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Thou shalt forget thy misery.

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Announcements › Forums › Life — July 17th, 2022 › Thou shalt forget thy misery.

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  • July 14, 2022 at 11:35 am #15095
    spencel
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    “Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away.” Job 11

    The following citations came to thought today when I was thinking about the above quote from our Bible lesson this week. Nothing can feel more life “draining” than focusing on bad memories. I love the promise, that as we work to live and understand this Science, this practical Truth will wash away any haunting memories and we will, “remember it as waters that pass away.”

    “Quiet the material senses one after another, and withdraw to the ‘secret place of the Most High,’ and after you have shut out the material clamoring, you can hear the still, small voice. The Bible tells you, ‘The battle is not yours, but the Lord’s.’ Meet every problem that comes up as its master, knowing that ‘that which hath been is now, and that which is to be hath already been, and God requireth that which is past.’ This implies that nothing which is not good can remain permanently in consciousness.” From Watches, Prayers, and Arguments by Gilbert Carpenter, page 83

    “RIVER. Channel of thought. When smooth and unobstructed, it typifies the course of Truth; but muddy, foaming, and dashing, it is a type of error.” From Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, page 593

    “The way to extract error from mortal mind is to pour in truth through flood-tides of Love. Christian perfection is won on no other basis.” From Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, page 201

    July 16, 2022 at 5:15 pm #15101
    jacodebr7545ba
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    Yes, as one grows…older? when one acquieres more human experience, past memories can flow into one’s consciousness, and many of them tend to be disturbing in a lesser or greater way. Especially when you try to sleep, or in early morning. I try to realize that all the negatives and horrors of personal and collective history are not part of the infinitude of Mind. They may have had their place in the evolution of the human, mortal mind out of itself. The sinless joy, the perfect harmony and immortality of Life, Truth, of the divine Mind and Soul, constitutes the only veritable man, whose being is spiritual. Those flood-tides of Love only can do it, and will. Thank you.

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