Category: Transcendence

Get to Know God - a 28-day Project - Epilogue

30/10/2013

This is not the end, it is just the beginning! Keep asking questions! Here's one more:
"Question. — What is God?
Answer. — God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love.
Question. — Are these terms synonymous?
Answer. — They are. They refer to one absolute God. They are also intended to express the nature, essence, and wholeness of Deity. The attributes of God are justice, mercy, wisdom, goodness, and so on." (SH 465:8-15)

We have just scratched the infinitesimal surface of a new point of view on how to Get to Know God. We only explored 4 qualities for each synonym for God and there are a whole lot more! If you wish to continue to your exploration of God in this way, here is a list of several more qualities organized under the seven synonyms for God.

If you really want to deepen your understanding of God in this way, I urge you to get the comprehensive work on this subject, Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy which can be purchased online. Or, if you want to buy one at a bookstore and be able to chat with someone about it, check your local White or Yellow Pages listings for a Christian Science Reading Room near you.

If you just want someone to talk to about it, don't hesitate to contact me and we can continue the conversation.

Above all, have fun Getting to Know God!!

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Get to Know God - a 28-day Project - Summary: God is Mind

29/10/2013

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Summary: God is Mind

“God is wise and powerful! Praise him forever and ever. He controls the times and the seasons; he makes and unmakes kings; it is he who gives wisdom and understanding. He reveals things that are deep and secret; he knows what is hidden in darkness, and he himself is surrounded by light. (GNT, Dan 2:20-22)

Reflection: We can be thankful that the supremely wise intelligence of the universe is in control, is the divine Truth, and is entirely separate from the discord of the human mind. When we have but one Mind, God, this Mind forms its own likeness in us, and we can then express this soundness in our lives.

Spiritual Fact: “When we fully understand our relation to the Divine, we can have no other Mind but His, — no other Love, wisdom, or Truth, no other sense of Life, and no consciousness of the existence of matter or error.” (SH 205:32)

“Mind is God. The exterminator of error is the great truth that God, good, is the only Mind, and that the supposititious opposite of infinite Mind — called devil or evil — is not Mind, is not Truth, but error, without intelligence or reality. There can be but one Mind, because there is but one God”. (SH 469:13-18)

Tomorrow, the Epilogue

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Get to Know God - a 28-day Project - Day 28

28/10/2013

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God is Mind
Day 28 – Transcendence

tran·scend·ence /tran-sen-duhns/ η: 1 the quality or state of being transcendent: exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence. 2 a. (of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories. b. beyond consciousness or direct apprehension. 3 theol (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world. 4 free from the limitations inherent in matter.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” (Isa. 55:8-11)

Contemplate that God, Mind, is like a sole Broadcasting intelligence system that perpetually transmits Life, Truth and Love, without interruption out to the entire universe including Man. And, that we are like radios that have to be tuned into the station to get a clear transmission of the broadcast. Sometimes its clear as a bell; sometimes it’s fuzzy and hard to hear; sometimes there’s so much interference all we can hear is “white noise”. But, we can trust that the broadcast continues above the din and free from the limitations of the interference.

Awareness Exercise: Take several quiet moments today to become aware of Mind’s transmissions. Ask for clarity about something you need help with in your life right now and then listen patiently for a transmission. Notice whether you can hear a transmission or not. Remember back to God is Soul: Intuition and know that this sense is direct communication with God. How easy or difficult is it to hear? Does the level of ease or difficulty change as you do this exercise? Consider how you might tune in to the station with less interference. What do you have to do to adjust the dial? Practice tuning in and adjusting the dial. What happens when you tune in and act on the direction you received? Did it fix the problem? If not, keep practicing and note the results.

“The verity of Mind shows conclusively how it is that matter seems to be, but is not. Divine Science, rising above physical theories, excludes matter, resolves things into thoughts, and replaces the objects of material sense with spiritual ideas. The term Christian Science was introduced by the author to designate the scientific system of divine healing.” (SH 123:11-18)

Congratulations! You've completed the 28-day Get to Know God Project! Tomorrow we'll summarize God is Mind and the following day, we'll reflect on our entire journey!

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Sharon Leman

Sharon Leman has been studying and practicing Christian Science for over 14 years and in 2012 dedicated her life to responding to requests for prayer in service to God and mankind.

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