"Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite" (Ps. 147:5). To acknowledge that God is the source of all wisdom, direction, knowledge, and ability is the first step toward demonstrating these qualities. The next step is to understand the perfection of Mind, God, and the real man's relation to Him. Infinite Mind, which is God, knows neither matter nor evil, for Mind is Spirit; and Mind is divine Love. Divine Mind knows only good. This perfect Mind expresses all, is the source of all true activity. Divine Mind is all-presence, all-power, and is all-knowing; so all is the manifestation of Mind.
The real universe is the manifestation of perfect Mind, which is Spirit. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy writes (p. 264): "The crude creations of mortal thought must finally give place to the glorious forms which we sometimes behold in the camera of divine Mind, when the mental picture is spiritual and eternal. Mortals must look beyond fading, finite forms, if they would gain the true sense of things. Where shall the gaze rest but in the unsearchable realm of Mind?" As one learns to see what Mind— Spirit, divine Love—sees, he glimpses reality, God's beautiful, harmonious, unchanging, perfect universe. This glorious universe is the expression of Mind, the One "altogether lovely." It is perfectly maintained in eternal freshness and fairness by omnipotent Mind. Everything in it is joyous and free. Everything has its right place; everything moves in accord with Mind's purpose.
The practical benefit of understanding Mind, God, and seeing man and the universe as governed by divine Mind is brought out on page 128 of Science and Health, where Mrs. Eddy, speaking of this government, says, "From this it follows that business men and cultured scholars have found that Christian Science enhances their endurance and mental powers, enlarges their perception of character, gives them acuterness and comprehensiveness and an ability to exceed their ordinary capacity."
