“We must destroy the false belief that life and intelligence are in matter, and plant ourselves upon what is pure and perfect. Paul said, ‘Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.’ Sooner or later we shall learn that the fetters of man’s finite capacity are forged by the illusion that he lives in body instead of in Soul, in matter instead of in Spirit.
Matter does not express Spirit. God is infinite omnipresent Spirit. If Spirit is all and is everywhere, what and where is matter? Remember the truth is greater than error and we cannot put the greater into less. Soul is Spirit, and Spirit is greater than body. If Spirit were once within the body, Spirit would be finite, and therefore could not be Spirit.” –Mary Baker Eddy
Now, I realize that this is one of the more difficult things I have quoted lately as it was originally accepted by congress in 1875. I am not sure of the date in which it was written, but the English is definitely old and I apologize for that.
However, this reading is in my opinion rather important as it adds a different perspective on all things as we have become accustomed to “matter” being a god of sorts in our world today. The quote starts out saying very blatantly that we MUST destroy the FALSE belief that life and intelligence are in matter! Why does it say this? Because we as a being give so much power to that which has no soul, no power, and no spirit. We can even go so far as to allow an inanimate unfeeling object to control our emotions and even ruin our day! What power we give to these things that are really powerless until we allow Satan in and give him a foothold through our objects!! Do you NEED a computer to live? NO! Do you need 4 pots to make dinner for your family? NO! So why is it that when our computer doesn’t work right that we become so easily angered and even agitated by it? Why is it that when the dishes weren’t done that we allow it to cause strife between ourselves and our children and our partner? It is after all just a pot!
Matter does not express Spirit because it can’t! It is not a living being and in Spirit does not even exist. The truth is greater than error, because the Truth is God! God is Love! God is Spirit! Because of this God cannot be in matter as He is above it, He is better than matter. He is GOD!
I pray no one found this small teaching too confusing as I know it is old and a little off the wall. I did what I could to explain it, but for me it is already explained and I think if you are well versed in English it should be a simple reading. Explaining the power that is God is something that most can’t do and I found this reading to explain the difference between God and the physical world. I hope you enjoyed this reading as I may use this author again.
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