"When mortal man blends his thoughts of existence with the spiritual and works only as God works, he will no longer grope in the dark and cling to earth because he has not tasted heaven." So writes Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health (p. 263). Who would not want to work "as God works" and thus taste heaven? Deity's work is joyous, glorious, satisfying, and free. The material senses seem to counterfeit this in work that is laborious, sometimes frustrating, and often wearisome.
The nature of true activity is linked with easy yokes and light burdens in Christ Jesus' invitation (Matt. 11:28-30): "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." When in the spirit of meekness we lift our thoughts to the Christ, the spiritual idea of sonship, and recognize man's unity with God as His reflection, we accept this loving invitation and experience its blessings.
Jesus reminded his followers that it was the Father who did the works. Just as a sunbeam gives warmth, light, and cheer because it emanates from the sun, so man, God's reflection, "works only as God works." We read in Science and Health (p. 361), "As a drop of water is one with the ocean, a ray of light one with the sun, even so God and man, Father and son, are one in being."
