscientific scholars used as an escape route from the world of reality. I also thought that in its religious aspects, metaphysics was the same as occult mysticism, available only to initiates and hermits.

For highway driving, my car has a useful attachment called cruise control. By activating this control I can cause the car to operate at a constant speed.

I awoke one morning with the following statement of Mrs. Eddy's strongly before me: "To impersonalize scientifically the material sense of existence—rather than cling to personality—is the lesson of to-day.

During my school days I had a teacher who never gave anyone full marks. He maintained that to do so would imply that the pupil's work was perfect, whereas nothing is or ever can be perfect.

What inspiring words! They come from a statement by Mrs. Eddy in her book Unity of Good : "Spirit is the only creator, and man, including the universe, is His spiritual concept.

There is a divine order of harmony we can draw on for the healing of human ills and woes. This divine order is God's own conception of things—the perfection of His being, always represented and reflected in man and throughout His spiritual universe.

When an apple hanging from a tree snaps its stem, it doesn't momentarily pause to decide whether or not to obey the law of gravitation. It instantly falls to the ground.

To every army commander, exploiting success is good tactics. Whenever his forces make a breakthrough, that is the moment for all-out effort to widen the gap, to sever the enemy's supply lines and give him no time to regroup and counterattack.

When something pains or threatens us, we may have a certain bravado that claims "I'm not afraid. " But are we sometimes impressed in spite of ourselves? Are we dismayed at the error— concerned with its show of power, its pretense to reality? If so, we are accepting an intelligence other than God.

What is the greatest need of the Christian Science movement today? It is the same great need Mrs. Eddy faced, the same great need Christ Jesus had— the need for spiritually-minded men and women to understand and carry the Christ message! If animal magnetism— that unreal, so-called force that pulls one away from good—were an entity, how would it work to defeat the advance of Christian Science? Would it not work to defeat the spiritual impetus that dwells innately within each of us? Christ Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," Matt.