"Jesus was the offspring of Mary's self-conscious communion with God," Science and Health, pp. 29-30. writes Mary Baker Eddy in the chapter "Atonement and Eucharist" of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. This statement lifts self-consciousness to a spiritual dimension. Such consciousness of incorporeal selfhood is not obviated but enhanced by the understanding and awareness of God, which come from deep communion with Him.
Christianly scientific thinking is not just absorbed with thoughts of God. Rather, this Science makes ever more clear what man is and logically proves that the more we know about God, the more we know about His offspring. Such knowledge includes nothing material and mortal, or that can be painful, frightening or embarrassing. "Man's real ego, or selfhood, is goodness," No and Yes, p. 26. explains Mrs. Eddy.
A person just beginning to study Christian Science and to recognize its wonderful regenerative power cried, "Oh, when will I get rid of this awful self-consciousness?" A Christian Scientist friend replied, "You don't want to get rid of self-consciousness, but to redeem and uplift it." Uplifted self-consciousness—that consciousness rising to see oneself as God knows him—approximates the Christ, which is always revealing to each his real individuality.
