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Chapter 12: Where Do We Go From Here?It is interesting to note that Mary Baker Eddy used the term "dimension" only once in all of her writings which altogether comprise sixteen books. The term is employed only in the one instance in which she presents the four dimensional structure, and, then, introduces the fourth dimension, of Spirit. The universal exclusion of the term except for this one usage, parallels her use of the term "omni-action" that is likewise used only once, found in Glossary definition of, GOOD. The real meaning of these terms, so it appears, needs to be found in life, rather than in a book. The lower dimensions we can deal with in books, and document and understand them scientifically. But 'knowing' the truth, as Jesus had put it, is something that unfolds beyond the scientific, that scientific procedures merely set up the stage for. It unfolds in the higher dimension, of Spirit. The fourth dimension, that Mary Baker Eddy has labeled, the dimension of Spirit, that is described in Mary Baker Eddy's translation of immortal Mind, is a dimension of authority, but also a dimension of peace. The thought-processes that are operating in the "fourth dimension, of Spirit" must necessarily reflect the structure of reality where God is manifest through man as divine image, where spiritual ideas unfold as a consequence of divine reflection. We can tell that we are operating in this dimension when criticism is no longer to be found in our thoughts, but honor, support, generosity, love. We can tell that we are operating in this dimension when hate, fear, or selfishness are no longer reflected in thought, but spiritual peace that comes from a recognition and acknowledgement of ever present good. We can tell that we operate in the fourth dimension when our affections embrace humanity in universal Truth. We can tell that we are living in the fourth dimension, of Spirit, when the corporeal sense of existence has been replaced with the divine sense of being. What comes to light here can no longer be lumped together under the pet term Christian Science that is currently used to define everything, that compresses everything into a single dimension. The phoenix of unidimensional perception of spiritual aspects is dying, which rose to it greatest height when Mary Baker Eddy's concept of Christian Science became twisted into a religion with a scientific name. In real terms it was dead from the beginning, nor shall it ever rise from its ashes. It cannot be revived, nor should it be revived. The science of Christianity needs to be raised. Mary Baker Eddy's works that outlined the many dimensions of, and documented the fundamental plain of Christian Science, and presented its scientific structure in metaphor, needs to be raised in perception, for it is designed to opened the gates to heaven. The entire image of mankind needs to be raised to divine heights of dignity, even to the image of Christ Scientists, and in like fashion needs its highest institution to be raised. Christ Jesus said he came not to destroy, but to fulfill. This kind of statement one might expect from someone who lives, works, and moves in the fourth dimension, of Spirit. Still, the scientific approach to spiritual issues and their relevancy to the welfare of humanity shall not die away. One cannot pull away the foundation and the structure on which the superstructure unfolds. Christ Jesus was cycling through the lower domains, constantly. Metaphysical healing unfolds in these lower domains, but the spiritual strength unfolds in the fourth dimension, of Spirit. The platform, scientific structure, and superstructure that Christ Jesus illustrated and demonstrated were documented in his life in healing, in spiritual power, and in resurrection. He set an example that shall not die away regardless of the centuries that may lie between those grand moments in the history of human civilization when the Science it involves becomes understood and applied, and its four dimensions unfold in the lives of human beings. Jesus' example is here to stay, to be brought to light, to be applied to human living, destined to raise the image of man and to establish a facet of heaven on earth. || - page index - || - chapter index - || - Exit - ||
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