{"id":1951,"date":"2013-05-17T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2013-05-16T15:05:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T19:05:12","slug":"setting-the-keystone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/05\/setting-the-keystone.html","title":{"rendered":"Setting the Keystone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"keystone\"<\/a>key\u00b7stone\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\/\u02c8k\u0113\u02ccst\u014dn\/\u00a0 A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together. The central principle or part of a policy, system, etc., on which all else depends.<\/p>\n

A few young men, practicing their masonry, began constructing a rock arch here in town. The comment made was, \u201cIt\u2019s really important to have a proper keystone.\u201d The keystone set the sight. It was used as a starting point to work from.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding the arch was like putting a puzzle together, but we had a good keystone to start with, so the project is moving along nicely,\u201d added the journey mason. Is this similar to forming our spiritual power and spirituality?<\/p>\n

When practicing spiritual healing, the keystone must be truth, life, and love. Then our building will not be in vain but will be formed into a symmetrical life, albeit with our own beauty, individuality and character. It takes time, but time we have, to start with the divine and work from the divine.<\/p>\n

We read in 21st<\/sup> Century Science and Health, \u201c<\/i>The voice of God in behalf of the people is reverberating around the world, sounding the keynote of universal mental freedom. A fuller acknowledgement of the rights of man and woman as useful spiritual beings demands that the terrors of sin, sickness, and death be exterminated from the human mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cScientific metaphysical practice begins with Christ\u2019s keynote of harmony, \u2018Do not be afraid!\u2019[1]<\/b><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/b><\/a> Matt. 14:27, 17:7, 28:10; Mark 5:36, 6:50; Luke 12:32; John 6:20<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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