If a painter, musician, sculptor, or craftsman were told that there is a scientific way of thinking that leads to an inspired creation, he might dismiss this claim with cynical doubt. Yet inspiration comes with one's understanding of oneself as he truly is, the son of God.
It comes when one understands and accepts "the scientific statement of being," in which Mrs. Eddy states: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual."Science and Health, p. 468;
One who mistakenly takes this statement to be a mere formula may believe that the creation of a masterpiece is a daily event. But Christian Science cannot be reduced to formulas; it is not a material but a scientifically spiritual way of thinking about one's whole life. A masterpiece is the manifestation of a compound idea; it is complete. It is born as a result of many different mental steps, each of which can be divinely guided and inspired.
