Editorials

In our true selfhood we are spiritual beings, reflections of the one Divine Being. We are not, as false, mortal belief insists, limited, physical creatures anchored to a material earth.

The reality of spiritual being is even now fulfilled everywhere. Because this is absolutely true, advancement—according to Christian Science—is not the changing of thought from one mortal stage to another or the moving of people or objects from here to there.

When an individual begins to understand Christian Science, he may seem to be going through a grand transformation. Perhaps a healing has convinced him that matter is not as substantial as he thought it was; that God, Spirit, is really All; and that the term man does not mean a multitude of material personalities.

There's a need for mankind to find a new way of looking at things. Here is a crisp expression of this: "When emerging crises first beset a society, there are calls to do a better job of following the ways of tradition.

Tell a person he is spiritual and perfect, and most likely he will disagree. He probably believes firmly in the substantiality of his material body, knows he has character faults to overcome, mortal longings, moral weaknesses, and is well aware that he has lessons to learn and higher to go in the attainment of wisdom and the expression of goodness before the description fits.

As conscious beings, we reflect to a degree the source of real consciousness, the divine Mind. And this Mind enables us always to think intelligently, fearlessly.

Does duty require us to perform tasks that humanity labels dangerous? Are the demands of our work in the "Father's business" heavy so that hours of rest and recreation are scarce and self-sacrifice seems the order of the day? Does there seem to be a penalty for doing right—for going wherever we should go, for standing steadfastly for Truth and obeying the Golden Rule of Love? It is not in accord with God's will that anyone should suffer injury or exhaustion while doing what is right and good. His will maintains the perfection of His ideas.

It is not difficult to be well informed. These days relatively poor people in many parts of the world have transistor radios; while in industrialized nations, citizens are confronted with a wide array of magazines, books, documentary films, varied television programs.

We can't personally own spiritual sense any more than we can own daylight. But by using it we make it our own, and we can see with it.

Much of our life is concerned with feeling. We may feel happy or melancholy, at ease or very uncomfortable.