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Home > Books > Taking Responsibility for the Idea
Taking Responsibility for the Idea
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Product Code: ResponsibF
Manufacturer: Kappeler Institute Publishing
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Booklet, 4 pages
Level:
SUBJECT(s):
The 4 Levels of Science
Handling Evil/Mortal Consciousness
RELATED RECORDINGS: none
SYNOPSIS: We may ask: Can the idea of Christian Science ever be lost? Kappeler answers this question with a "no and yes"! No, it cannot be lost from the standpoint of Principle, God. However, from the standpoint of the human mind this claim must be handled, or the idea could be lost to mortal mind—i.e. to mortals. This is what happened soon after the spread of Christianity, and it took hundreds of years for the idea of true Christianity to be rediscovered. Mary Baker Eddy, in her article "Principle and Practice," declared: "Christian Science is not a faith-cure, and unless human faith be distinguished from scientific healing, Christian Science will again be lost from the practice of religion as it was soon after the period of our great Master’s scientific teaching and practice." Our responsibility is to understand the Science of God, not just believe in it.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Can the idea of Christian Science again be lost?
Chapter 2: Categories must not be mixed
Chapter 3: Understanding, not just truths, is needed
Chapter 4: Handling evil
EXCERPT:
From Max Kappeler, Taking Responsibility for the Idea, p.3.
Handling evil. It is a blessing to have been led to Christian Science; and it is also a special blessing to be learning the Science of Christian Science. As Paul would say: Do not spurn the truth. Mortal mind is lukewarm and therefore only too ready to push the demanding work of devotion to the idea on to someone else, or to some other time. To justify this attitude, mortal mind hides behind a thousand excuses, but there is no valid reason for our unwillingness to be responsible for the idea. All excuses come from mortal mind or animal magnetism. Certain statements of Mary Baker Eddy have been handed down, which throw a light on this subject. "I cannot do it for you. You must do it for yourselves, and if it is not done the Cause will perish and we will go along another 1900 years with the world sunk into the blackest night." On another occasion she showed that we live in a mental age, and added: "Malpractice would dominate, and unless Christian Scientists are awake to it and alert, it would hold back Christian Science for centuries." To assure the vigilance of her students, Mary Baker Eddy set the task of keeping certain "Watches." One of them runs: "God demands a more Christian, zealous and persistent effort to resist evil and overcome, or our Cause will again be covered by the rubbish of centuries."
These few examples should be enough to dismiss the comforting thought that we need not make a conscious effort to further the Christianly scientific idea, but can leave its development to the future.
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