TEXT:
"At this period, the greatest man or woman on earth stands at the vestibule of Christian Science, struggling to enter into the perfect love of God and man. The infinite will not be buried in the finite; the true thought escapes from the inward to the outward, and this is the only right activity, that whereby we reach our higher nature. Material theories tend to check spiritual attraction — the tendency towards God, the infinite and eternal — by an opposite attraction towards the temporary and finite. Truth, Life, and love are the only legitimate and eternal demands upon man; they are spiritual laws enforcing obedience and punishing disobedience." (Miscellany, MBE)
Prepare to answer:
1. "struggling to enter into perfect love of God and man." What is this struggle all about? I thought metaphysics circumvents struggling?
2. How might the infinite be buried in the finite? Examples.
3. True thought escapes from the inward to the outward? Examples.
4. What material theories check spiritual attraction in your experience?
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