Thanks, Cindy! Perfect perception!
Recently in our Wednesday night service, the readings were about spiritual understanding. One of the citations from the Bible was when Jesus explained to the disciples why he used parables with the masses. He spoke of people seeing but not perceiving of hearing but not understanding… the truth. He said, “This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.” Matthew 13:13
A correlative passage from Science and Health, p 34:21, spoke of spiritual dullness and blind belief rather than spiritual understanding of the divine idea.
The readings made me wonder….am I one of the masses…not perceiving but wanting just a physical healing or a fix? Or, am I a disciple, willing to let go of my plan, my agenda, my idea of how things should be? I think I am, perhaps, both at different times.
Then, I wondered, how can I be more steady in my understandinginstead of ping ponging around when challenges arise?
The dictionary included these words for steady:
“Firmly fixed, supported, or balanced, not shaking or movingStable, firm, secure, fast, safe, immovable, unshakable, dependableRegular even, and continuous in development, frequency, or intensityConstant, unchanging, regular, consistent, invariable” Merriam Webster
Wow! These synonyms of steady are exactly where we all are as God’s reflection. We perceive, understand, and demonstrate them now and always. When I’m tempted to feel threatened by something or someone, I can be firmly fixed in recognizing God as my support and balance. Then I don’t shake in my boots or move back and forth in doubt and fear.
If thoughts of anger, loss, criticism crop up, I know we are all safe because we live in immovable, unshakeable, dependable Love. There is no fluctuation in the supply of Mind’s ideas and so we experience constancy and regular, consistent, invariable goodness.
In working with these ideas for a while, life seems to flow. Obstacles melt away, Right ideas and right timing are at hand before a need is known. The effect of letting God control instead of trying to personally control is steadiness.
“By purifying human thought, this state of mind permeates with increased harmony all the minutiae of human affairs. It brings with it wonderful foresight, wisdom, and power; it unselfs the mortal purpose, gives steadiness to resolve, and success to endeavor. Through the accession of spirituality, God, the divine Principle of Christian Science, literally governs the aims, ambition, and acts of the Scientist. The divine ruling gives prudence and energy; it banishes forever all envy, rivalry, evil thinking, evil speaking and acting; and mortal mind, thus purged, obtains peace and power outside of itself.” Miscellaneous Writings. 204:23
Steady is the only way to go!