from Joyce Voysey:
I had the feeling that Peel gave a sigh of relief when he got to
the point where he could write the title to chapter six – “Discovery 1866.” Or
was it me who felt the relief?
Page 197 has a line which ends with “the only I AM.” Now,
I have pondered this name and meaning of God many times, but the sight of those
words set like that somehow brought a little gleam of better
understanding. I realised more clearly that we can never, in truth, say,
“I am sick” or “I am poor” or “I am successful” or “I am thirsty.” God
really is the only I AM as the Bible and Science and Health teach
us. S&H’s Glossary has, “I AM. God;
incorporeal and eternal Mind; divine Principle; the only Ego” (Page 588).
I love this phrase on page 198: “the stubborn, cloddish world of
material appearances.” What a wonderful description – the full sentence
reads: “But all around her lay the stubborn, cloddish world of material
appearances, waiting to claim her back.”
I’ve always love the definition of “Evening” in the Glossary to
S&H – “Evening. Mistiness of mortal thought; weariness of mortal
mind; obscured views; peace and rest.” Peel identifies this as being
connected with what Mrs. Eddy called “the twilight of discovery” - the
"Quimby period" in her unfolding of spiritual ideas (page 205).
On that same page, I have a note that she passed through a sort
of psychology period through the Quimby connection. We read, “…she
dropped forever the belief that the human mind healed disease and gained the
great discovery ‘that God is the only healer and healing Principle, and that
Principle is divine not human.’”
I was interested to read, “two Genesis accounts [of creation] as
inspired portrayals” (mid page 208). Had never thought that
Genesis Two was inspired.
I’d like to pop in a little poem which Jill Gooding praised in
her audio lecture, Prophecy and Healing To-day. Found on Shared
Reflections on christianscience.com
Genesis and you
William R. Beattie
Beginning right now, if you could choose
To identify yourself from the point of view
Of Genesis chapter one, or two,
Which would you rather have as you?
To identify yourself from the point of view
Of Genesis chapter one, or two,
Which would you rather have as you?
Man as formed from the dust of the ground
Is the creation described in Genesis two—
Imperfect, impure, no dominion found,
With woman formed from a lesser view.
Is the creation described in Genesis two—
Imperfect, impure, no dominion found,
With woman formed from a lesser view.
Darkness, materialism, sin, and blight
Are all set forth in chapter two;
While chapter one, which speaks of light,
Is uplifting, spiritual, and the only true.
Are all set forth in chapter two;
While chapter one, which speaks of light,
Is uplifting, spiritual, and the only true.
In creation according to Genesis one,
Dominion is given man, goodness too.
Man is God's image and likeness, His very own son,
Both male and female—the spiritual view.
Dominion is given man, goodness too.
Man is God's image and likeness, His very own son,
Both male and female—the spiritual view.
Genesis one, or Genesis two?
The divine must be our point of view.
Matter's child was never true—
By the law of God, chapter one defines you!
The divine must be our point of view.
Matter's child was never true—
By the law of God, chapter one defines you!
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