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3/7/2012

Getting a handle on what we eat - Part 3 of 3

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Are you tired of fighting with food? Tired of struggling over what to eat? Tired of fretting over whether you will have to suffer the consequences for your meal in the hours and days to come? Christian Science offers solutions that can transform your dinner table from a battlefield to a safe haven. And it all starts with a few simple words: "Take no thought what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink...Seek ye first the kingdom of God; and all these shall be added unto you." (Matthew 6:27-28)

When Christ Jesus said "Take no thought," this was not evasion. This was practical spirituality. He was making an unqualified statement about the value of seeking out Spirit and spirituality to meet human needs.

In the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures  by Mary Baker Eddy, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is defined as "the atmosphere of Spirit, where Soul is supreme.” 

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Soul is a name for God that allows us to understand spiritual identity. We reflect Soul, which is also Spirit. We are not the sensual, material beings we suppose ourselves to be. Created by Soul, we are not controlled by matter or material impulse. Sickness is not even a part of the spiritual equation of Soul and His spiritual creation.

To looking to matter to define who we are and what we are, is like looking to a shadow to determine what a tree is. Want to know the makeup and potential of an acorn? Check out the mighty oak it comes from. As the reflection of Soul, dominion, balance, clarity, harmony, peace, individuality, and health, are built-ins.

Instead of being trapped in wayward bodies controlled by dysfunctional, fearful minds,
we are spiritual - here and now living in the atmosphere of Spirit and governed by the divine Mind, Spirit.  All our needs, including our physical needs, are met through an understanding of Soul and of man as Soul's idea or reflection.

Eating and drinking particular foods to move the bowels, plump the face, shine the hair, strengthen the cuticles, and control physical reaction, indicates a gross misunderstanding of who and what we are and opens wide a Pandora box of material beliefs. Unfortunately, these little habits create more invalids than they save by fostering and perpetuating the mistake. Here Christian Science comes to the rescue.

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Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “Christian Science erases from the minds of invalids their mistaken belief that they live in or because of matter, or that a so-called material organism controls the health or existence of mankind, and induces rest in God, divine Love, as caring for all the conditions requisite for the well-being of man."  She continues, “As power divine is the healer, why should mortals concern themselves with the chemistry of food?” (Rudimental Divine Science, p. 12)

Eddy also explained, "If mortals think that food disturbs the harmonious functions of mind and body, either the food or this thought must be dispensed with, for the penalty is coupled with the belief. Which shall it be? If this decision be left to Christian Science, it will be given in behalf of the control of Mind over this belief and every erroneous belief, or material condition." (Science and Health, p.388)

By recognizing ourselves to be fully under the control of Mind, the divine Spirit, and reflecting the harmony of Soul, we can find freedom from food fears and their accompanying bad effects. The dinner table can become a place to meet and master fear and mistaken beliefs and to learn more about what constitutes the kingdom of God and His love. Love cares for us. Love feeds us. Love meets all our needs.

As the Psalmist says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  (34:8)

There is nothing wrong with eating what you like, if your eating is servant to your spiritual growth, and if you can do it without fear or making excuses for it. Remember the Proverb? “Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth and wipeth her mouth and saith, I have done no wickedness.” (Proverbs 30:20)

  • Such is the way of an adulterer. He eateth and wipeth his mouth and saith “I am afraid that I will be sick due to my intolerance to certain foods.”
  • Such is the way of an adulterer. She eateth and wipeth her mouth and saith – “I can't believe I ate the whole cake! But, since matter isn’t real anyway, it's no biggie!"
  • Such is the way of an adulterer. He eateth and wipeth his mouth and saith – "Thank goodness I did an extra 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning."
  • Such is the way of an adulterer. She eateth and wipeth her mouth and saith – "I am a terrible person. I must now suffer the consequences of my bad acts."  
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Do any of these sound like you? Wrong. You are not an adulterer. In some way God is telling you right now that you are spiritual and good. Seek first the kingdom of God that leads you out of sickness, material mindlessness, preoccupation with food, and fear of bad effects from eating. And all that you need - from an inspired thought that wakes you up to your dominion, to a healthy dinner on your plate - shall be added unto you. 

Interested in learning more?  Read Part 1 and Part 2.

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Amy Duncan
3/6/2012 06:17:19 am

Oh, this is just great, Michelle! You really left no stone unturned about this lie...yay!
Even though I had a beautiful healing of food hang-ups, I still have to be alert, because these beliefs seem so all-pervasive, and some of them are quite subtle. Thanks!

Michelle Nanouche link
3/6/2012 09:02:22 am

You are welcome!

Kim
3/6/2012 06:59:15 am

Michelle - great way to end this excellent and thought-provoking series.

Mary Baker Eddy seems to have spent a lot of time talking about dyspepsia so I imagine that this must have been a common complaint in 19th century America. In our 21st century we hear a lot about "wrong" eating, overeating and obesity.

Where you have pointed us is back to looking at things from a spiritual and not a material sense. I love what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:10: "This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for our meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something that you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God, wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God." (The Message.)

Now that is what I call Mindful eating!

Thank you Michelle, for consistently giving us new things to ponder each and every day.

Michelle Nanouche link
3/6/2012 09:09:22 am

Yesterday, someone commented to me that in Jesus day, "taking thought" for food was a much bigger thing than it is today. People were involved in planting, nurturing, growing, harvesting, fishing for, hunting for, herding, slaughtering, and preparing their food from the time they woke up til the time they went to bed. "Take no thought for...what ye shall eat", wasn't just behavior modification therapy, it was a total change of life, change of focus.

That is really cool to think about. It was no less radical for Jesus to say "Take no thought for... what ye shall it" than it was for Mary Baker Eddy to say, "Man is not material, he is spiritual."

Both statements demand a radical redirection of perspective, with and accompanying expectation that both are demonstrable in everyday human experience.

Thanks for that Message passage, Kim!

Tamara
3/6/2012 10:08:09 am

Wow, that's true, I had not realized that many ancient societies were so focused on food. This shows the radicality of Jesus thoughts. Thank you for sharing this important point! Now also becomes more clear why Daniel refused to eat the delicacies of the king! It was a radical rejection of social standards regarding food.

Tamara
3/6/2012 07:36:03 am

I loved the way you connected the three posts, especially when you returned to the idea of adultery. Thanks for showing in a beautiful and profound way that nothing can adulterate our spiritual nature! :-)

Michelle Nanouche link
3/6/2012 09:13:49 am

Today I have been thinking about how nothing we look at in the mirror actually has anything to do with who we are and what we actually look like. Spiritual sense gives the only evidence of what we really look like. It gives the only clue as to how beautiful we really are.

Something in that thought of no adulterer makes me think of that. Thanks for writing in, Tamara!

Béatrice
3/6/2012 11:00:04 am

I absolutely love this series! Thank you so very much for this comforting and so very inspiring message! It is an eye-opener for me to many false concepts I have been entertaining in my thinking!
This is really special!

Michelle Nanouche link
3/6/2012 11:16:21 am

Wonderful, Béatrice!


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