We should master fear, instead of cultivating it.
~ Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 197
When you share ideas, stories, and insights with neighbors, are you bringing them calm and peace with what you share? Are you helping them feel more of God’s love and joy in their lives? Are you being a healing presence that takes them to a better mental, emotional, and spiritual place?
Or are you conversing in such a way that makes them afraid, that takes their peace away, and turns them into fearful people?
The above quote by Eddy reminds us that we should master fear, rather than cultivate it.
The more we can help others be less fearful, and more peaceful, the faster the world around us becomes a better place to live.
Be wise to not build up fear, but to master it. Everyone benefits.
False Evidence Appearing Real
So helpful, Evan, thank you. and this is something we can ALL do…helping to calm the waves that may seem to be overwhelming us.
I love the thought that Jesus invited his disciples into his calm, refusing their invitation to join in their storm!
I post rarely, but I’m very grateful for your healing insights, which I often share.
With much gratitude…
Wonderful Evan, thank you!
This Hymn, “Let There Be Peace on Earth” . . . and let it begin with me . . . Fits in with today’s (and every day) theme.
I find myself humming it frequently, I do hope the link works ♡♡
https://youtu.be/DC3qQIv6EcA?si=CWJqBkT4_S8PCpQS
Thank you Shelagh for this Hymnm it is so much needed at this time with the seeming world unrest.
An angel message that came one day while praying and caring for plants – “False Education Appearing Real”.
Peace in my heart – and for others when I’ve shared this cleansing idea through the years.
SO gratefull for all angel messages. Thank you Evan and Max for enabling me to share this peace-giving message today as well.
Thank you, Serenity for sharing that angel thought.
False EDUCATION ! Love it
We can be so easily taken in
The link worked thank you very much. I’ve been to a unity church where they all stood in a circle and held hands and sung this at the end of the service every week. I loved it.
Thanks a lot dear Shelagh for that peacemaking and beautiful and truthful song!! ❤️
Thanks Evan for this so important message and yes, peace begins with each of us, beautiful song indeed, thank you Shelagh!
Thanks so much for this sharing. So so helpful
It lifts my / our thought above the human scene and it blesses me / us. . ..
Thank you.
That’s a powerful idea, to endeavor to not cultivate fear, but rather cultivate calm and peace, our natural state as God’s reflections. To cultivate brings images of tending a garden lovingly to help it grow, and removing any trace of what is harmful and not needed (error).
Late yesterday (topic-The Most Important Truth) there were 2 comments/questions left that may not have been seen by most SV readers. One from Caz and one from myself. If anyone gets a chance to look back it would be great to hear some responses from the loving community.
I see that Evan did, just now, go back and respond to Caz’s question, and hope to see more from others. Thanks all.
Thank you, dear Rose, for altering us to go back to the previous one, and see Evan’s
answer to Caz, and other very strong and helpful words.
Yes Evan and others had helpful answers for Caz’ comment/question about reconciling an all-good God with the conflicts and tribulations we see materially in the world.
Caz later responded to say thank you and then commented further, reaching out for help from us in a heartfelt way. I copied and pasted Caz’ comment here if anyone wants to answer:
[“Caz says:
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 am
Thank you. I have been battling a physical issue for 3 years and get worn down. I wonder why it is taking so long to be healed. Am thinking wrongly, am I not good enough? Thank you for helping. xx”]
I would say, Caz, please do not ever feel you are “not good enough” to be healed. God loves every one of His children, including you, so dearly. You deserve to see the Truth about your spiritual perfection as much as anyone else, and you can, it is your divine right. I can understand your feeling worn down, but you are not, you are God’s child. We are here to lift you up, you can’t be outside of His care.
Thank you very much, dear Rose for your so loving and comforting, so helpful , and yes, healing comments to Caz on Thursday! It is also comforting for me and certainly for other SV friends, too. Lots of love!
– Have a beautiful Sunday ! ❤️. –
Thank you Rose ♡
Thank you, Rose, for mentioning the comments from yesterday’s blog. I like
what Evan had written, “God’s allness and goodness is present to conquer [that]
evil and replace it with something better” … and your comment, Rose, “To cultivate
brings images of tending a garden lovingly to help it grow, and removing any trace
of what is harmful and not needed (error).”
Sometimes it seems, when an error keeps trying to creep into thought, we, like Jesus,
when he turned over the tables of the moneychangers, become very upset with
mortal mind’s depictions of matter as seeming to be real and most important. I have
found that sometimes it seems our patience, when confronted by what mortal sense
thinking is trying to show us as having power – can be very trying in overcoming what
we want to be important in our lives. Others may condemn us for what we think, but
as Mrs. Eddy writes (on pg. 106 of S&H), “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there
is no law” (after listing above that, where she writes about the “works of the flesh”).
Any temptations that would transform our thought from God being the One and Only
to a material belief of reality is not helping to heal our world or mastering fear – false
evidence appearing real. It seems the world, more than ever, needs this peace, which
conquers fear.
Thank you Angel ♡
Such loving and helpful advice, I’m really going to adopt this and very mindful of what and how I share. Thank you, Evan.
Thank you so much for this guidance Evan. As usual it is excellent and full of positivity. Now to put it into practice where and whenever I can. ❣️
DearCaz….a later comment you made yesterday lead me to reread the following article.
I do hope the link opens for you because it will help answer some of your queries,I’m sure.
Also hope others of you here on SV will likewise benefit.
I should add that I read and reread this when my love of.ChristianScience was rekindled some 8years or so ago.
https://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/9y1tj80r44?s=copylink
It’s quite long but so inspiring. Loving thoughts B.x
Just catching up, and have enjoyed the questions and answers.
I’ve been thinking recently how it is the purpose of the carnal/mortal mind to dupe us into thinking and feeling that healing and understanding has to be very complicated. Maybe instead, the focus needs to be on “the simplicity that is in Christ”. (2 Corinthians 11:3). The article by Basil Hoffman, from BarbaraUK, spoke so clearly of that simplicity. From the article: “The only treatment I’ve ever done for my eyes is to thank God for my perfect eyes and my perfect vision. And I knew this was the truth. As a result, my eyesight kept improving. As the image and likeness of God, I must be perfect in all respects, as God is perfect. My vision has to be perfect.”
I came across an article recently that also spoke so beautifully of “the simplicity that is the Christ”, and accepting what is already good and true and expressing thanks and gratitude for already established spiritual perfection. It struck me how very uncomplicated it all is. From the article: “We pledged to fill our thoughts with a spiritual, and not a material, view of life, to trade the fear of this imperfection for humble gratitude for our spiritual perfection.”
“The need for health” By Cate Vincent. From the June 20, 2017, issue of The Christian Science Monitor:
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/A-Christian-Science-Perspective/2017/0620/The-need-for-health/?src=shared
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend! 🙂
p.s. I love writing down inspiring quotes and turned to this (don’t have the author). “It is a joyous mental activity to separate the material senses from us. They are not now and never were part of our true identity. The daily rising and ascending of thought above material mentality is what brings healing”.
Ver useful thoughts, thank you J. I
https://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/23k8the9nau?s=copylink
I thought I had written – This, I think, is the link.
Thank you Maggie. I’ve kept many “Maggie quotes” as you write and express yourself beautifully. Thank you for all of your lovely articles, poems and loving and helpful comments.
Thank you very very much dear friends, Maggie, J. and BarbaraUK for your comments and specially for the articles you posted. They are so helpful with so healing thoughts and I love to listen to them or read them.
Thank you all, dear SpiritView friends, for your interesting and loving and inspiring comments! ❤️
Dear Evan, I’m deeply grateful and very glad for your daily spiritual views, which are always just what I need and which do meet my daily needs. I feel very blessed with SV !
And dear Evan , thank you very much for your very loving and understandable comment to CAZ’ question from your yesterday’s SpiritView. You wrote it with such compassion and healing love. ❤️
Evan, Thank you! I am finding renewed strength, joy
and healing every day!
Poem, Christ my Refuge, from Mary Baker Eddy’s
seven poems set to music.
…And o’er Earth’s troubled, angry sea, -of thought-,
I see Christ walk…, CS. Hymnal pg 253.
CS. Hymnal. Pg. 14
..No more shall sin and wrong
Obscure the light divine,
For God hath given thee His Son,
And lo, all things are thine..
CS. Hymnal, pg. 267.
..Our God is all in all,
His children cannot fear
See baseless evil fall,
And know that God is here..
Thank you very much, dear Jonathan for all the hymn verses! I feel very comforted by them. Here is night time and I move those healing verses in my evening prayer ♡