When I became a student in a Primary class of Christian Science, a whole new world opened up for me. The class taught me to think more spiritually about God and man (meaning all men and women), and it gave me a great gift: It taught me how to heal. One of my greatest discoveries I found in class was learning that God is Soul, and that there is a presence, joy, and majesty to Soul.
I learned that Soul inspires freedom and confidence in us, and I learned about Soul’s healing and cleansing power. I learned that Soul is the source of harmony, and that deep harmony in man is the basis of his health. In time, I would also find that there is no greater joy on earth than the joy of healing spiritually.
Soul is one of seven names for God that Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, derived from her study of the Bible. The term’s common meaning is related to the Old Testament concept that the heart of man, his soul, lives on eternally and is untouched by death. Mrs. Eddy, however, lifted the thought of Soul to the level of the Divine. Soul, she states in her textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, is a synonym for God, and gives us special insights into the divine nature. Not only does Soul speak to us of God’s infinite individuality, but it also tells each of us, as ideas of Soul, of our unique individuality.
