| Mountain climber, Ed Viesturs, climbed the world's 14 | | | | walked downhill, a sting was felt. |
| highest peaks, without the use of supplemental | | | | The idea of flawlessness is possible. However, a |
| oxygen. Viesturs describes the expeditions in his book, | | | | human perception of a flawless foot would urge us to |
| There are No Shortcuts to the Top. The way I see it, | | | | get a needle, penetrate the flesh, and start digging the |
| Viesturs synchronized with the spiritual perception of | | | | scoundrel pieces of glass out of our daughter's foot. |
| persistence and judgment. This is in contrast with trying | | | | We wanted to quiet this chatter and enter spiritual |
| to go along with the human perception of persistence | | | | consciousness in order to synchronize with a spiritual |
| and judgment, alias stubbornness and opinion. | | | | perception of flawlessness. |
| Viestures policy was: getting to the top is optional, | | | | As a student of Christian Science, I've learned that |
| getting back home is mandatory. | | | | divine Spirit is not only flawless substance, but also |
| Human beings find it counterintuitive to synchronize | | | | impenetrable substance. Nothing broken can enter |
| with spiritual perspectives. We are trained to act as | | | | spiritual consciousness. As the image of Spirit, our |
| though human perceptions are reality. But, human | | | | daughter expresses substantial flawlessness. It was |
| perceptions can be walked away from, sometimes | | | | important that I not treat this principle as though it was |
| easily, sometimes with a struggle. However, the | | | | some belief to accept blindly. |
| impossible becomes possible when we follow | | | | The principle of substantial flawlessness can be |
| instruction similar to this policy: Acting on human | | | | understood and acted on. This meant identifying our |
| perceptions is optional, acting on spiritual perceptions is | | | | being with God via mental treatment. Although our |
| mandatory. | | | | metaphysical treatment ran against the educated belief |
| It is no small task to harmonize with spiritual | | | | we are penetrable human beings, we spent a few |
| perceptions. Too often the human perceptions lull us | | | | days affirming our flawless spirituality. |
| into doing nothing to save our self. Or, they cause us | | | | Two evenings later, our daughter called me into her |
| to forge ahead into an avalanche of doom, especially | | | | bedroom. She showed me the bottom of her foot. It |
| after immense time, energy, and money has been | | | | had a small hollowed out pit in it. No raw skin. No pain. |
| invested in a human goal. | | | | You could almost lay a dime in the indentation. We |
| However, spiritual perceptions are superior, supreme. | | | | were in awe. Obviously the glass pieces were |
| Spiritual consciousness attracts us to expanded views. | | | | removed. Within a couple more days, our daughter |
| Synchronicity with spiritual perceptions can occur in our | | | | showed me a smooth foot; flawless. |
| everyday experiences. For example. | | | | We don't need to be buffaloed into thinking we have |
| When our daughter was young, she accidently | | | | to go along with human perceptions; even though that |
| stepped on broken glass with her bare feet. We | | | | is the way it has always been done. Experiencing our |
| quickly removed the glass shards and washed her | | | | intact, safe, flawless, progressive, intuitive, and strong |
| feet carefully. However, we unknowingly missed some | | | | spiritual being is not only possible, but more often |
| splinters and the skin grew over them. The glass | | | | guarantees reaching the human goal. |
| pieces were positioned so that when our daughter | | | | |