MRS. EDDY writes on page 263 of Science and Health, "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." To work "only as God works" is a rather startling requirement to most individuals, who generally identify themselves as human beings, working not "as God works," but as persons engaged in human activities—business, housework, schoolwork.
Mrs. Eddy further tells us in Miscellany (p. 242), "You can never demonstrate spirituality until you declare yourself to be immortal and understand that you are so." A few lines farther on she continues, "Unless you fully perceive that you are the child of God, hence perfect, you have no Principle to demonstrate and no rule for its demonstration." And she adds with unmistakable clarity, "By this I do not mean that mortals are the children of God,—far from it."
The first requirement in working "only as God works" and in ceasing to grope in the dark is proper self-identification. Then should we not ask ourselves: Am I working from the standpoint of a human person, even a good human person?
