Standing in the dark on these nights and gazing out into the sky can be jaw dropping.  The view of trillions of stars sparkling light from distances unfathomable is more than the human mind can comprehend.  There are so many stars and so much to see.  It’s a glimpse into infinity.

What amazes me though, is that the intensity of the light from those stars overwhelms the intensity of the darkness around you.  And the darkness can be intense.  But the stars shine bright!  Their light cuts through that darkness with ease.

I think of times in life when we feel embroiled in conflict or turmoil that cast a veil of darkness over our thinking and make us feel hopeless.  That no matter how dark it appears to be where we stand, we can look up into the sky of divine Mind and find a bright star shining with inspiration coming from God.  

As the light always pierces the darkness, the inspirational ideas coming from above can reach us where we are, restore hope, and get us moving again.

So, if ever feeling overwhelmed, don’t be impressed by the darkness.  Keep your eye on the light, on the Light of Truth and Love, and let it guide you to a better place.  \

The light always penetrates the darkness.

“Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!” (Psalm 43:3, RSV).

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We can do the same with material sense.  There are times when the material senses seem to grab our attention and hold our mental view on subjects that make us feel miserable and uncomfortable.  But we have dominion over material sense.  We can “walk out” of its theater and enter the theater of spiritual sense where the views are uplifting and inspiring.

Mary Baker Eddy writes about the example Jesus Christ left us, “Like our Master, we must depart from material sense into the spiritual sense of being” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 41).  In spiritual sense, we find health, happiness, inspiration, truth and love that bless life and bring us great good.

For the best results, be quick to depart from material sense.  Don’t let it captivate your attention and hold thought in undesirable places.  Let thought ascend to Life in Spirit, where spiritual sense holds your attention and inspires your points of view with healing truths.

Spiritual sense is a much happier place to be.

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~ Publilius Syrus, 1st century BCE

The greatest possessions are not things you hold in your hands that come and go.  They are ideas from Mind that bless you forever and ensure a life of health and happiness.

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~ Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 242

The pathway to heaven is not death.  It’s spiritual consciousness, spiritual mindedness.  It’s a path you can move rapidly down now!  No waiting necessary.

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In thinking about what I’ve learned about individuality in Christian Science, that our individuality is purely spiritual, very tangible and concrete to spiritual sense, and eternally ours, I replied to her, “I am content to know that if my physical body vanished this instant, I would be perfectly fine.  I would still have shape, form, outline, color, texture, and substance.  I would still be moving around, seeing, hearing, living, loving and enjoying the wonderful Life God has given me to live.  But it would all be happening in Spirit, not in matter.  That the disappearance of matter is not the disappearance of me, because I am not material.  I am spiritual!  I can never lose me, a spiritual child of God.”

People who cling to physicality have a hard time identifying with spiritual individuality because they believe matter is the sum and substance of their being.  But it is not.  Matter is temporal.  Physicality is temporal, here today, gone tomorrow.  We are not temporal bodies.  We are eternal spiritual beings.  Everyone will get this figured out sooner or later.  Sooner is better!  When you identify with Spirit, rather than matter, you’ll find it easier to see yourself as a spiritual being, here and now.

As Mary Baker Eddy writes, “The individuality of man is no less tangible because it is spiritual and because his life is not at the mercy of matter.  The understanding of his spiritual individuality makes man more real, more formidable in truth, and enables him to conquer sin, disease, and death” (Science and Health, p. 317).

Start with Spirit, think out from Spirit, identify with Spirit, and you’ll be on your way to understanding what it means to be spiritual.

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