The phrase "You must see it to unsee it" is something that I came up with to help people understand how to approach sin in our lives. I still remember Reverend Mary sitting in our field at the ranch in Monroe and talking about how sometimes we just get things twisted. The application of "new thought/ancient wisdom" principles is simply about untwisting the beliefs/thoughts that we have twisted.
I have found myself being asked many times "how" to apply these principles. In the answering of this question for others, I learned for myself how elusive sin can be for all of us. Healing of disease and sickness is easier for me than sin. Disease and sickness is very clearly UNaligned with the absolute truth of myself that I "know". I am vigilant to "untwist" my thoughts/beliefs when I see disease or sickness in my life.
The challenge comes when treating sin. Sin can be elusive and hidden. Our mortal mind is constantly trying to convince us that our sin is aligned. We have so many things in the physical experience that we use to justify our sin (arguing for our wrongness). For me, sin is merely the illusion of being disconnected from our absolute nature, from the stillpoint. Shifting the thoughts/beliefs that create that illusion can be difficult when we use the relative truth we have created to "veil" it. Sometimes it is easier for us to see that false belief and then dismantle it, returning it into the nothingness from whence it came. It is not real, but only a temporal illusion.
There are two paths to the absolute truth, as there are always two paths in anything that we do. These paths are talked about in all the ancient wisdom and esoteric teachings, although sometimes hidden. There is a direct path of unification with God, and there is the indirect path along the sacred curve.
The magnetism of race consciousness has made the direct path difficult for many seekers of truth. Their memory of how it feels to be unified with God is too dim for them to connect at this level without help. Even with the help, the grip of this magnetism still may still be difficult for them to break free and allow the consciousness to untwist and re-align. Ultimately, this journey along the sacred curve is about free will, so each of us must freely choose to align.
That is why in some situations it is wise to be open to both paths, whichever helps us get to the absolute nature of ourselves the quickest. That indirect path is the one that says "You Must See it to Unsee It", or you must see it to untwist it. You must expose the sin, unmask it, without giving belief to the reality of that sin. That can be tricky but there is so much learning and personal growth that occurs by taking this path. It can be so beautiful.
The use of the direct path is how we began this journey as humans here on earth, and it is also how we will end our journey as humans here on earth. The journey along this sacred curve is part of the divine plan for humanity. There is nothing right nor wrong. Either path helps us reach our destination and in the eyes of the absolute, the two paths are really the same path. The direct path connects us to "All", and the indirect path helps us to learn all we need to learn to connect to "All". God's ultimate wisdom and compassion are always present, always guiding us no matter which path we choose or how often we move back and forth. The ultimate paradox is that all paths lead to God AND there is only one path.
How incredibly blessed we are to be asked to participate in this journey where we are always loved, safe, and guided. We don't even need to understand any of this. This happens with or without our conscious understanding. Life is a gift.
With much love....Chuck
P.S. I have attached some excerpts from Mary Baker Eddy's "Science and Health", from the chapter on "Teaching Christian Science", that talk about how to help students learn the spirit of these principles, not just the letter of them. If anyone has any interest in talking about these concepts, sharing thoughts and ideas, I would love to participate. The challenge is always in how to live these principles. Each of us has a point of view that makes up the whole and healing comes when we have the opportunity to share.
Ignorance, subtlety, or false charity does not for‐ever conceal error; evil will in time disclose and pun‐ish itself. The recuperative action of thesystem, when mentally sustained by Truth,goes on naturally. When sin or sickness —the reverse of harmony — seems true to material sense,impart without frightening or discouraging the pa‐tient the truth and spiritual understanding, which de‐stroy disease. Expose and denounce the claims ofevil and disease in all their forms, but realize noreality in them. A sinner is not reformed merelyby assuring him that he cannot be a sinner becausethere is no sin. To put down the claim of sin,you must detect it, remove the mask, point out theillusion, and thus get the victory over sin and so proveits unreality. The sick are not healed merely bydeclaring there is no sickness, but by knowing thatthere is none.
