The understanding which Christian Science imparts of God as the eternal cause, or Principle, of all true being removes perhaps the most tenacious belief of limitation which besets mortal existence, that of time. Mary Baker Eddy states in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 468): "Eternity, not time, expresses the thought of Life, and time is no part of eternity. One ceases in proportion as the other is recognized."
A glimpse of eternity, which includes no past and no future, but encompasses the forever now, has frequently proved practical in my experience. When mortal mind has argued that there was too little time or no time for necessary activity, I have paused deliberately to contemplate the spiritual aspect of the situation. If I have found that the demands upon me were legitimate and just, then I have had to realize that the demands were not being made upon a limited mortal, having so many minutes in so many hours in so many days, weeks, months, or even years.
When the need has seemed to be for more time for household duties, for example, I have found relief from pressure in the calm, clear realization that home is indeed the stronghold of Love and that the harmony of man in Science is forever uninterrupted. The need is always for the realization of some eternal truth, never for more time.
