Christian Science reveals that individual man is not a copy; he is an original. He relates directly to the source of all being and derives his qualities from God. When Jesus said, "I came forth from the Father,"John 16:28; he was expressing the Science of being, which applies to each true individuality. In following Jesus as the Exemplar, each one can claim and prove his sonship with God.
Human history may indicate that the individual is the derivative of many generations of human ancestry, the product of repeated hereditary patterns. Many theories about disease rest upon this human belief that the child is the copy of the parent and sometimes the victim of inherited deficiencies. Mrs. Eddy states in the textbook, Science and Health: "Physical causation was put aside from first to last by this original man, Jesus. He knew that the divine Principle, Love, creates and governs all that is real."Science and Health, p. 286;
It brings great release from the strictures of tradition and limitation to know that each individuality comes directly from God, the Father. Man is an original, and he draws all his characteristics from his divine source. He has no mind apart from God, the one Mind, and all of his ability is reflected ability. In prayer the individual communes with this divine Mind and gains strength, healing, inspiration, and direction. There is no intermediary in this relationship; nothing can come between man and his Maker.
