What’s Your Perception

What’s Your Perception

Startled! Unsettled! Are you resisting what Is ?The desire to fix something, change the picture, is a clue to ask —who am I being now ? What shows-up as a problem is a matter of perception. All living is reflective of your thinking, your perception of the world...
How A Book Changed My Life!

How A Book Changed My Life!

Let me tell you about my life-altering experience reading Margaret Laird’s – CSR: A Challenge To Original Thinking. I had been a Christian Scientist for forty years, although not a very good one. Initially I was drawn to it because I’d been a seeker after truth...
Gotta Have A Nemesis! Who – Or What – Is Yours?

Gotta Have A Nemesis! Who – Or What – Is Yours?

As a fiction writer, I study a lot of books about the writing craft. A fundamental rule is, make your characters real. Writers do this by constructing personalities for their characters. I often refer to a list of personality traits created by clinical psychologist...
Let It Be!

Let It Be!

What is this thing called “practice” that we, as Metaphysical Scientists, are supposed to do?  Practice what? I always thought to practice was to do over and over until I got it right. If perfection is all there is, what’s to practice?  Is there any...
Living Is Not A Second-Hand Experience!

Living Is Not A Second-Hand Experience!

 I first came across the term “unlived life” in Margaret Laird’s 1956 Laird Letters, and have seldom, if ever, seen her use it elsewhere. Like much of her writing, that curious word juxtaposition reeled me in: What is an “unlived life?” I...
I Am Concerned About The Security Of My Family

I Am Concerned About The Security Of My Family

Question: I am concerned about security for both me and my family.  The news continues to spotlight more public shootings, and I am aware that several homes in my community have been burglarized recently.  What should I do? Do I need devote more time to my study of...