"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
The more I study and struggle and strive, read and pray, the more I see Christian Science as something so fine and light and divine that no wonder it seems hard to 'get'. Such light and joy seems to hide itself for only the most serious of seekers. Why would this be? Well, why wouldn't it be! Not to deliberately make itself unavailable, but for US to shed the beliefs we have around us. Not so much error keeping us away from Truth (Eddy's went hard down on this I know) but a need for us to 'come gently to the light'.
I see now more than ever how all belief in materiality or mortality and all systems of belief (new age too, I admit) are merely that. Beliefs.
I like the line in We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, where Mrs Eddy mentions of Truth... perception, reception and conception. This is close to my question regarding 'how to establish Truth'.
I also see how very, very difficult, by its own nature, it is to get Divine Thought, onto paper. It is almost impossible to really impart those truths, no wonder she was so misunderstood and Science and Health is still misunderstood.
Mrs Eddy obviously had a leaning towards spiritual growth from her early days, but this doesn't make what she did impossible for us. It shows that we, by study and really ernest daily uplifting, can too. She is not the only one to reach these heights, but she did bring it to the people.
Sometimes I think I get too hung up on trying to understand the words, when I should just sit and silently be with God. That is where I go wrong, the words don't always convey the concept of God, and in fact, it is, by its own nature, incompatible with words. God is. We need to be with God to be that IS too. Occasionally the words can lift us, no doubt, but being in God's 'mind' if you like,is wordless.
Bringing anything from God into the material realm (words, books) is bound to make it denser and lose some of its power, but silent and ... oh I can't describe it... being with God, is All. Pure Truth.
I see more now. It is so much more. It is now in the realm of silence.