To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.
Mary Baker EddyRead
The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother's need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another's good.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the interconnectedness of humanity and the importance of helping those in need.
Mary Baker Eddy articulates a profound understanding of human connection and responsibility. She suggests that those who are spiritually wealthy have a duty to support those who are less fortunate, fostering a sense of brotherhood that transcends individualism. The quote highlights the shared principles that bind humanity together, urging individuals to recognize and respond to the needs of others as a pathway to true compassion and fulfillment.
In practice
In a speech about community service, this quote can inspire people to contribute to local charities.
To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.
Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.
Lulled by stupefying illusions, the world is asleep in the cradle of infancy, dreaming away the hours.
Every luminary in the constellation of human greatness, like the stars, comes out in the darkness to shine with the reflected light of God.
The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony.
When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.
Oh, something is there, waiting for me. Perhaps someday the revelation will burst in upon me and I will see the other side of this monumental grotesque joke. And then I'll laugh. And then I'll know what life is.
Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.
When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing.
The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil. _x000D_ The animal wrests the whip from its master and whips itself in order to become master, not knowing that this is only a fantasy produced by a new knot in the master's whiplash.
Suddenly absurdism wasn’t an intellectual abstraction, it was actually realism. You could see the way that wealth was begetting wealth, wealth was begetting comfort — and that the cumulative effect of an absence of wealth was the erosion of grace.
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions.
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