Occasionally, I’ve heard people who had been praying for resolution of a particular problem in their life lament that their prayers had been very effective in eliminating all kinds of side issues, but the one leading issue they had intended to heal in the first place just kept getting bigger.
Has that ever happened to you?
Maybe you were praying for the elimination of a lump or growth, for instance, and your prayers produced many character improvements, needed attitude adjustments for the better, and peace of mind, but the lump still persisted, even grew bigger.
In thinking about this phenomenon of mortal mind, one day, I realized that error never grows bigger. It can’t. Error doesn’t grow. It just becomes more apparent and obnoxious to the Truth-centered thought.
So, when a problem seems to grow bigger, it’s not growing larger at all. Error doesn’t have a size. The lie is just becoming more obvious than it had been in the past because there are fewer mental distractions to pull attention in other directions.
So, don’t get dismayed when a problem appears to grow bigger. It’s not growing at all. You are simply more aware of its ugliness and unworthiness to claim a part in you. And the next step is to decimate it with a full-blown dose of almighty Truth.
Its bloated ego, that had previously remained hidden, is assuming unsustainable proportions that make it ripe for destruction.
Evan, so incisive! You must have written this just for me, challenged by that very belief, and had thought that it was like the red dragon in Revelation, ripe for destruction! Your blog hit this straight on for me, I am deeply grateful. The relief I feel knowing that error can’t grow is wonderful!
Exactly the gift that I needed this morning after wrestling all night with discouragement and pain. I am so grateful for the clear message that the lie is just more apparent and obnoxious and ripe for destruction. Such a dear angel message. Thank you so much.
I never thought of it this way–not bigger, just more obvious and so more ready to be destroyed. That’s really helpful.
I too have been awake nights with a problem that seems to have been growing for over 10 years. Thank you for reminding me that this is a lie.
Wow! This is such a marvelous insightful way of seeing and saying this. Thank you! Evil doesn’t grow! It only becomes more obvious so you know to just throw it away! Pop! Like a big bubble of nothingness.
I love the last paragraph. No one can sustain their life from a bloated ego. LIke a balloon, eventually it has to burst. I appreciate the exchange of view from bigger to more obvious. Yay!! Then our true spiritual thinking is growing more obvious and clearer!! Sher
A huge elephant hiding in our room can be this mortal mind phenomenon of error seemingly “growing” ever larger. Thanks so much, Evan, for pointing to this so effectively. This understanding is one of our great needs.
In recent prayers for healing, and in listening for God’s messages, I was directed to a wonderful Mary Baker Eddy note to a disciple quoted in the amplified ed. of “Christian Healer,” p.224:
“There is one general answer I can give for EVERY CASE.” (emphasis mine)
“Do not concern yourself so much to get the argument, as to rise to a clear sense of the Science of Being, namely, that what you behold is an illusion (i.e., ERROR! – my emphasis again) of your own senses as well as the senses of your patient. And then work bravely, persistently, and Christ-like to dispel this illusion of sin, sickness, and death to yourself.”
Now there’s a rock we can all stand upon confidently.
Thank you for this reminder which is so welcome and so needed today!
This is brilliant, an incredibly helpful insight, I am very grateful to you for this Evan.
There’s so much feedback to this post, maybe you could write some more on the subject Evan? More posts, an article, a lecture!! I’ve certainly been dealing with this “syndrome” for too many years, almost since coming to Science. Excellent point, taking me back to Science and Health, page 207, “evil becomes more apparent… until it disappears…”.
Thanks much,
Sancy
Same issues, same sense of comfort, but I keep feeling that CS is not an all day sucker. It is supposed to heal.