Eternal Life, free from all material, unreal restrictions, is the true Light and substance of all. This substance becomes apparent through Christian Science, the law of divine Principle. True substance is demonstrated in the measure that one grasps and is governed by the spiritual facts of being.
The scientific separation of good from evil, of spiritual supply from material lack, is achieved by the understanding that matter and evil are not God-created. One not only needs to learn what God is and does, but must also understand how to guard against the subtleties of the claim that he must rely on material cause and effect. Must one blindly continue to punish himself and deprive himself of blessings by believing that he will be satisfied only with material results in response to spiritual yearning? No. The good which one gains in Christ's Christianity is spiritual and not material. This unchangeable fact is confirmed by Jesus' words and works. Abundance is proved through love for God and man. This love is much more than human emotion. It is the incentive for doing unto others as one would be done by. It is the link which unites one to the eternal; this love is the life-giving substance, Spirit, that meets all human needs and destroys all material limitations.
Divine Love is the perfect, infinite intelligence, and when it is reflected it does not fail to supplant the vacuum of human lack. Understanding infinite Mind, one is not deceived by clamorous human wants. He knows that the all-inclusive Mind, omnipotent God, is impartially expressed throughout the real creation. This fact is true regardless of any mortal mind suggestion of material conditions or situations peculiar to individual circumstances, which only matter is supposed to relieve. Deviations from the divine order which look so real to corporeal sense are unreal, because they are contrary to God, to whom time, change, neglect, lack, and imposition are unknown.
