RE: Healing through the Christ-consciousness
I wish not to bring division in this forum- IF I have offend anyone
You haven't offended me, because basically you may say what you wish on HP, as long as it is not a personal attack on any member.
These are your views and you should be free to express them and you must expect some of us to be over the top with their contradictions.
But just maybe you are off topic on this post. If you want to expand your views perhaps you could start a new thread,
RE: Healing through the Christ-consciousness
Thanks so much Meta for your explanation whew! You know, its very easy for people to get confused between man, (as we understand the meaning of the term given by Mary Baker Eddy) the spiritual, eternal, immortal expression of Gods being and mortal man, its counterfeit. Just as the Christ is the divine power and presence or God, while Jesus was the human man who most fully embodied and expressed this, we must never confuse this mortal, fleshly stage and belief of existence, with God!
Ill let Eddy do the explaining:
When man is spoken of as made in God's image, it is not sinful and sickly mortal man who is referred to, but the ideal man, reflecting God's likeness. S&H 345
Mortal man is the antipode of immortal man in origin, in existence, and in his relation to God. (Science and Health p 215)
God's man, spiritually created, is not material and mortal. S&H p 306
This carnal material mentality, misnamed mind, is mortal. Therefore man would be annihilated, were it not for the spiritual real man's indissoluble connection with his God, which Jesus brought to light. In his resurrection and ascension, Jesus showed that a mortal man is not the real essence of manhood, and that this unreal material mortality disappears in presence of the reality. S&H 292
In divine Science, man is the true image of God. The divine nature was best expressed in Christ Jesus, who threw upon mortals the truer reflection of God and lifted their lives higher than their poor thought-models would allow,--thoughts which presented man as fallen, sick, sinning, and dying. The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect Principle and idea,--perfect God and perfect man,--as the basis of thought and demonstration. S&H 259
Man is the idea of Spirit; he reflects the beatific presence, illuming the universe with light. Man is deathless, spiritual. He is above sin or frailty. He does not cross the barriers of time into the vast forever of Life, but he coexists with God and the universe. S&H 266
Love and peace,
Judy
RE: Healing through the Christ-consciousness
ORIGINAL: Healistic
These are your views and you should be free to express them and you must expect some of us to be over the top with their contradictions.
Hello again Healistic. I absolutely agree with what Meta has said in his/her second post. And of course, everyone has the right to express their own views on HP! 🙂 This however, was not put forward as his or her own view, but as a quote from Mary Baker Eddy and it is not in any of her published works (as you might have guessed, I have them all on computer, with a concordance). I have emailed the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Mankind to ask if it is in any of her unpublished works, but have not yet had an answer.
As one of the individuals who you obviously refer to as going "over the top with their contradictions", since Mary Baker Eddy is no longer with us to defend herself, then if I see something that is not consistent with her published writings or verified in any way, and which could lead to more misunderstanding than is already out there, then yes, I certianly will defend her right to be correctly quoted and understood!
Love and peace,
Judy
RE: Healing through the Christ-consciousness
As one of the individuals who you obviously refer to as going "over the top with their contradictions",
Not So.
you have always been consistant and true with your beliefs and as far as I am aware unlike some (including me) you have not been obnoxious. I was making a general statement.
I am sorry if that offended you.
If I wanted to offend you I would have refered to you personaly.[sm=1kis.gif]
RE: Healing through the Christ-consciousness
Another Whew!
You hadn't offended me anyway Healistic - I have a hide like a rhino when it comes to me - and besides, when we are all actually strangers, even personal remarks are only based on assumption, so how can they have any power, unless you give it to them? 😀
And please don't label yourself (or others) with a word like "obnoxious." "T'aint true! The reason I've stayed with HP for so many years is because everyone here is respectful, kind, considerate and loving. OK, occasionally, people get het up or prickly (it got rather horrid when Israel was bombing Lebanon as people took opposite sides) but on the whole, HP members give each other space for different views, different backgrounds, different beliefs etc and the few times there has been someone here who was simply trying to be a trouble-maker, they were quickly dispatched! The Mods quietly do a terrific job and so does Mike, who started it all up.
Well, with that, I hope I can get this thread back on topic again! 😉
Love and peace,
Judy
PS thanks for all the kisses!! [sm=jump1.gif]