Learning Means Change

From the Christian Science Foundation in Cambridge UK

Photo courtesy of Arno Bons

In the United States, in the late part of the 1800s, the robber barons were busy trying to take everyone’s money, while yellow journalism was helping to spread lies and propaganda, thereby convincing people of things which were not true. At the same time, people were excited about a new way of thinking about health, and many were happy to be able to participate in their wellness, rather than being victims to the multitude of maladies which ran rampant through the populous . There were many modalities which people were following, hoping that new thought systems would heal them. As we moved into the 1900s, great advances were made in the medical field of study, and people were relieved of much unnecessary suffering. As time advanced into the 1900s, people became convinced that a pill or treatment would cure them. And they were happy to have an easy “fix” for their ills. As we came into the 2000s, we saw reasons to, once again, take responsibility for our health and wholeness. Our medical system, while advanced in many ways, is not the be-all/end-all we had supposed. At this point, many of us are not able to find out if we can be helped by the medical system, because we cannot wade through the complex system — whether because of monetary reasons or the inability to get an appointment with a specialist. This is a complex problem, and it’s not my purpose to help you navigate the labyrinth. This series of daily writings, examining the healing of our mind through opening ourselves to Mind, may show you some alternatives to your by-rote way of thinking. One thing we do know for sure, change is needed …

“Many stand guard over their ideas because they want to protect their thought systems as they are, and learning means change. Change is always fearful to the separated, because they cannot conceive of it as a move towards healing the separation. They always perceive it as a move toward further separation, because the separation was their first experience of change. You believe that if you allow no change to enter into your ego you will find peace. This profound confusion is possible only if you maintain that the same thought system can stand on two foundations. Nothing can reach spirit from the ego, and nothing can reach the ego from spirit.”
—A Course in Miracles T-4.I.2:1-6

“Divine Science does not put new wine into old bottles, Soul into matter, nor the infinite into the finite. Our false views of matter perish as we grasp the facts of Spirit. The old belief must be cast out or the new idea will be spilled, and the inspiration, which is to change our standpoint, will be lost. Now, as of old, Truth casts out evils and heals the sick.”
—Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 281:27-1