“The period required for this dream of material life, embracing its so-called pleasures and pains, to vanish from consciousness, “knoweth no man … neither the Son, but the Father.” This period will be of longer or shorter duration according to the tenacity of error.” from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, page 77

“Tenacity: A quality which keeps from parting; the effect of attraction.”
“Stronghold: A place where belief is strongly defended or upheld.” Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

In the First Edition, 1875 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy refers to “Man at ease in error” then in the same paragraph writes, “and how long the pangs necessary for error’s amputation continue, depends on the tenacity of the belief of happiness in personal sense.”

“Evil suggestions will come as long as one believes that he is receptive to them. Only when one neutralizes this wrong receptivity, by knowing that God’s child is open only to God’s thoughts, will the latter be established as man’s native and natural state of consciousness. The only way to be certain that your radio would never again receive anything from an undesirable station, would be to fix it so that it could never again be tuned to that particular wave length.” 500 Watching Points, Watch 63, by Gilbert Carpenter

These lessons we need to learn are at times painful but necessary to progress in Christian Science. I am grateful to be here where how to face these challenges and be grateful for them is taught and modeled. In the organization the message I found was avoid the painful things, make yourself as comfortable as possible and if you have problems you don’t understand Christian Science. Better to start these life lessons today and keep at it. Thank you Lesson writers!