The absolute or infinite spiritual sense of being which is set forth in Christian Science is not an abstract theory, but the most powerful regenerative and healing agent that can enter human experience. We must understand it as such. This thought is expressed by our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in her words (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 26): "Mortals must gravitate Godward, their affections and aims grow spiritual,—they must near the broader interpretations of being, and gain some proper sense of the infinite,—in order that sin and mortality may be put off."
Christian Science explains that man's being, as the expression of infinite divine Mind, or God, is not material and finite, but spiritual and infinite, including by conscious reflection every idea that exists in Mind's infinitude. The loveliness of Soul, which we can see expressed through art and music, in the kindness of others, in the happiness of children, the majesty and power of Spirit, to which the skies and the ocean point—every blessing, every reality of the divine nature—is included in our true consciousness. The Psalmist must have recognized this to a certain degree, for he presented man as greater even than the heavens and with "all things under his feet." He sang (Ps. 8:3-6): "When I consider thy heavens,...the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained: what is man that thou art mindful of him? . . .Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet."
Man is the infinite idea of perfect and harmonious Mind. What God does not know, man cannot experience. An idea always expresses the nature of its divine Principle. This is a spiritual fact. Then we need not think of harmony as contingent on material conditions. We need not fear. God's man is not in suspension or waiting for peace to come. All good is now and already included in our true being.
