In our more quiet hours each one of us may have pondered the questions, "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" These questions are timeless, as evidenced by persistent efforts of sage and philosopher of every age to answer them. Individually, each is fundamental, for it probes the very depths of being. It demands that each one discover for himself his true identity and demonstrate it in what appears to be his present environment.
Christ Jesus understood and acknowledged his identity to be spiritual when he declared (John 8:42), "I proceeded forth and came from God." He demonstrated it by his marvelous healings midst the spiritual ignorance and materialism of his day. Since our great Master is our Way-shower, we must likewise understand and demonstrate our spiritual identity here and now if we are ever to awaken to our God-given dominion.
Success in this glorious assignment is assured by Mrs. Eddy's revelation of Christian Science. In consonance with the Master's statement just quoted, she writes in Science and Health (p. 477), "Identity is the reflection of Spirit, the reflection in multifarious forms of the living Principle, Love."
