One evening when some Christian Scientists were enjoying the splendors of a brilliant sunset mirrored in a placid lake, it was observed that all those present, though standing at different points, faced a glimmering, sunlit path leading directly to the sun. This seemed to typify man's unity with God, for each individual received freely, continuously, and directly his own full view of the mirrored sunlight. Even so does the light of spiritual understanding illumine all the ideas of divine Mind. As we look toward the light of Spirit and claim our inseparable unity with God, we gain the recognition of our true selfhood— our individual reflection and expression of the divine qualities of God.
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 470, 471), under the marginal heading "Indestructible relationship," Mary Baker Eddy writes, "The relations of God and man, divine Principle and idea, are indestructible in Science; and Science knows no lapse from nor return to harmony, but holds the divine order or spiritual law, in which God and all that He creates are perfect and eternal, to have remained unchanged in its eternal history."
This statement brought a quieting sense of assurance and comfort to one student who seemed suddenly to be confronted with a frightened sense of uncertainty regarding the future. The truth about the indestructible relationship of God and man—man being inseparable from and dependent upon God for all that he is and has—brought a higher discernment of protection and guidance. Who would not willingly exchange the burden of depressed and fearful thoughts for the quickened sense of the loving control of unerring Principle?
