When we use the word "I," as we so frequently do, to what are we referring? Do we not usually have in thought a person encumbered by a material body, equipped with his own intellect and will? We habitually ascribe to this person varying quantities of goodness, health, ability, happiness, and supply. Perhaps we are sometimes afraid for this selfhood, sometimes proud or ashamed of it, and often in bondage to it.
In Christian Science the supreme I or Ego is God, who is infinite, unerring Mind. In the Bible, God identifies Himself as, "I AM THAT I AM" (Ex. 3:14), thus declaring Himself to be the ceaselessly operating divine Principle of the universe.
"I am the infinite All. From me proceedeth all Mind, all consciousness, all individuality, all being." These words in which God or good affirms His allness are found on page 24 of "Unity of Good" by Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. They repudiate the existence of a mind or ego, a source of individuality or activity, other than God.
