According to the teachings of Christian Science, each one of us lives in God's infinite universe of ever-unfolding good, a universe filled with countless spiritual ideas. Even a slight understanding of this spiritual fact dispels loneliness and grief. Upon this spiritual perception rests the demonstration of true companionship.
Loneliness is, of course, purely mental, a state of mortal thought. One can be satisfied in solitude, or, contrariwise, walk with an empty heart in the midst of a crowded city. Near the close of his ministry, Christ Jesus indicated that the time was near when his disciples would be scattered and would leave him alone. But he said (John 16:32), "I am not alone, because the Father is with me."
In the presence of God one is never alone, for where Life, or God, is, there are teeming activity and infinite abundance. The great need of every desolate and empty heart is to discern spiritually the presence of eternal Life and Love.
