EACH individual is humanly identified in the eyes of others by his physical appearance. This identification, almost everyone will concede, is more than flesh, blood, and bones. It also includes what he wears; it embraces his neatness, his speech, his attitudes, his expression—perhaps that special twinkle in his eye.
In Christian Science, one learns that true identity is not material; it is wholly spiritual. It consists of divine qualities, such as joy, love, wisdom, understanding, and strength, evidence of which is seen humanly. Each individual is, in the eyes of the infinite, graced with a beauteous and eternal nature, a perpetual spiritual and perfect identity.
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy declares (p. 477), "Identity is the reflection of Spirit, the reflection in multifarious forms of the living Principle, Love." Each idea included in the creation of God, Spirit, has a specific identity. This identity is patterned after the Christly form.
