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As said before, the choices that are made today on the level of Christianity will determine the future of mankind. Never, in its entire history, has such a far reaching choice been thrust upon humanity than is today. Perhaps it is fit that the structure for the Key of David came to light at the time of mankind's greatest need for metaphysical healing, presenting a higher dimension for inspiring truly wise choices, and a new geometry of perception that lies above the domain of wisdom, which geometry we will explore next.
It is interesting to note that the comprehensive definition of Mary Baker Eddy translation of mortal mind, and immortal Mind, is intimately related to the rows of the matrix for the Key of David. The first three dimensions share a common denominator in that they are all defined as "the translation of mortal mind." This may be seen to represent the three dimensional universe that people are familiar with. Except, what is being translated in this 'human' sphere, and into what?
It appears that the first three dimensions of the structure for the Key of David deal with the human scene in various ways of protecting individuals and nations from human error by shifting thought away from the unreal, towards a basis of absolute reality which is defined in Science as divine and infinite. The fourth dimension, therefore, is the dimension of that divine and absolute. Although being absolute, the divine reality is not unrelated to the human experience. Rather, it is the foundation of all life, truth, and love. In divine Science, this dimension is described as something quite different than the first three dimensions which are but ascending variations on the mortal material scene, described in technical terms as the translation of mortal mind. The fourth dimension, of Spirit, in contrast, is described by Mary Baker Eddy as the "translation of immortal Mind." Here, we deal no longer with concerns such as wisdom, or even Science. We deal with power, we deal with substance, we deal with reality, we deal with divine reflection and divine image. Now, the question must be asked again. What is translated into what by this translation of immortal Mind? The answer must be, that the divine reality is translated into its eternal, immutable, manifest, independent of human thought or action, which can be, however, experienced by lifting the human context into its native sphere of immutable, infinite Spirit.
So, what exactly is this fourth dimension, how can one describe it? All that Mary Baker Eddy is telling us about it, is that it lies above the "line, plane, or space" which by association define the lower dimensions as given in the her translation of mortal mind. She calls the higher dimension the "fourth dimension, of Spirit."*(Miscellaneous Writings page 22)
The above text was formulated in the period between 1883 and 1896. What, really, did become of this fourth dimension, of Spirit, since these early years? What evidence do we have of its existence? What can we find in Mary Baker Eddy's own life or achievements that indicates the nature and the scope of it, in practical terms? Even her detailed description of the translation of immortal Mind, shown in Appendix H, is still a very high level abstract rendition of such an infinite theme. We need to know how it applies in everyday living, similar in type to the experience of the man who rescued the moth simply because it represented an expression of life. Mary Baker Eddy hints at what this may imply. She writes in Science and Health, in the chapter Prayer: "To be 'present with the Lord' is to have, not mere emotional ecstasy or faith, but the actual demonstration and understanding of Life as revealed in Christian Science. To be 'with the Lord' is to be in obedience to the law of God, to be absolutely governed by divine Love, - by Spirit, not by matter."*(Science and Health 14:6-11)
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