Mrs. Eddy states in Science and Health (p. 246): "Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the demonstration thereof. Life and goodness are immortal. Let us then shape our views of existence into loveliness, freshness, and continuity, rather than into age and blight." These words set forth an important postulate for the students of Christian Science to demonstrate.
In Science we learn that in reality there are not two kinds of life: one mortal, to be experienced now, and the other immortal, to be attained at some later date on a higher plane. Eternal life is the only life, which we, in our true spiritual being, are living now; the life which has neither beginning nor ending. Christ Jesus prayed on behalf of his disciples (John 17:3), "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
To "shape our views of existence into loveliness" takes patient disciplining of thought, not only to look on the bright or cheerful side of every human experience, but to have a spiritual view of existence. The understanding of spiritual life is gained through the perception of God as the only Life and Spirit. In Science we learn to look away from the body as constituting or containing life and turn to God, divine Life and Love, the source of eternal life and harmony and loveliness, which we, as His spiritual ideas, reflect. The knowledge that God is man's Life brings us closer to God, removes limiting fear, and harmonizes our human experience.
