Christian Science, as its title indicates, is the Science of the Christ, and upon investigation will be found to explain what Jesus meant when he said, "I and my Father are one." In studying this statement which Jesus gave, we see that what Jesus scientifically knew of the Father revealed his oneness with Him, and therefore his spiritual and eternal individuality.
In answer to Philip's words. "Shew us the Father," Jesus said. "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." Thus the activity of thought which identifies itself with God is not separate from God, but is actually Mind's consciousness of its own idea. There being but one Mind, individual consciousness is the individual expression of the divine Mind. The activity or intelligence of Jesus' thought was the expression of Mind. This is why Jesus spoke with authority. Christian Scientists, in order to accomplish works like those of the Master, as he said his followers should, must be scientifically Christian, thus demonstrating their oneness with God and having the same authority which Jesus had, because they have the same Mind. True meekness is the acknowledgment of no power, selfhood, or Mind separate from God.
Much may be accomplished by one who thus understands individual consciousness, one, that is, who is not just thinking about Mind, but claiming the right to know as Mind knows, in accordance with Mrs. Eddy's statement in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 255): "Man should be found not claiming equality with, but growing into, that altitude of Mind which was in Christ Jesus." Such a one understands himself to be the individual appearing or manifestation of Mind. This individual works effectively, powerfully, because he knows God is the only power. He loses the sense of himself as living a life separate from God. He feels sure of his work and speaks with authority, whether the claim is a belief in sin, disease, death, or warring nations. If the suggestion should come, "What can your thinking do, one among so many?" he does not feel that his work is futile. He knows better than that, because he is learning the new-old meaning of the statement that "one with God is a majority." He knows that God is the only consciousness.
