A Message From The Chancellor

Dear _____________,

Many years ago when I was engaged in a circuit tour both throughout
North America as well as abroad, for the main purpose of interviewing
the very few individuals then alive upon earth who had the priceless
privilege of having been taught Christian Science by our beloved and
forever Leader, the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, an invaluable bit of
spiritual instruction and wisdom was imparted to me by Dr. William V.
K. Shepard, C.S.D., of Philadelphia. What he told me was of such
profound import and value that not a day of my life has transpired
since receiving his instruction that I haven't reflected deeply upon
precisely how truly Solomonic his wise instruction has proven to be.
I was told, "David, whenever you find yourself wondering and
questioning whether the Cause of Christian Science is growing, always
affirm understandingly, "YES! Christian Science is growing because I
am growing!"

Obviously, from the content you've inscribed within your manifold
writs that have appeared here upon this Group, you have consistently
expressed umbrage whenever other Issue2 Group posters have endeavored,
each in his/her own way, to address a fact that, in Science, is
absolutely incontrovertible; namely, collectivism, expressed in any
mode, manner or means, is absolutely inadmissible either when
undertaking to demonstrate or when attempting to promote this most
sacred Science –– the very prototype Science of Being! The deific
Being which is revealed in and identified by this Science deals,
exclusively, with the "nature, essence, and wholeness" of its own
intrinsic yet invisible Self, as well as it does when manifesting
infinitely, as the totality of all individual, yet visible, conscious
human identities. Deity neither includes, and thus, never does it
impart any awareness whatsoever of any matter, means, modes or
methods of collectivism, extant anywhere, at any place in space or at
any moment in time, and this, either within its invisible or
throughout its visible ALL-ness! "I am ALL. A knowledge of aught
besides Myself is impossible." Unity of Good, 18:25.

A collective group or assemblage of individuals never attain, and
thus, never do they experience as a Group that perpetually unbroken
'oneness' we come to identify in Science as 'atonement.' However, at
any given moment in time and/or eternity, any and sometimes often
many from within a collective group or assemblage of individuals
may, indeed, both attain as well as maintain individual 'atonement'
whenever any individual, conscious, human identity discovers his/her
own intrinsic divinity. At such a moment as this, a holy anointing of
consciousness occurs which Science identifies as the "coincidence of
the divine and the human" –– a profound and gloriously dynamic
conscious experience transpires that results naturally and
irrepressibly at that given moment in time when a human ceases to
regard and identify itself 'human' because from that holy moment
thenceforth, and continually on, thereafter, does that human cease to
live its life humanly because its long-dormant divinity, now
resurrected, takes over and lives Itself, as the Life of that human,
and thus, is that human's life thenceforth being lived divinely!

The following expresses how every non-anointed individual feels and
identifies him/herself:

"I can of mine own self do nothing . . . ." John 5:30.

The the moment God's Holy Comforter descends upon an individual's
conscious awareness and thereby in-fills and indwells that
individual's entire being, that individual feels and identifies
him/herself thusly:

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
Phillipians 4:13.

The Master Metaphysician, Christ Jesus, eloquently epitomized this
principle/fact when he stated, "I and my Father are one." We have no
canonical evidence of Christ Jesus ever declaring, "I and my Father
are a bunch or a group!" Mind relates to each one of its ideas,
spiritually, sacredly, individually, in much the same manner as the
Sun relates to each rose bud upon a bush, and this, individually,
although the bush may, indeed, be covered with dozens of rose buds!
One by one, as each rose bud reaches the moment of its development, it
begins to un-peel each part of its penta-protecting, outer, green
encasement, to reveal a still tightly un-blossomed rose. Again, one
by one, at the touch of the Sun, each petal of that rose begins to
peal back until the full rose and its perfume rare are beheld upon the
same stem that only a day or so earlier was the sole means of support
for the still un-blossomed rose!

When venturing upon a subject so broad, such as 'reform' most
assuredly is, it would prove entirely frustrating and futile to do so
without first identifying what, precisely, is in need of reformation?
Are you envisioning the reformation of Christianity? . . . . of
Science? . . . . of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston,
Massachusetts? . . . . of the Mother Church? . . . . of every and all
of those individuals who identify with and are actively engaged in any
and/or all of these just identified entities and activities? Or,
does the 'reform' you have in mind deal exclusively with each
individual and the precise particular impediment/s that each
individual faces that tend to weaken his or her active participation
within any or all of these just cited venues? We'll await your
answer until after you've completed what I'm sure you'll grow to
regard as being a glorious metaphysical treat!

Several hundred plebes were gathered in an auditorium on their first
day of arrival at the Coast Guard Academy. They were waiting to be
greeted by the Admiral/Commandant. After being greeted by the
Admiral, they were told to listen carefully as the Commandant painted
a word-picture. He told each young man to picture himself adrift on a
mirror calm sea, in a small, wooden dinghy. A dense London-type fog
was heavily settled down upon the sea, and not a breath of air was
moving. So dense was the fog that not even the blazing Sun could be
seen up above. No navigational devices, or compass or sextant were
available for use. Only a pair of ores were in the boat. Not a
sound could be heard, no, not even from the seagulls that normally fly
overhead. At this point the Commandant asked all the plebes, "In
which direction is the boat going?" Not a single indication was
forthcoming from the several hundred plebes. After a generous
amount of time had passed the Commandant broke the silence and
said, "If you were to move to the aft of the boat to its stern,
you would notice that there are two points, one on the port side
and one on the starboard side where the two sides of the dinghy
conjoin to the stern at the back. Now, if you look upon the smooth
surface of the water, you'll notice there are two very faint lines
that are seen upon the surface of the water that have been created
by each of the points at the rear of the dinghy. In whichever
direction these two lines are pointing, know that you and the dinghy
are going in the opposite direction!"

When undertaking something so monumental and cosmic in scope
as the reformation of the Cause of Christian Science, it behooves
all who may dare to place their hands upon something so grandiose
in scope and spiritually critical to first get a reading, like the
plebes were taught how to do, and one which analyzes and scrutinizes
where, precisely –– the exact direction from which the Cause has
come! Until and unless so mandatory a perspective is well defined
and understood, all attempts to blaze a new path for tomorrow's
Cause to pursue is fraught with havoc and abundant with
frustration!

_________, as the 'johnny-come-lately' whom you are to this Group,
you would be doing yourself and all of the Group's other members and
visitors a great deal of good if you would cease just long enough to
take a "crash-course" that would contribute greatly to you "catching
up," before your zeal and enthusiasm to just strike off in pathways
yet untrod gets out of hand. It is exceedingly evident to most, if
not all, of this Group's members and participants that you haven't
taken the time nor have you made the effort to bring yourself up to
date on certain subjects and factors which pertain exclusively to the
Cause of Christian Science. Surely, you don't wish to continue coming
across as being so abysmally deficient. do you? We'll wait for you,
and wish you God-speed, if you'll heed the following advice and elect
to undertake the following suggestion; namely, just click on the
following link, and you'll be transported to a rather remarkable piece
of writing that, once read and made your own, will contribute
immeasurably to satisfying your pent-up desire to bring about what you
deem as being some much needed reform. It takes an entire deck of
cards to play cards, and it takes a thorough familiarization and
understanding of what you're about to be exposed to, before
undertaking something so monumental as the 'reform' of the Cause of
Christian Science.

The title of the book is, "Mary Baker Eddy's Church Manual and Church
Universal and Triumphant." It may be accessed at:

http://www.mbeinstitute.org/chmantri/chmanintro.html

Let us hear from you after you've completed reading and assimilating
this most remarkable piece of writing!

In Unity of Good,

Dave Nolan

1.888.592.4215

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