Look beyond material form

October 17, 2025 | 10 comments

The world appears to be filled with material things and forms that need to be managed, cared for and inventoried.  But there is so much more to life than material things.  There is the Spirit of God that makes life a joy to live.

A house is not a home without love.  A job is not fun without a feeling of worth and value.  The body can feel heavy and burdensome without joy and delight in one’s soul.

It’s the Spirit of God that brings real happiness, health, purpose and joy to life.  

Mary Baker Eddy writes, “Mortals must look beyond fading, finite forms, if they would gain the true sense of things” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 264).

To experience the best life has to offer, don’t get hung up on material things or form.  See past them, to the spiritual idea yearning to be understood and demonstrated.  

When your life is singing and soaring with the Holy Spirit, you’ll have a true sense of things that bring real happiness.  And it will be the spiritual things that matter most, not the material.

10 thoughts on “Look beyond material form”

    1. Thank you Evan, and thank you Barbara for the
      wonderful article..

      I find the wartime testimonies
      really helpful – they show that in such dire circumstances, God really IS with us, and that
      we can trust absolutely in His all-power to protect us. It shows how much in every challenge to our well-being, large or small, we can totally lean on God’s ever-present operative Law of Love to free us from these challenges., and lift our thoughts above them to Holy places.
      It is wonderful to know that the true sense of being is beautiful and ever unfolding its perfect ideas for us to enjoy and rejoice in.
      “Father, we Thy loving children, lif our hearts in joy today……..” (Hymn 58)

    2. Thank you Evan. A very inspiring article BarbaraUK! Thank you so much for sharing it. A lovely weekend to you and all.

  1. When your heart is singing and soaring with the Holy Spirit… Absolutely! Thank you Evan!! I am so gratefull for everything you share with us

  2. YES!! Thank you, dear Evan and SpiritViewers! So beautifully said, and is
    so inspiring and lovely. Spirit/God gives us such a beautiful perspective
    on ourselves and Life and like in the awesome photo above, this Love
    shines through into our being, highlighting our Truth of our surroundings,
    guiding us with the Principle of our Mind and expressing the Soul of
    loveliness and harmony and peace.

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