Independence is the right of all, and is desired and sought by all mankind. Individuals may work long and faithfully, but in vain, to attain independence through material means. One may ask whether it is possible for them to attain real independence and, if possible, how it can be gained.
Independence is primarily a mental state. Christ Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." For many centuries mankind seemed to have lost sight of this truth which Jesus revealed, but today Christian Science has brought the new-old message of true freedom. Christian Science reveals true independence as spiritual, a quality of thought which reflects God, omnipresent Mind. Through the study of Christian Science men are bringing into their individual experience the joy of spiritual independence.
Mortal mind has no power either to improve or to deface God's creation. God, Spirit, fills all space, and evil has no place therein. Truth, operating in one's consciousness, reveals the presence of God, good, and true independence is thereby realized. As one lives in the confident understanding of God's allness and ever-presence, and of man's oneness with and inseparability from Him, he is truly independent, abiding where the many depressing, disappointing, conflicting arguments of material sense cannot reach him.
