For some reason, I just love to read the chapter on Creation in Science and Health. I read it over and over and get more out of it every time.
I like to read it because it’s a short chapter and I can catch more of an entire vision of a monumental truth in a few pages and in one reading. But even more, the theme of the chapter reminds me to check the premise of my everyday thinking. I’m reminded to ask, “Am I thinking out from a spiritual universe today, or a limited mortal mind universe?”
I was struck by this sentence recently.
“All things are created spiritually.” Mary Baker Eddy
“Whoa! Where did that come from?” I exclaimed when I last read it for the umpteenth time.
Everything is created spiritually. Period. No qualification. No condition. No explanation. Just a straightforward statement of absolute truth—“All things are created spiritually.”
I pondered.
Eddy obviously saw something I wasn’t seeing. It seems that a lot of things are not made spiritually at all. What about dirt, rocks, and iPhones? Are they created spiritually?
They didn’t look very spiritual to me.
But she said emphatically that all things are created spiritually.
Maybe it is my point of view that is the hold-up, I decided.
Matter is but a limited view of spiritual reality, I’ve always figured. What appears to be a material thing to the human mind is an idea in the Mind of God. For instance, the idea of house could be home; the idea of money, supply; the idea behind an iPhone, communication; and so forth.
I also knew that what appears to be real from a mortal point of view is not. It’s temporal, and inevitably passes into its native nothingness.
So what did Eddy see when she wrote those words?
She was writing out from a very high state of thought, a consciousness of Truth that recognized only spiritual reality, where all things are created and existent as spiritual. There is no matter in Spirit.
So, I took the statement of truth as a challenge to rise higher in thought, to quit wallowing around in mortal mind error where things appear to be material objects, and get up to the Mind of God where things are thoughts.
(I’m still working on it! LOL)
But I love the challenge.
“All things are created spiritually.”
That is so incredibly liberating for the serious metaphysician. Matter is but a limited view of what exists in Spirit. It’s not another view. It’s a limited view, like gazing through unfocused binoculars. The view is obscured, lacking, undefined. Get the clear view of God’s creation, and the vision is all spiritual, and created by Spirit.
When you get to that vantage point, you’re ready to write statements like, “All things are created spiritually.” Very nice….
I love that you brought up this chapter, Evan. I love to read it, too. At one point it occurred to me that “Creation” is like a photo album or diary of my (everyone’s) spiritual history. It reminds me of what I know of my forever life – “before Abraham” til now. It is so cool to trade up mortal memories for a completely spiritual point of view. Thanks, as always, for the great posts!
I, too, love this chapter! When our daughter had badly cut her finger, and quite a bit had been chipped off. She was afraid. I could not sleep, so I read this chapter. I figured out how this should heal – and then I came to the sentence: ‘God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a boundless basis.’ (page 258). I just knew that it was not up to me to tell God how to heal!! He had already all figured out! This gave me such peace! The healing took place VERY quickly. The skin closed and the flesh filled in afterwards.. no more bleeding. This chapter has helped me so often! Thank you for your wonderful post! I just love your blog! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers that go into it, Evan!
Now I’m inspired to read Creation this morning before my day starts. Was thinking when you wrote that Mrs. Eddy (I just have to put the Mrs. in front of her name!) wrote that chapter, it was not unlike John the Revelator writing from his exalted view of a new heaven and a new earth. Love your binocular comment, too, Evan, great teaching tool for Sunday School. Matter is a distorted view of Spirit’s creation–not another “reality”. This was an awesome post, Evan, thank you.
Your inspired writing always inspires me, Evan. You
turn on y(our) light, I can see better! What a
wonderful spiritual law.
I wondered why, about 3 a.m. when I couldn’t sleep, I picked up the audio tape chapter, Creation. Now I know!
:<))
This post is awesome, I concur with the other commenters!
This morning I was struck by this phrase in the weekly Bible Lesson, from the chapter Science of Being: “…indestructible man, whom Spirit creates, constitutes, and governs.”
I was marveling over the idea that we are constituted of Spirit. And that HAS to be, since we are created of Spirit (per the sentence Evan references).
And, as Beatrice proved, governed by Spirit. (Sorry I don’t know how to put the accent on your first “e”!)
I, too, have a hard time dropping the “Mrs.” from Eddy. They go together, for me, like a Boca burger goes with fries. 🙂 And this despite my progressive spirit…. I hope it’s more out of deep respect and warm feelings than ingrained habit.
I too join the others and yourself in loving Eddy’s chapter of Genesis as well as The Bible’s. In the awareness of the Christ this week, I’m thinking that Genesis presents the coming of the Christ to consciousness. I love that part in
The Bible where it says, “and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” It’s the Christ on the human scene, the view of all Good. Thanks for the blogs. Sher