In these days when much publicity is being given to the penetration of outer space because of the discoveries of the material sciences, it may be well for the Christian to pause and take stock of his spiritual ability to reach beyond the confines of matter, or the physical body, and comprehend the infinitude of Spirit, of God Himself. Only to the degree that this ability is attained can one understand man, the image and likeness of Spirit, as explained by the Scriptures. Yet this understanding is the only means by which one becomes conscious of and exercises man's God-given dominion over matter or body.
For the Christian Scientist, the acquiring of the understanding with which to comprehend the infinite should be a daily, steady endeavor. He is learning from his diligent searching for the spiritual meaning of the Bible as revealed in Christian Science that only through a faculty born of the infinite can the infinite be comprehended. That such a faculty is available is declared by Mary Baker Eddy in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," as follows (p. 505): "Spirit imparts the understanding which uplifts consciousness and leads into all truth."
In this statement of truth and throughout all her writings, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science opens a vast field of spiritual research to sincere seekers of a true understanding of God. Cultivation of the essential capacity through which one grasps her explanations of infinity becomes, therefore, a prime consideration of the one who would look beyond the ordinary limitations of the five senses. These finite senses, or mortal mind, are unequal to any investigations into the realm of the real. Most of the terminology used by mortals in their daily round of thinking and talking is found in Christian Science to be inapplicable to the subject of infinity. Such terms as distance, time, starting, stopping, coming, going, beginning, ending, up, down, in, out, cannot be used either in understanding or in defining the infinite.
