"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?" queried the Psalmist (Ps. 139:7). These questions are pertinent today as space scientists contemplate sending manned vehicles beyond the limits of the earth's atmosphere. The Biblical passage goes on with the assuring thoughts: "If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there," and, "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."
Man, the spiritual image and likeness of God, good, can never depart from God's presence. While mortals look out upon unknown celestial deeps with hope mingled, perhaps, with fear or see space as a gloomy uninhabited void, reason and spiritual intuition reveal an infinite universe of supreme beauty filled with God's ideas. To gain a proper perspective of what really exists beyond our present limited vision we must look out upon the universe through the spiritual senses. All the joy, beauty, and riches of temporal explorations will eventually be superseded by the spiritual realities of God.
What is the nature of infinite space? What is found in it? Is it a void, or is it teeming with reality? From the standpoint of Christian Science, infinite space is teeming with good, with spiritual, substantial reality. In the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy says (p. 503): "Divine Science, the Word of God, saith to the darkness upon the face of error, 'God is All-in-all,' and the light of ever-present Love illumines the universe. Hence the eternal wonder,—that infinite space is peopled with God's ideas, reflecting Him in countless spiritual forms."
