Perfect Justice

Spiritual resource to share: inspirational readings

I chose these selections from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy to get a clearer idea on the transforming power of God's law. Years ago, I took a number of courses including a course in Health Care Law. It was interesting to hear that all of our current thousands of laws on the books have their roots in the Ten Commandments.

Enjoy!

From the Bible:

Ps 119: 97, 98

Ps. 89: 14-17

Ezek 44: 24

Exodus 20: 1-17

John 1: 17

Matt 5: 1-12

Gal 5: 19-23

I Pet 5: 6-11

Micah 6: 8

Prov 3: 1-4

From Science and Health

SH 4: 5

340: 9-22

174: 17

271: 21

184: 12-18

391: 17-18

36: 19-21

105: 3-10, 13-21

106:6, 15-19, 27-29

393: 16-18

63: 5-15, 18-20, 23-27

64: 1-2

65: 20-25

66: 6-7, 10

495: 28-31

467: 1-16

340: 23-29

From the Christian Science Hymnal

Hymn 111

Hymn 329

Hymn 12

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"Begin anywhere."

Spiritual resource to share: fresh starts

"Begin anywhere." This is one of two quotes that hangs around my office. Its only two words are attributed to John Cage, American composer and philosopher. It is a constant reminder that we are able to change thought, break through a lull, reverse directions at any time. We have that authority to start anew - right now.

After having a very bleary morning where interruptions threatened any advancement on a number of projects, I felt the day could have turned out totally unproductive. But these two little words "begin anywhere" provided enough of a jolt to encourage me to stop this fuzzy accommodation of blah to totally reverse direction. I literally closed the door on my little interruptions, forgave my wandering morning, and gave myself permission to have a great day! I jumped into one project at a time and completed what needed to be done.

This same principle can be applied to one's day as well as one's life. This principle can be seen in the remarkable lives of such people as Buckminster Fuller whose life took a 180 degree turn and continues to be a marvel, and to our own everyday lives.

Begin anywhere. Whatever your background, your history, or your prospects, you can begin - right now - to claim your inheritance as a child of God. All that is good, pure, true and fulfilling is at hand!

Mary Baker Eddy, whose life is another inspiration in itself, penned this over a hundred years ago:

The purpose and motive to live aright can be gained now. This point won, you have started as you should. You have begun at the numeration-table of Christian Science, and nothing but wrong intention can hinder your advancement. Working and praying with true motives, your Father will open the way. "Who did hinder you, that ye should not obey the truth?"

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Why I love Christian Science nursing (and you will too!)

Spiritual resource to share: an inspirational talk

Over the summer, I was asked to give an inspirational talk on Christian Science nursing.
You have to understand. I. love. Christian. Science. nursing.

In this talk, I was able to distill all of my experiences as a Christian Science nurse's aide and as administrator for a Christian Science nursing facility plus my additional and continuing inspiration and put it all into one talk.

The talk Christian Science nursing - for the dignity and defense of our Cause highlighted the full spectrum of influence of Christian Science nursing which "comforts an individual as well as elevates the race in its concept of care." It included this healing that happened to our family:

At one point, my husband badly strained his back, so much so that he couldn’t even partially turn his head without feeling severe pain. When our six year old son came in the room and jumped up on the bed, my husband screamed out in pain and scared our son. The little guy ran out of the room and came back and threw a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy on the bed and pleaded – “Mommy – you take Daddy to your work!” He knew that there was a place where his dad could go and be helped. And it was obvious that my husband needed to be properly cared for in a way that wasn’t scary to our young family.

When we called a Christian Science nurse, she helped us assess the situation and let us conclude that he needed to be in a facility to receive proper care. An ambulance was called and she helped set us up at the facility, where my husband would receive around-the-clock care.

Although my husband was new to the study and practice of Christian Science, he said he felt so loved and cared for at the facility that it was tangible. In three days, he came home, healed and playing soccer in the yard with our sons.

So what was the impact of the role of the Christian Science nurse on this individual? He was blessed by being in that atmosphere where healing was expected – this helped him to expect healing. He benefitted by the practical wisdom and proper care of the nurses. They defended the atmosphere in the sickroom. He defended his thought. Their disciplined approach to care helped his disciplined approach to prayer and helped to remove fear.

In the end, his healing was quick and complete.

To read the entire talk, go to Hill Top Center's website and click on to "Inspirational Talk from Annual Meeting 2009."

Enjoy!






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the basic questions

Spiritual resource to share: your own inspired answer

I have often been asked about the practice of Christian Science and recently sat down to re-think and get re-charged with new inspiration. I answered these two freqently asked questions in this way:

What does a Christian Science practitioner do?

• A Christian Science practitioner gives Christian Science treatment and prays with his or her patients. The spirit of love characterizes the practitioners’ work in which healing is expected: physical ills are cured, relationships restored and discordant situations reversed.
• The basis of Christian Science is that God is Love. The theology of Christian Science explains that suffering is not God’s will, neither is shunning, shaming, abandoning one needing help, or dictating what another should do.
• If healing results do not come quickly, the individual is free to seek other practitioners or other means of healing. Results matter.

What is the difference between treatment and prayer?

• Christian Science prayer is general and can be shared under all conditions; some Christians might call this type of prayer a prayer of affirmation.
• Christian Science treatment is specific and is up to the individual patient and the practitioner as to how the case is taken up. It is a sacred trust between practitioner and patient, and may involve communion, confession as well as personal revelation and spiritual reasoning. Both patient and practitioner expect healing to be the result of Christian Science treatment.
• Christian Science treatment is purely spiritual and includes the work of a Christian Science practitioner. It may also include the work of a Christian Science nurse* and/or being cared for at a Christian Science nursing facility. It does not include any material methods of healing, neither is a Christian Science practitioner licensed to give medical care. If a patient decides to change to medical care, they need to go to one who is licensed to give that care.
• A Christian Scientist who elects medical care is still considered a child of God! (Nothing can take away that status!) In Christian Science, God’s love is constant and unconditional. A Christian Scientist strives to reflect that same love. Shunning or shaming is illegitimate and has no part in the practice of Christian Science.

For other responses to these questions, check out these links:

What is a Christian Science practitioner?

What is Christian Science treatment?

*a Christian Science nurse is one “who has a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science practice, who thoroughly understands the practical wisdom necessary in the sick room and who can take proper care of the sick.” (The Church Manual by Mary Baker Eddy)









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your definition of God = your religion

Spiritual resource to share: infinite God

I have been sharing Godwords on my facebook page for months now. Godwords are a collection of 3 to 7 words that prompt thought into considering the multi-faceted nature of God.


So when I wrote the Godwords of today: brilliance, improvisation, order, calmness and music, a friend responded:

Hi friend. Why GODwords? Are brilliance, improvisation, order, calmness and
music dependent on religion? Love you.

I thought it was a good question because it makes you ask other questions. Like -- can a spiritual quality be dependent on a spiritual discipline? Hmmmm. Or -- can religion encompass universal qualities? Can religion be universal?

I can see the larger question here.

If one understands religion as being a restrictive way to govern behaviour, a system of beliefs passed down from generation to generation, or a formalized and traditional way of determining meaning in life, it is difficult to smoosh into that narrow definition qualities of thought that are expansive, eternal, infinite and universal. So if that is the case, then the answer to the above question must be no. Actually the question itself is hard to answer because there is no dependence here.

God is infinite and infinity is not something the limited human thought can easily grasp. Humility - that quality necessary for our spiritual growth - ushers in the idea that we are not the creator, but reflect all that our Creator, God is. Seeing that God is infinite, we are in awe!



What if one's understanding of religion went beyond a system of beliefs to a practice of infinite spiritual ideas that results in harmonious relationships, bodies and organizations? What if one's understanding of religion ran parallel to math or to music?

What about math? The principles are fixed, but its applications are infinite. Solutions are found.
What about music? The notes may be the same, but their infinite combinations create comfort, inspiration , unity, and joy.

SO what about religion? I see it as a way to understand God, as all that is infinite. It does not restrict, but releases and reveals the joy, order, peace and spontaneity of God's love! Its applications are infinite and the infinite interplay of spiritual qualities create all that is good.

MBEddy writes: "The infinite never began nor will it ever end." Neither will our understanding of God ever end, but grow increasingly more comprehensive, expansive and practical. As my understanding of God grows, so does my religion.






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God and dog

Spiritual resource to share: unconditional love

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