If there is no spiritual reflection…

[JPalmer]

2. Deuteronomy 4
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

While going over the lesson, I was struck with this verse and what it means in regard to the following from Mrs. Eddy:

10. 479
If there is no spiritual reflection, then there remains only the darkness of vacuity and not a trace of heavenly tints.

I am here to express God’s qualities, and to be His image and likeness. As I “keep [my] soul diligently” I keep myself in the right position to catch the light He is sending my way. The reason I “forget the things which [my] eyes have seen” is that I am not a separate entity with my own brain which can store both good and evil things and then recall them at my leisure and use them for my own purposes.

If I reflect His light, then I am full of that light and usefulness, and if I reflect “the darkness of vacuity” then I should find it to be no surprise that I am empty “of heavenly tints” and useless.

Before coming to Plainfield, I was at my “furthest” from God and felt very empty. Then, in a seeming instant, I was here and life felt so much brighter. That “great gulf” (Luke 16:26) was an impossible journey on my own, but with my face re-aligned to feel God’s light (gratitude to my practitioner for that!), the emptiness was burned away.

Thank you very much for this lesson!

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