On page 427 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Immortal Mind, governing all, must be acknowledged as supreme in the physical realm, so-called, as well as in the spiritual." In Christian Science infinite Principle is acknowledged to be the only cause, creator, source, origin; without it "was not any thing made that was made." Its creation is coexistent and eternal with itself, and all that is real was "in the beginning with God," and will ever continue inseparable from its divine cause. The one cause or Principle being Mind, its effect or manifestation must be mental. The universe of divine Mind, then, consists of an infinitude of perfect divine thoughts, or ideas.
Immortal Mind, being divine Principle, governs all through or by means of absolute law. All that exists as divine creation is eternally sustained and directed by perfect Principle through divine law; therefore all is governed in perfect harmony. Principle, Mind, is omniscient. It is therefore conscious of all that exists as creation. It is not conceivable, however, that Mind, though omniscient, could know something outside of its own universe. It is not possible for divine Mind, or Spirit, to know anything about a material or mortal universe supposedly existing outside of or apart from infinity. Absolutely speaking, there is no material universe to be known. For this reason it is unthinkable that divine Principle should have instituted or set in motion material, mortal, or so-called natural laws. It is likewise unthinkable that divine Principle, Spirit, Mind, could provide for the operation of its own law in a universe which from the divine point of view does not exist.
What then does Christian Science mean when it says that immortal Mind "must be acknowledged as supreme in the physical realm"? Does it not mean that while to human sense, or in belief, there is a material universe, including mortal man, there can be no hope of salvation from this false belief except through acknowledging the supremacy of immortal Mind? For example, acknowledgment of the supremacy of Mind, or Spirit, dethrones in human consciousness the belief that matter is real. To acknowledge Truth as supreme frees the human mind from bondage to error. Acknowledgment of the supremacy of good renders the belief in sin and evil powerless. To acknowledge Life as supreme makes impossible the acknowledgment of any reality in the claims of disease and death. Thus spiritual law is seen in human experience to be the law of redemption from all material beliefs or so-called laws of mortal mind, however these may be manifested.
