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In this Sentinel Watch interview Ethel Baker talks about how a clearer understanding of the nature of matter has aided in healing.
Click here to listen to the 30 minute chat.
Archive for the ‘Metaphysics’ Category
What is this stuff we see with our eyes, anyway? Leave a comment
Lessons from a Wasp Leave a comment
An article by a member of the Canberra Christian Science community (alternatively titled: Practice is essential) which was published in the 6 October 2025 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel.
I was walking across the lawn at the front of our house, enjoying the cool, squishy feeling of the grass under my bare feet, when suddenly there was an agonizing burning in my left foot. I live in Australia, where there are many things that bite and sting, and a pain of that magnitude is not a good thing. I spun around, looked down, and saw that I had been stung by a large wasp.
An often-used expression in Christian Science is “Know the truth.” It comes from Christ Jesus’ instruction “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). Immediately, I did so, and as quickly as the first truthful, healing thought came, the pain left. There was no evidence of a sting, and I had no further reaction to it.
So what does knowing the truth really entail, and how can we be instant in our knowing of this truth that heals and protects?
As you can imagine, I was really grateful for the instantaneous nature of this healing. But healings are also wonderful learning experiences. Instead of thinking, “Wow! I’m glad that awful situation has passed,” I value how healings can help me to learn more about the law of God, divine Love, which governs me and all situations. I stop and think, “What worked there? Where was my thinking—was it on God or on the situation itself? What can I learn from this that will help me to be a more effective healer?”
I learned two lessons from this incident with the wasp. … Click here to read the full article: Practice is essential
Images of Thought Leave a comment
These readings are from the Bible (KJV) and from the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and are on the topic of Images of Thought.
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A material body only expresses a material and mortal mind. A mortal man possesses this body, and he makes it harmonious or discordant according to the images of thought impressed upon it. You embrace your body in your thought, and you should delineate upon it thoughts of health, not of sickness.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p208:25)
Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p261:4)
Christian Healing – Jesus’ Miracles 1 comment
These readings are from the Bible (KJV) and from the textbook of Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy and are on the topic of Christian Healing – understanding Jesus’ miracles.
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Miracle. That which is divinely natural, but must be learned humanly; a phenomenon of Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p591)
The mission of Jesus confirmed prophecy, and explained the so-called miracles of olden time as natural demonstrations of the divine power, demonstrations which were not understood.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p131)
Rewriting the Present 1 comment
A Sentinel Watch interview with John Biggs.
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In this podcast, Rewriting the Present, John talks about how he has learned to rethink challenging situations and turn them into blessings and even physical healings.
Don’t Be Deceived Leave a comment
An interview with John Biggs. Click here to listen.
In this podcast John talks about how a new hobby of his – learning magic card tricks – gave him an insight into how spiritual healing happens. He explains that he leaned that in card tricks the audience believes they see something that wasn’t there or didn’t happen because they become distracted from the truth of what is happening by the performance. Healing in Christian Science is not magic but when we are distracted by an inharmonious situation we are blinded to the truth of what is really happening. Being alert to the distraction and focussing on the spiritual truth allows us to experience the true harmony of any situation. In this interview John explains this fully and gives examples of his own healings.
Spiritual Understanding Leave a comment
These readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures are on the topic of spiritual understanding.
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Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to understand God.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p209: 31)
The Mortal Dream Leave a comment
These readings from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures relate to seeing through the mortal dream.
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The dream has no reality, no intelligence, no mind; therefore the dreamer and dream are one, for neither is true nor real.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy p530: 26-29)
How Can Evil Exist? Leave a comment
An interview with Jan Keeler, David Driver, William Palmer, Eva-Maria Hogrefe. Click here to listen to this 47 minute podcast.
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If God really is all good and omnipresent, then where did evil come from and how can it exist?
What is Spirit? Leave a comment
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Spirit is the life, substance, and continuity of all things.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p124: 25-26 by Mary Baker Eddy)
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