In each of Mary Baker Eddy's divinely inspired written works are presented vast metaphysical concepts which students of Christian Science meditate upon and use for spiritual profit. On page 82 of "Miscellaneous Writings'' we read: "Man is the offspring and idea of the Supreme Being, whose law is perfect and infinite. In obedience to this law, man is forever unfolding the endless beatitudes of Being; for he is the image and likeness of infinite Life, Truth, and Love." We have cause for great and lasting joy in this statement of man's spiritual origin and destiny.
The man who is "forever unfolding the endless beatitudes of Being" is the spiritual man, the reflection of indestructible divine substance. It is in the process of learning, through Christian Science, how to recognize and utilize unfolding spiritual blessings that we advance from a belief in sense existence to a demonstration of life in Spirit.
Perhaps we believe that we now know how to accept blessings, and therefore we say: "Of course, I accept and use all the blessings which come to me. And I think I am grateful for them, too, though I can't say that they are endless." If we feel any limited sense of good, we are considering only the benefits of material living, for in the beatitudes of Being, of which Mrs. Eddy speaks—the blessings of Spirit, which unfold as they are perceived and utilized throughout infinity—there is no limitation. However, in order to realize divine blessings we must pursue a plan of acceptance—not a humanly made plan, but the plan God has designed. In following this holy plan we shall be obeying the perfect law of the Supreme Being; and as we advance to more complete spiritual understanding, we shall prove in our daily living that man is the expression of Life, Love, and Truth.
