"Christian Science is absolute; it is neither behind the point of perfection nor advancing towards it; it is at this point and must be practised therefrom." This statement was made by Mrs. Eddy in answer to a question sent to her, and she closed her reply with these words: "In practising Christian Science you must state its Principle correctly, or you forfeit your ability to demonstrate it" (Miscellany, p. 242).
As used in Christian Science the word "absolute" denotes that in which there is no impurity, no imperfection, no mixture. Only what is free from limitation, restriction, or qualification is absolute; so the absolute sets free from imperfection and limitation. Man and the universe are the outcome, the manifestation, of one absolute God and are free from a mixture of matter with Spirit, evil with good, and error with truth.
Isaiah referred to the all-inclusive, self-existent nature of Spirit when he declared (40:13, 14): "Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?" Jesus pointed to Spirit as the source of all power when he said to Pilate (John 19:11), "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above."
