Excerpt on Teeth

We heard a very interesting story the other day from a fine Scientist, a friend of ours. He saw an old friend after many, many years and was led to remark on what beautiful teeth she had. He’d never noticed them before. And she said, “Well, that’s an interesting story; and I’d like to tell you what happened to me.” She said she’d been having trouble with her teeth and had gone to a dentist. He said, “All your teeth are discolored and decayed, and they need to come out at once.” And she said, “Well, I don’t want to do anything about it right now. I will contact you later.” And she took this problem to God. She refused to let her thought be misdirected by materia medica calling itself dentistry. And she decided that she was going to see the perfect man everywhere. She found a beautiful verse in Song of Solomon which said in essence, “Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep; none of them barren; all perfect.” She began to study Mrs. Eddy’s writings; and she found an interesting fact: That two words were always coupled in Mrs. Eddy’s writings. These words were “discord” and “decay.” As she thought more deeply on it, she realized she needed to go back into her experience, and see that there had never been discord from the moment she appeared on this planet. She needed to wipe out the belief that any discordant situation had ever taken place in her life. And so she did. She worked at this for many months, beholding the perfect child of God everywhere she went, making sure she didn’t see anybody unloving, impatient, sick, or hateful, refusing to let error misdirect her thought. After many months, she went back to the dentist. He examined her and said, “These are not the same teeth,” because they were perfect, bright, and beautiful. And they showed in her mouth as they never had before, and there was not one trace of decay.

Think about it: “Discord” and “decay” always coupled in our Leader’s writings. Go back in your thinking and make sure that you haven’t stored some picture of discord that may have seemed to happen to you in years past, that you aren’t keeping it around where it can spring up and bring forth a nasty picture, one that God never made, that God does not support; and therefore, that with a clear understanding of Him, can be destroyed.