Where does thought originate—who, really, does the knowing? To students of Christian Science this question is basic. They have proved times without number that a right answer, and the spiritual enlightenment it brings, enable them to demonstrate increased harmony in every department of their lives.
In her major work, Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy makes this statement: "When examined in the light of divine Science, mortals present more than is detected upon the surface, since inverted thoughts and erroneous beliefs must be counterfeits of Truth. Thought is borrowed from a higher source than matter, and by reversal, errors serve as waymarks to the one Mind, in which all error disappears in celestial Truth." Science and Health, p. 267;
From the standpoint of current material theories regarding man's psyche this statement may seem preposterous. But if we are willing first to accept it on faith, and then step by step learn to understand and apply it, the truth of it can be proved. To do this, we need to remember that the Bible asks us to be "of one accord, of one mind" and to "let this mind be in [us], which was also in Christ Jesus." Phil. 2:2, 5; Christian Science teaches that the mind spoken of here is God Himself, the divine Mind. It stresses that man is much more than the organic structure he seems to be, and that all real thought has a higher and more constant source than the human brain.
