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Science and Christian Healing.
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The disparity that the credibility gap in regard to spiritual matters supports today, would not exist if the profound development had been continued, that began with the revolutionary breakthroughs that the periods of renaissance had represented. This continuity, of course, was impossible to maintain against the counterstreams. The Greek civilization was destroyed by the ideologies of Rome, and in modern times, that humanist renaissance was defeated by the ideologies and impositions of the British Empire. Against the background of this counterforce, there had been no profound spiritual development occurring for nearly a century. It was in this period that the efficacy of Christian Science regressed and all but disappeared.
The regression also has another cause, which is somewhat related to the first cause. Whereas Mary Baker Eddy was a pioneer in her field, her students were largely affected by the mental deterioration that society became subjected to at this period. For this reason, only a fraction of her work became known, even to her students, who could not perceive or accept more. Nor has this situation changed to the present day.
Mary Baker Eddy's textbook on Christian Science is still being printed. It latest soft-cover edition, in the style of McDonalds marketing methods, the cover of the textbook proclaims that so far nine million copies of the book have been sold. Is this fact important? One would have to say, no! The remarkable thing about this book, which puts it in a class all of its own, is the simple fact that of all the nine million people who have bought the book world-wide over the last 100 years, very few, perhaps 50 in total, are aware of what is contained in the book, and what the book is a part of. The rest of the nine million who have read the book, studied it, have read it from cover to cover, who may even have been healed by it, have gained anything more than a superficial knowledge of what is contained in it. This may be seen as a cruel statement, but it is justified according to the evidence.
The most advanced part of Mary Baker Eddy's work exists only in an outlined form, the major part of which is contained within the pages of her textbook on Christian Science, which is itself but a part of this larger work. The contrast between what is generally known about her work, and what is generally not known, is reflected in the similarly stark contrast between Mary Baker Eddy's own remarkable healing ability, and what is achieved in the field. To bridge this gap, the hundred year development process must be made up, that has never taken place because of the lack of awareness of the full scope of her work. This disparity reflects itself necessarily. It is similar in nature to the gap that exists between the relatively low state of prosperity that one finds in the modern world, filled with war, pollution, starvation, and genocide, and the prosperity that would surely be enjoyed today had the renaissance process been continued.
For as long as it had continued, the renaissance process had elevated humanity. It had ended slavery. It had enabled a society of feudal peasants, on the American continent, to step out of the sphere of feudalism and create for itself a nation-state under which this society became the richest, the most moral, and the most prosperous in the world.
The vast disparity that one sees today between the physical economy and the financial values that should represent it, reflects the society's lack of a deeper awareness of the reality that lies behind the surface appearance. Being unaware of its full potential, and the riches at hand, the society falls pray to promoters of mythological idealism. In real terms, the 20th century has been one of an explosive negative growth in scientifically based spiritual perception. Science has been used to justify and encourage murder, as we find it expressed in Eugenics theories that Adolf Hitler had embraced, or in the environmental theories about an overpopulated world that Prince Phillip and his world-wide network of interlocked organizations is currently promoting. Negative development systems have nothing to do with human development. They hide the infinite potential of the human genius, its creativity, its advance in knowledge and understanding, and its technological potential for creating evermore and advanced and more plentiful resources for living.
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