In 1998 at the Harvard Medical School’s “Spirituality and Healing in Medicine” conference, nearly a thousand people gathered to explore spirituality and its implications for healing. There was a palpable
The more material the belief, the more obvious its error, until divine Spirit, supreme in its domain, dominates all matter, and man is found in the likeness of Spirit, his
Hi friends, both already made, and yet to meet :-) In my readings of recent threads in this space, as well as reading various news articles and other discussions on the various Christian Science forums, a common thread tying them together for me has been an emphasis on opinion or stance. It seems that opinions or fixed position statements are things that everyone is expected to have. But is opinion really a necessary component to life? Sure, my opinion helps me choose to see The Avengers over Cabin in the Woods, or helps me choose Fudge Tracks over Pecan Swirl. But aside from those little areas - and maybe even including them - are opinions really all they're cracked up to be? It's fair to say that anyone reading this forum has an interest in spirituality, and may even be a student of Christian Science. Something I deeply love about Christian Science is that it is the revelation of divine law - a law that is the effect of one God, good, divine Mind. Again, as most readers here will know, healing is a natural and normal fruit of the immediacy of this law. Healing is NOT effected by someone having a really great opinion. Healing is the revealing of the immediacy of God's omnipotence. So, before this gets too long to encourage conversation, here is my subject to invite discussion. My premise is that opinions are essentially worthless. So, if that is the case, how can we get to know each other, communicate together, have friends and acquaintances, if opinions are not in fact what "make us up"? What is it we are interested in getting to know and being with? Indeed, a deep motivating purpose for this discussion space itself is to encourage spiritual seekers to gather, encourage, and support each other. What is it that draws us together, if opinions aren't really an aspect of divine Life? Another way to put it might be, why are you friends with you are friends with? Is it only similar opinions and tastes which draw you to some or dissimilar opinions which push you away from others? Is there a reason, a real reason, that we could not all gather in peace together and all rejoice in the recognition of heaven? Is there a reason that Isaiah 65:25 could not be lived today? Thanks so much for your time in reading this lengthy intro, and I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts!
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