I discover something new each day. Without science and religion, my discoveries could be very mysterious. But, I’ve also discovered something else very important.

Mysteries remain, if I get stuck in the thinking that science and religion are the sources of truth. Science and religion are not sources, they are methods, approaches, or practices.

Final truths are not found in science or religion. We find truth only in what I call, God, Truth with a capital T, the source and power behind discovery.

We may know our field of science or we may know our religion, but the minute we think we know truth, we stopped knowing truth, because Truth constantly reveals itself due to its infinite nature. From science & religion to God is a strong appeal to keep all methods of research useful by keeping them secondary to truth.

Focusing on God, we can capture fresh views of science and religion.

There is nothing new to this system of surrendering to Truth and further expanding our minds and possibilities. It brings healing to ourselves, our neighbors, and our earth because it involves love.

Truth and Love are one. Basically indefinable, but we know them when true love removes fear.

Neither science nor religion have a complete understanding of everything. Arguing for one or the other doesn’t bring understanding. So, with, from science & religion to God, we can contemplate a useful interpretation of God as a force that allows us to stop struggling.

We don’t need to “change” bad into good, or lack into abundance, or sickness into health. Said in another way, we don’t need to change darkness into light, but can discover how we are one with the light that naturally displaces the darkness.

The ideas in this book are thought based, rather than time- or thing-based. They discuss the practice of divine metaphysical healing.

From science & religion to God is a narrative based on a book written in the 19th century by Mary Baker Eddy, a person who also discovered the force of God and genuinely practiced this system of metaphysical healing successfully.

In the 19th century Mrs. Eddy defined this system as Christian Science. The word Science, capitalized, was applied to Christianity to exalt its meaning from creed and theory to deed and practice.

Subjects in this book encompass everyday life, touching on traditions, relationships, alternative healing, mind-power, the body, science, and religion. Near the end of the book is the chapter, Study Guide, with a Q&A section. The last chapter, Glossary, explains words and terms used.

You can start reading wherever it feels fitting. The message boils down to one sentence, written by Eddy long ago, “All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation.”

The ideas in from science & religion to God explore a tremendous spiritual study, open to everyone, no matter what your background.

Cheryl

Why then ’tis none to you; for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Traditions can be healthy. They can be used to advance spiritual good. We have an example of this in the Bible, when Jesus dealt with the tradition of baptism.

Jesus came to John the Baptist, at the River Jordan, to be baptized. John resisted. He felt Jesus should baptize him instead. Jesus said, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”

At this point, baptism became more meaningful. It became a mindful experience. John or Jesus weren’t the primary figures, God was. John and Jesus embraced humility and acknowledged a love and reverence for a Higher Power.

The event in turn was marked with peace and a powerful message from Spirit. “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.’”

Rituals are unavoidable. We eat, we go to jobs, we participate in ceremonies, and we bend to hierarchies. As long as traditions don’t become ego trips or mechanical nonsense, a higher ideal can infuse these practices with holy purposes.

Prayer

God’s work is done. We reflect the doing. The doing is not busy work reacting to our own personal desires or the world’s demands, but a logical, spiritual, helpful, brave response to God’s work—a prayer.

Thoughts are prayers. Desires are prayers. Sometimes these thoughts and desires are sketchy, but God can be trusted to clarify our prayers.