I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.
~ Louisa May Alcott
Spiritual mindedness is the “ship” that gets us through any storm. Put God at the helm of that ship, and you’ll make it safely to shore.
Don’t Be Afraid
June 5, 2014 | 7 comments
Isn’t that what Jesus did when he was relaxing in the boat with his disciples and a storm came and rattled that ship and the disciples were afraid?
I never thought that the word “SHIP” could metaphysically be interpreted as “SPIRITUAL MINDEDNESS.”
Thanks Evan. This brings to mind what the CS teacher Helen Spangler said about the nature of subjective and objective. “Jesus walked on the water. Peter also walked on the water toward him as long as he kept his thought on the Christ; but when he saw the waves and fear crept in, he began to sink. Water was subjective to Jesus, but objective to Peter. The death of Lazarus was objective to his sisters, but subjective to Jesus who saw only Life eternal. Lazarus seemed to die to the consciousness of his sisters and friends, but to the consciousness of Jeus, he lived because he was made and sustained by God, His Father-Mother. In the universe in which Jesus lived there was no sin, no disease, no death, but all around him were those who beleived in sin, disease and, death, and
in whose universe there seemed to be much suffering.
When an error seemingly confronted Jesus, he did not think it was something “out there” with which he needed to argue or something he had to change He healed it subjectively within himself — reducing it to nothingness at the door of his own thought.”
So when the disicples were afraid of the storm which appeared objectively to be a reality to them and awakened Jesus, he reduced the storm to nothingness at the door of his own thought. The metaphor of the ship going through the storm is great, but I like the idea of reducing the storm to nothingness.
Thanks for all your inspirational lifts.
And the fun comes when we can see Christ ….walking right in the midst of “earth’s troubled, angry sea….”
Some people see Truth so clearly I wish that I did!
Again thanks to Evan and to all. Like Patty Mylar I say the same and we’re getting there! Spiritual mindedness is the right path, the “right side of the net” that will reduce the storm to nothingness as Scott said.
Thank you, Evan!
Scott, your comment about subjective and objective viewpoints sure rings true
with me. It helps me a lot to remember that healing takes place primarily in the healer’s thought, and which encompasses all that seems to be external to his or her thought. After all, there really is no “out there,” for “all is infinite Mind.” Yes, we have a way to to way to demonstrate this fully, but I feel it is crucial to get the correct basis and starting point firmly in thought, to steer our mental ships in the right direction.
Mrs. Eddy tells us in Science and Health, ” It is mental quackery to make disease a reality — to hold it as something seen and felt — and then to attempt
its cure through Mind. It is no less erroneous to believe in the real existence of a tumor, a cancer, or decayed lungs, while you argue against their reality, than it is for your patient to feel these ills in physical belief. Mental practice, which holds disease as a reality, fastens disease on the patient, and it may appear in a more alarming form.” (Page 395)
Sure is helpful having Spirit’s View, huh!
God is Good.
Love to all,
Sue
It’s good to know that we can all see Truth clearly, because it is inherent in our spiritual nature, which Christian Science reveals as our only nature. When I understand this even a bit, I realize that it is Love that removes the fear by Love’s very presence, and there is no responsibility I have to take to remove it myself. Love casts out fear, because in Love, there is no fear, only the man who is His noblest work. I have a part in acknowledging this great fact and even to realize that God is sending through prayer the acknowledgement to me.