All may drink from the same fountain of divine understanding. The Word tells us: "If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not." To Him, man has never fallen; but is perfect as when created. To Him, all is harmony; there is no discord. Jesus, the Christ in the flesh, knew of our infirmities because he assumed this mortal illusion; but God, never.
How can we understand that our beliefs are nothing? Because they are lies before Truth. This material body is illusion, is the biggest lie of all; for there is no flesh, blood, or bones. Jesus said: "Spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have." Mortal mind (which is another liar) said it created this body—and that is a lie too. Christian Scientists hold continually that God is all. God does not change one iota. He says: "I am the Lord; I never change." It is to ourselves the change must come. We must be reconciled to God, not God to us. We must hold continually that all we see with our belief of physical eyes is but a dream, an illusion. We must realize that we are Spiritual and not material. We must not hold the thought that we are both Spiritual and material.
In Science and Health God is defined as Principle— the great I am—the All knowing, All-seeing, All acting, All-loving and Eternal Mind, Soul, Spirit, Life, Truth, Love, Substance and Intelligence. Can we ask Him to be more? There is more of the Divine here than we can possibly appropriate. We are in harmony all the time—it is only for us to realize the fact; and we must follow in the direction we are led, if we expect ever to realize Heaven, Harmony, our Home. God knows no failures; and we, as His thought— His idea—must know none. It is only mortal mind that says we fail. Against this we must hold the thought of, and act as possessing, all power. In what our Teacher says about rejoicing and giving thanks over every case healed, I understand we rejoice because we do realize this divine Power; because we are permitted to hold up this Truth to our fellow-beings, and so to help to destroy their beliefs— not that God knows anything about beliefs.
