"Atomic action is Mind, not matter." What a revolutionary concept this is! What power is here indicated, what an infinitude of possibilities! There is no hesitation, no compromise in this statement by Mary Baker Eddy, which is found on page 190 of "Miscellaneous Writings." She tells us unequivocally, "Atomic action is Mind, not matter."
We learn in Christian Science that Mind is God, that God is good, and that God is All-in-all. Thus we come logically to the realization that atomic action must be good, for it is of God. It cannot be anything else, since God, good, is Mind, All-in-all— all there is, or ever was, or ever can be. But one may say: "What about atomic action as expressed materially in the form of nuclear explosions, and so forth? Surely they cannot be called good, because they are not of God."
The material manifestation called atomic energy is most certainly not of God. But does any material manifestation come from God? Can any material concept, whatever its shape, size, outline, or experience, be of God, good, or be true or real? Of course not. God is the only reality. He is Spirit, Mind, Truth, Love, Life, Soul, Principle, as we are taught in Christian Science. This concept of God constitutes totality, in whatever direction thought turns. It is impossible for a scrap of room to be left over for anything material or destructive.
