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January 16, 2019 at 8:48 am #7976

Michael Pupko

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“When walking, we are guided by the eye. We look before our feet, and if we are wise, we look beyond a single step in the line of spiritual advancement.” S&H 429:7

Something I learned teaching skiing which I found later applied to all sports was that keeping ones chin and eyes’up’ greatly enhances balance and secondly enables one to see what is going on around oneself to separate the ‘safe’ places from the treacherous ones. Skiing with a mentor once I fell. He asked me if I knew why and I stated I’d crossed my skis. His answer was “you looked at that piece of wood when you went past it instead of keeping your eyes up!” Keeping ones gaze up one can see where ones footsteps are being placed without losing the big picture. So I trained myself if I looked down at an obstacle if needed to as quickly as possible raise my eyes.

I’m trying to apply that now to my spiritual path; keep my eyes on God to keep my balance rather than dwelling in Ps. 91:8 “Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.” It is most helpful once I ‘see’ the error to get my eyes (spiritual and thus mind) back to God quickly. Most grateful for Plainfield’s teaching that has brought this to my attention and the consistent reminders during our classes.

It’s still a work in progress: “We must begin, however, with the more simple demonstrations of control, and the sooner we begin the better. The final demonstration takes time for its accomplishment.” S&H 429:4 Thank you Mary Baker Eddy!!