How many facts are there? A hundred thousand? A million? Whatever the number, they are subordinate to the one all-encompassing fact that existence is wholly spiritual. Christian Science teaches that God, Spirit, creates the universe and man. Scientifically understood, the basic fact of creation is that God's universe, including His idea, man, is the only creation, and it is spiritual, not material.
Centuries of human belief have been superimposed on this simple fact of God's allness. But all these material concepts have their source in the mistaken material perception of being. These material impressions are found to be false when subjected to the fundamental fact of spiritual being.
Reliance on the material senses has resulted in the establishment of many conflicting material conclusions. But the sovereign fact of God's allness is superior to the accumulated impact of human beliefs. To the inspired thought, the universal spiritual fact outshines the illusions that constitute human error and limitation. Mrs. Eddy's advice in Science and Health, though used in a particular context of healing, is fundamental: "Insist vehemently on the great fact which covers the whole ground, that God, Spirit, is all, and that there is none beside Him."Science and Health, p. 421;
