“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?” (Isaiah 40:12, emphasis added.)
“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:23).
“Denial of the oneness of Mind throws our weight into the scale, not of Spirit, God, good, but of matter” (SH 205:29-31).
Jesus instructs me to speak to my mountain. Until the appropriate counterbalancing weight is applied to the faith side of my faith-unbelief scale (that is, my Mind-mind scale, or Spirit-matter scale), the mountain that appears to be blocking my progress will remain solid and immovable. But as I increasingly apply the weight of scripture, especially God’s promises, Mrs. Eddy’s writings, spending more time in God’s presence (three times a day minimum), the scales must eventually tip in favor of faith, Mind, Spirit, and the mountain will become more and more compliant, nonresistant, porous, until it can be blown away at the slightest breath of the Spirit.
The more weight I place on the faith side of the scale, the more weightless the mountain becomes. Then, when I have thus persevered in battle, the mountain that appeared to be so mighty and imposing will have become weightless, without substance whatsoever. Thus committed, I — or anyone — will be able to understand at last: to see even the mightiest mountain for what it truly is, and has been all along: a “mirage“. (See Mary Baker Eddy’s Science & Health, 1st edition, pages 37-38, examining the unreality of the “mountain mirage.”)