In divine Science, man is understood to be what the Bible declares him to be, the image and likeness of God (see Genesis 1:26, 27). Man is God’s reflection of Himself. Reasoning out from this basis, the divine Mind, God, is forever expressing Himself in His idea, His image and likeness.
One aspect of a reflection is that it is never separate from the original that produces it. Man, as God’s reflection, is never separate from his source and includes, by reflection, everything God is. Because God is all and man has all that God, the divine Mind, includes, man reflects, or expresses, all the qualities, or attributes, of his source: intelligence, understanding, wisdom, strength, integrity, creativity, and so on. These qualities are limitless in number, and each individualized expression of man is able to express every one of them, since a reflection reflects everything going on in the original. This divine activity from God to man is exactly what is going on without interruption—right now—because God, divine Principle is causing it.
Man, as God’s reflection, is never separate from his source and includes, by reflection, everything God is.
