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SOUL AND BODY - 05/25/14

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MaryBeth

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05/20/2014 18:32

Forget our bodies

“Look away from the body into Truth and Love…” (S&H6)
“We should forget our bodies in remembering good and the human race…”(S&H&7)
“the Christian Scientist takes best care of his body when he leaves it most out of his thought and, like the Apostle Paul, is ‘willing to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.’” (S&H8)
“Selfishness and sensualism are educated in mortal mind by thoughts ever recurring to one’s self…”(S&H7)
This is really making some point here – a point given to us directly from God – (for as Mrs. Eddy says, she was a “scribe under orders.”) It is strikes me to be so important as we live in a culture that seems to worship the human sense of “body” and definitely not in a good way. Instead of “body” being out of thought it is constantly being pushed into thought – “how does it look, feel, weigh, how old, how pretty, how strong etc.?! Thank God our work for Him affords a much higher and holier focus than dwelling on such nonsense which when indulged in could become all-consuming.




 
Florence

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05/22/2014 08:17

Re: Forget our bodies

This "forgetting body" was so difficult to even think about; but the more my thinking stayed on God the less I thought about this lump of flesh. It is certain that I cannot be so steeped in personal sense and make any headway Spirit-ward.

This is why the urging in this Church to gain spiritual sense is so vital.
In Science and Health pages 115-116 Mrs.Eddy talks about Scientific Translation and the three degrees. In the third degree which is Understanding we find the Spiritual:Wisdom, purity, spiritual understanding, spiritual power, love, health, holiness.

I cannot stop at the first or second degrees!

Edited by Florence - 06/11/2014 16:56




 
jacob45

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05/22/2014 21:31

Re: Forget our bodies

God will not allow you to stop.... He has got you under His skin!