My friend showed me her new car. I was happy for her. She needed a reliable car. It was her car and my happiness.
As for my car, I loaned it to another friend. He was happy I loaned my car to him. To express his gratitude, he cleaned my car. I was happy to loan my car to him. I was also happy to make the clean car my own. He eventually got his own car and happiness was our own again.
When can we make something our own? What happens when we make a thing or a mental power our own?
We can make something else our own when we work for and earn it. As for a mental power, we can make it our own anytime. And yes, we can tell the difference between what to make our own and what not to. We don’t try to make someone else’s car our own.
But we can discover and make God-given mental power our own. If we don’t, we’re only being happy for or admiring other people for having the power.
Whereas God gave us all the ability to discover spiritual power and make it our own. Spiritual principles are ours. For example, in the 19th century, Mary Baker Eddy explained a spiritual principle, Christian Science, in her book, Science and Health. Christian Science is a thought process that starts and ends with God and healing. Part of making Christian Science my own was to discover the principle and practice it in everyday life. If I didn’t make it my own, but just admired Eddy, everything got weird. Christian Science got misunderstood and lost. So, to beat the weirdness, I kept discovering and making spirit my own.
When I revised Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health, I didn’t make her book my own, I discovered and made Christian Science (a spiritual power) my own.
“Mentally and silently plead the case scientifically for Truth. You may adapt the reasoning to meet the peculiar or general symptoms of the case you treat, but be thoroughly persuaded in your own mind concerning the truth which you think or speak, and you will be the winner.”—21st Century Science and Health
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On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 7:37 AM Healing Science Today Cheryl Petersen posted: “My friend showed me her new car. I was happy for > her. She needed a reliable car. It was her car and my happiness. As for my > car, I loaned it to another friend. He was happy I loaned my car to him. To > express his gratitude, he cleaned my car. I was happy ” >
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