“Every step towards goodness is a departure from materiality, and is a tendency towards God, Spirit. Material theories partially paralyze this attraction towards infinite and eternal good by an opposite attraction towards the finite, temporary, and discordant.” (S&H) This statement corresponds directly with the important article “Radiation and Absorption” currently found on our Carousel. The article, believed to be written by Mrs. Eddy, states in part, “Christian Scientists will find the effect of the approach and attack of mesmerism to be a sort of paralysis, or inaction of mind, which will be revealed upon the recovery of the right condition of thought, by the vitality and Life that has conquered and destroyed the numbness and fear.” I find it so important to ask myself often if I am radiating the Love of God or idly absorbing all the false suggestions of the human mind. There is no middle ground here – I am either doing one or the other! Resolving daily to let every step be towards goodness and every tendency towards God, Spirit keeps us on the path upward.