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Christian Science proves the impossibility of God being man, or man being God, because it declares God's idea to be the expression of His nature. Yet the divine Mind, which creates and supports spiritual ideas, is distinct from the ideas themselves.

The healing practice of Christian Science might be called restoration to oneness. For all our problems come from the belief of separation—our separation from God, infinite good! And their solution comes from the recognition of man as actually spiritual, the infinite, individualized idea of God, eternally embraced in and expressive of His love.

Recently I uncovered some photographs taken many years ago. Scanning them thoughtfully, I asked myself, "Can it be this once was me ?" I remember correcting my grammar to "once was I"; and this "I," this nominal symbol of identity, promptly alerted me to the erroneous trend of my thought.

"How large is your church? How many members does it have on its rolls?" An implication in questions like these is that somehow one can measure an organization's impact on the world or its influence in people's lives simply by counting the number of members and then calculating some ratio of membership size to extent of influence. However, such a ratio misses the point, particularly when we refer to the spiritual influence of our church or the wide-ranging impact of even a single instance of healing brought about through the application of its teachings.

If you found yourself in court, on trial for a crime you had nothing to do with, would you plead guilty or innocent to the false charges brought against you? Certainly you would plead innocent! It would be absurd to plead guilty to a crime you did not commit and then have to suffer the attendant penalty. Stop and think though—how often have you done just this; pleaded guilty to completely baseless charges against you and then suffered for it? We may catch ourselves making statements similar to these (either mentally or audibly): "My head aches"; "I just don't have enough time"; "I don't get along well with that individual.

A young couple on a European tour entered a cathedral hand in hand. They were soon stopped by the verger.

Does the thought of having to go through a wilderness experience seem harsh, desolate, and lonely? This is the mental picture I had. I was surprised and slightly annoyed one day when a friend mentioned she thought I was going through such an experience and that it would prove to be of great value.

To say "I seem to be sick" sounds closer to the truth than "I am sick. " And so sometimes Christian Scientists use this word "seem" because it indicates somewhat that sickness is an illusion, not a reality.

Did you ever consider the proposition that error is—in a sense—proof of Truth? How can this be? Obviously a lie cannot be told about nothing; it can only counterfeit a truth. So whenever we detect a lie—and this is important—we can start looking for the opposite truth.

If we are expressing the beauty of holiness, we won't be falsely proud. We'll rejoice in truth wherever we find it.