In the endeavor to arrive at the true concept or right idea of home as it exists in divine Mind it is helpful first to eliminate from one's thinking the finite or limited concepts of home which appear to exist in the so-called human mind. It is well, therefore, to see first of all that home, absolutely speaking, is not a material house, a flat, a hotel room, or anything existing in time or finite space.
Home, in reality, is not something within four walls, or that exists objectively, but on the contrary it exists subjectively as idea. It is not a place in which man abides; it is an abiding consciousness of harmony— heaven—and is within man. Man, the compound idea of God, includes the true or spiritual concept of home. Since home in the absolute sense is synonymous with heaven, it must of necessity be within, as Jesus said the kingdom of God is. And in part of her definition of "Jerusalem," on page 589 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy uses these words—home and heaven —synonymously.
Since home is a divine state of consciousness and is within man, who reflects, includes, or embodies this divine concept, he is never without home and never could be in doubt about where home is. Where man is, home is, and for this reason man is never separated from home or deprived of it. Man is, therefore, never homeless or homesick. Man is forever consciously aware of the truth about home, and in that sense possesses or includes it.
