Consciousness is an important word in the vocabulary of Christian Science. It will be observed that Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, uses that word many times in her writings. Because of this it would seem advisable to examine and study its various meanings in the recognized dictionaries and then consider in their spiritual significance the numerous statements where Mrs. Eddy refers to this subject.
Practically all authorities define consciousness as that state of being which is characterized by thought, as mind in its broadest possible sense. Consciousness is defined by some thinkers as an attribute or condition of Soul, or spiritual substance. It is also regarded as that of which all phenomena are forms, the ultimate reality of existence.
In her revelation of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy perceived that all true consciousness, or conscious being, is Mind; that consciousness is one and is God. She discerned too this important spiritual fact: the impossibility of duality or dualism, and that consciousness, or God, being one and infinite, must be wholly good.
