Christ Speaking to Human Consciousness

The Bible is my primary source of information about the Christ and Jesus's
example of Christian healing. I also get important insights from a book
called Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
the discoverer of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy was a devoted student of
the Bible and a life-long seeker for spiritual truth. She didn't just write about
her discoveries though, she proved them through her practice of Christian
healing by healing thousands of people of every sort of ailment.

Here is one idea about the Christ from her book that I have found useful in
my practice of Christian healing:

When I am alert to this divine influence ever present in my consciousness
and acknowledge that this influence is repeating itself in everyone else's
consciousness as well, people respond to this Christ message and
"Christian healing" takes place.

For example, I used to coach a soccer team of middle-school kids. One day
on the practice field, one of the players while going for the ball kicked a
team mate. The kicked player didn't think this was an accident and a fight
broke out between the two. I separated them and told one of the players to
go sit on the bench while I talked to the other. This kid was almost as big as
I was and I struggled to hold him as I tried to reason with him. He kept
saying "I want to fight him!" while I gave him all my coaching platitudes like
"Hey, it was an accident. You're teammates. Save your energy for the
game". None of this calmed him down.

Then I noticed that this player was wearing a chain with a cross. I don't
know what this meant to him - whether it was a gang symbol, a religious
symbol, or just a piece of jewelry, but it reminded me that the Christ is a
divine influence ever present in everyone's consciousness and repeating
itself. Immediately I felt myself relaxing and without thinking these words
popped out of my mouth - "I know you're brave enough to fight him. But I
think you're even braver then that. I think you're brave enough to go over
there, tell him you're sorry this incident happened, and shake his hand."

The player stopped struggling and looked at me in surprise. Then, without
another word he walked across the field to the bench, spoke to his
teammate, and shook his hand. That was the end of it.

I'm convinced that it was the recognition that the Christ was present in the
consciousness of all three of us that brought healing to this confrontation.
This recognition opened my thought to the right words to say and freed
both players to respond to the spirit of those words. Now whenever I deal
with other people, whether family, friends, or strangers, or whenever I think
about our leaders or other world leaders, I remind myself that the Christ is
speaking to every human consciousness - and repeating itself!