Comparison between Christian Science and Islam Ahmadiyya

Despite the differing names, both have a lot in common with each other.

Their founders, Mary Baker Eddy (Christian Science ) and Mirza Ghulam Ahmed (Ahmadiyya) both appeared in the 19th century out of virtual obscurity. Mary Baker Eddy saw her message as the reappearance of “the Christ” in the world, giving healing and hope declaring her book and the Bible to be pastors of her Church. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed himself to be the reappearance of Jesus, Buddha, Krishna and the Mahdi, a figure prophesized to redeem Islam in the last days in the Holy Koran.

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Prayer Interpretations

Psalm 91.

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High.

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Father Mother, encompassing all.

2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

Love, completeness

3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

Love yearns for purity of thought

4 He will cover you with his pinions,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his jfaithfulness is a shield and buckler.

Love´s Dwelling

5 You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

There is none like you in whom I have my being

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

Infinite, without number

8 You will only look with your eyes

and see the recompense of the wicked.

Incorporeal

9 Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place

the Most High, who is my refuge.

Our Home

10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

no plague come near your tent.

Structure of Truth and Love

11 For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

Our Provider

12 On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

Our Protection

13 You will tread on the lion and the adder;

the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

Defender of Spiritual Truth.

14 “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he knows my name.

Cause and Creator

15 When he calls to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

Reflecting Love

16 With long life I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation.”

Immortal Harmonious Love.

Scientific Translation the Hail Mary (Ave Maria) Prayer, written by me:

Hail Father Mother,
In Fullness,
Ever With Us

Ever Blessing Man
with the Christ
Ever Present

Tender and Strong
With Grace for Today
Infinite Love and Power

Here now

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Taken from Science and health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

Our Father which art in heaven,
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,

Hallowed be Thy name.
Adorable One.

Thy kingdom come.
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Enable us to know, — as in heaven, so on earth, —
God is omnipotent, supreme.

Give us this day our daily bread;
Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And Love is reflected in love;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth
us from sin, disease, and death.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love,
over all, and All.

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The definition of Trinity (Glory be etc…prayer) from Judge Hanna, CS journal July 1915.

“In response to a request, it was the writer’s privilege to receive from Mrs. Eddy a definition of the Trinity which has never been published in the exact words in which this one is couched. Feeling that it will be helpful in connection with the purpose of this article, this definition is here given: “Father is man’s divine Principle, Love. Son is God’s man —His image or spiritual likeness. Holy Ghost is Divine Science, the Messiah or Comforter. Jesus in the flesh was the prophet or wayshower to Life, Truth, and Love, and out of the flesh Jesus was the Christ, the spiritual idea, or image and likeness of God.” “

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Psalm 144

A Psalm of David.

1 Blessed be the Lord my strength,

which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

2 my goodness, and my fortress;

my high tower, and my deliverer;

my shield, and he in whom I trust;

who subdueth my people under me.

Imparting Truth, Clarity, Health, Strength

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him!

or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

4 Man is like to vanity:

his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Seeing the real man, limitless, whole and beautiful

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down:

touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them:

shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Imparting Angels of Truth, Truth which destroys all falsities.

7 Send thine hand from above;

rid me, and deliver me out of great waters,

from the hand of strange children;

8 whose mouth speaketh vanity,

and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

One Lord (mind) one faith, one baptism

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:

upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings:

who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Peace is given by You, here, now

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity,

and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

12 that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;

that our daughters may be as corner stones,

polished after the similitude of a palace:

One cornerstone, Love, building all real things

13 that our garners may be full, affording all manner of store:

that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

14 that our oxen may be strong to labour;

that there be no breaking in, nor going out;

that there be no complaining in our streets.

15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case:

yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

My Beloved, my Provider

What is Christian Science?

Christian Science is the practice of  viewing an object or circumstance and revealing it as a true idea, working with it in consciousness to see its real substance as an object of Mind, encompassing the idea that matter only exists in a state of consciousness. It is a system discovered by Mary Baker Eddy and described in her primary work “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” to ensure that situations and things are not dealt with as material objects or situations but are viewed as false consciousness which needs an uplifted view.

150 years ago natural science began to classify material objects into categories which could be studied. After a series of discoveries in natural science, it then believed that the human mind played a big part in how we see the world. More recently these are viewed in terms of our opinion of them which decides if we accept or reject them. So it is clear that evolution is preparing to move towards higher ideas. Mary Baker Eddy had already clarified her system by the time of her death in 1910 which humanity is slowly finding.

Mary Baker Eddy discovered that the Bible was not a book which was mysteriously given by a personal God but is a book outlining Spiritual laws and their working, by using metaphors and stories about how these laws work in order to uplift our conciousness which shapes our reality.

Christianity is ultimately the cornerstone of her system because if we do not view “things” as material, we must view them as Spiritual, (Objects of consciousness) The idea is that every thought needs to be brought into line to uncover reality which is ultimately uncovering the knowledge of God or whatever name you choose to use to describe the Love in which we live. With the uplifting of the view, it brings healing not only of conflict but also of disease. The Bible in this system uses symbols and allegories to clarify what reality is.

It is my opinion that, like most religious movements, the Institutions founded to support her ideas have been reduced in their metaphysical work due to power, control, personality and ecclesiastical hierarchy. It is not helped by the pervading ideas of mysticism and the complete failure of all Churches to move forward in their views as they work mainly in their domain of materiality. These institutions upon which men were taught to lean on leave man helpless rather than empowering them to raise their thought.

As a result these religious groups are slowly vanishing, leaving her work as a classification of Science rather than a religious idea. In itself proving the link that Religion in its pure sense as taught in her system is a correct and clear branch of Science.

Regen, regen, regen

Regen, regen, regen,
water voor de planten en bloemen,
een metafoor voor voorziening en voeding.
Zoals nieuwe ideeën komen in onze gedachten,
ideeën die de wereld kunnen veranderen,
vallend uit de hemel
recht in ons hart.

Vrede van de Nacht (Een gebed)

Wees stil, mijn gedachten, nu de zon verdwijnt
en houd mij in uw tedere liefde, tot de dageraad mij wekt.
Nu ben ik open om uw stem te horen, zacht en vredig in de nacht.
Laat mij dicht bij U blijven.

Avondgebed

Vader, U bent hier. In vrede en liefde vind ik U.

Olivier ten Hoopen 1963-1983

Ik vond dit kleine gedenkteken in de crypte van de Pieterskerk in Utrecht.
Er staan verschillende kleine doosjes – als een soort herinneringstuin.
Eén daarvan is voor een jonge man die in 1983 is gestorven.
De wereld is hem vergeten.
Ik vraag me af wie hij was.

Olivier ten Hoopen 11 november 1963 – 24 november 1983

Mijn gebed elke dag

Sommige kerken hebben lange gebeden. Maar ik heb er maar één, elke dag:

Mijn Heer, ik wil U leren kennen.
Ik ben open — kom binnen.

Wie ben ik?

Wie ben ik?
Mijn naam is Joseph en ik ben Nederlands aan het leren.
Ik heb deze blog gemaakt zodat ik in het Nederlands kan schrijven.
Ik heb veel hobby’s: schrijven, lezen, spiritualiteit, lesgeven, contemplatie en stilte.

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