In Christian Science we learn to distinguish between what is called in Science and Health (p. 185) the "suppositional activities" of mortal mind, and that activity of the divine Mind which is referred to by Mrs. Eddy in the same book, when she says (p. 562), "The twelve tribes of Israel with all mortals . . . will through much tribulation yield to the activities of the divine Principle of man in the harmony of Science."
It behooves us, therefore, to acquaint ourselves with these activities and strive to demonstrate their Principle in so far as we understand it. Man was created by the divine activity of Spirit, which he never ceases to reflect. There can be no inaction; there is only harmonious action of Spirit, for all things spiritual are eternal and unlabored. Contrasting radically with mortal counterfeits, this energy does not conflict or attack, but by reason of its nature it becomes a law of elimination to all unlike itself. The realm of its radiation is divine Mind, into which no sense of discord can possibly intrude. Spirit's action in all its aspects is therefore essentially beneficent and effective, and conditions of struggle, of striving, and of unrest, so inseparable from the activities of mortal mind, are here entirely absent.
The divine Mind, so unceasingly active that it "rests in action" (Science and Health, p. 519), is the only governing and animating force of the universe, from man to the humblest insect of the earth. As we grow more familiar with these facts, the assumed activities which human thought has evolved from its own conceptions are found to be false and finite; but in the period of experience preceding the acquisition of true knowledge and the abandonment of old beliefs, it is useful to study certain idiosyncrasies of the situation which in the present stage of human development seem to be more assertive than ever before.
