THE question, "Who am I?" confronts everyone, and the correct answer to it is of great importance. Centuries of knowledge built upon the testimony of the physical senses do not hold the answer. It is not to be found by observation of the human personality or by experimentation with material phenomena. True identity is tributary to divine Principle, God. Our discernment of real identity involves an understanding of God and man.
As a ray of light has its source in and is one with the sun, reflecting the qualities of the sun, even so, God and man are inseparable in being. Thus Christian Science answers the age-old question, "Who am I?" by making clear to human perception the indissoluble spiritual link between man and God. This Science reveals man in his true identity as the reflection of God, forever inseparable from his Maker.
God is the only creator, the only Life, substance, intelligence, and power, and is everywhere present. The oneness, or infinitude, of Deity includes His infinite idea or expression, man and the universe. Therefore, all the knowing, seeing, action, and volition that exist or that can be are functioning within the all-inclusive oneness of divine Mind. Mary Baker Eddy states succinctly in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 267), "The allness of Deity is His oneness."
