The ‘ghostbusters’ that free us from grief
We can always turn to God for inspiration that transforms our concept of life and lifts grief.
I had just walked outside a building one day when I began to feel quite sad over the passing of a loved one. The thought came to me, “Who am I going to call?” Almost immediately, this answer came, echoing a familiar song: “Ghostbusters!”
It brought a moment of levity, and then I began to consider that this unexpected thought might also bring meaningful help. I realized that I could see those thoughts of sadness as “ghosts” – illusions or deceptions suggesting that life is volatile and can be terminated.
Christian Science explains that life is not based in matter – that everyone’s true being is in God, our divine Parent. We are truly God’s offspring – spiritual, not material – each of us a unique, immortal idea of God, the one divine Mind. As such, life cannot be lost. None of the wonderful spiritual qualities that make up our true identity – beauty, joy, intelligence, goodness, love, kindness, unselfishness, tenderness, holiness, just to name a few – can be lost.
And Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, states, “Truth, Life, and Love are a law of annihilation to everything unlike themselves, because they declare nothing except God” (“Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” p. 243). Truth, Life, and Love are Bible-based names for God.
So all truth originates in God, including the truth that all the good qualities we express originate in God – are found in Him – and are therefore eternal.
God is the only Life – the source of all true being, which is fully spiritual and eternal, not material and limited. As His children, we reflect that unlimited, eternal Life.
And God as Love always cares for each of His offspring, which includes everyone, and is holding us close right now – we can never be separated from Him.
These ideas gave me a better glimpse of spiritual reality – they were my “ghostbusters,” so to speak, breaking through the deception that life is in matter and can be lost. In fact, I was freed from grief that very day.
The ever-present power of God is always with us to strengthen us and lift us into a better understanding of true life as originating in God, and upheld by infinite Life. Even if grief tries to enter our heart, we can call on the “ghostbusters” – seek inspiration from divine Truth, Life, and Love – and find lasting comfort and healing.