When faced with discord, such as an angry person yelling in your face, or a body complaining of disease, or reports of war around the world, what impresses you most; the discord clamoring for your attention, or the power of God present to dissolve that discord and restore harmony?
To maintain peace and health, it’s important that we reflect the Mind of God, which is a Mind filled with harmony and peace, for we experience what we accept as real and true.
To live in harmony, we want to demonstrate a state of Mind that is filled with harmony. Which means that when evil rears up in front of us, we want to quickly disarm it of any power and to see the power of God at work in its place causing good things to happen.
Mary Baker Eddy writes, “Human sense may well marvel at discord, while, to a diviner sense, harmony is the real and discord the unreal” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 563). The “diviner sense” is spiritual sense leading thought to the harmony and peace of God where all is well and safe. It vanquishes any sense of discord.
When discord erupts before you, stay calm. Let the “diviner sense” dominate your perspective and inspire your outlook. The outcome will be much better.
Thank you for such a clear sense of what Eddy describes as the “diviner sense.” I picture our role is that of holding thought steady while God clears the air. It takes disciple on our part as the human is yielding to the divine reality.
Great View Evan, spot on!
Lovely comment John thank you, particularly, “It takes the disciple on our part as the human . . .”
Thank you for this message. I did have some poor messages clamoring for attention. But fortunately I found in the Reading Room the pamphlet “God’s Business” which directed my thought toward The First Commandment. Now your inspiration shared here strengthens my confidence in “the diviner sense”. This helps not only my thought but others as well.
It says “Mind of God” in this. Mrs. Eddy says Mind IS God. I believe it should read “the Mind of Christ.”