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Notes and References 10/15/00 Referring to an article in one of the editions of the Journal, Mrs. Eddy comments upon the following reference to the cat in Alice in Wonderland. She states, “One of these extracts is the story of the Cheshire Cat, which "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone." Was this a witty or a happy hit at idealism, to illustrate the author's following point? — "When philosophy becomes fairy-land, in which neither laws of nature nor the laws of reason hold good, the attempt of phenomenism to conceive the universe as a phenomenon without a noumenon may succeed, but not before; for it is an attempt to conceive a grin without cat." Mis 116) Male ego vs women’s rights Mrs. Eddy tells us often to beware of personality and another’s corporeality. She also asks us if there is enough of a “flatterer, a fool or a liar to offend a whole souled woman”. Thought must become inspired and uplifted to see our true selves. The real thing! Two ladies visit the hypnotist. It material identity we seek is all a fake, a counterfeit, a grin without a cat. It is FUSTIAN: In vain do the manger and the cross tell their story to pride and fustian. (S&H 142:15-16) In other words it is like cotton candy. Looks like a lot but it is full of air. It is nothing. And all the time that the world holds the material ideal before your eye you have been hypnotized not to see the spiritual ideal which is the only truth there is. Being wakened from this mesmeric trance allows us to see clearly health and happiness. Healing is the result. So, now, you are all healers and I will refer to you as such. We have talked about the wrong way to view our experience. Now let’s look at the correct way to view life. There are four rivers in Genesis. These are the same rivers in Ezekial and again in Revelation. They are listed in order below in Gen 2: 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. Lets look at Mrs. Eddy’s definition of these Bible terms from her chapter “Glossary” in out textbook: PISON (river). The love of the good and beautiful, and their immortality. (S&H 593:1) GIHON (river). The rights of woman acknowledged morally, civilly, and socially. (S&H 587:3) HIDDEKEL (river). Divine Science understood and acknowledged. (S&H 588:5) EUPHRATES (river). Divine Science encompassing the universe and man; the true idea of God; a type of the glory which is to come; metaphysics taking the place of physics; the reign of righteousness. (S&H 585:16) There it is: 1st love everything good and beautiful and see that nature as infinite; 2nd acknowledge the rights of women morally, socially and civilly; 3rd, work to acknowledge and understand Divine Science, and 4th, keep your thought on the true idea of God, seeing Divine Science embracing the whole world. These are the four key points to advancing mankind spiritually and our foundation from which to build a greater understanding in this class. Are you a Christian Scientist? For now I will just call myself a student of Christian Science with a long way to go before I can really claim to be one. Our view of others therefore should reflect this kind of compassion. Look at Mrs. Eddy’s article, “Taking Offence”: Mis 224: Nothing short of our own errors should offend us. He who can wilfully attempt to injure another, is an object of pity rather than of resentment; while it is a question in my mind, whether there is enough of a flatterer, a fool, or a liar, to offend a whole-souled woman. “Appreciation of everything beautiful, great and good” and “Whole souled woman”!!!!! Sound familiar. Doesn’t that coincide with the first two rivers? |
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