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The continuity of being excludes termination

From the September 1982 issue of The Christian Science Journal


How can we define continuity of life? In one way, doesn't it imply uninterrupted activity? It also means permanence and persistence without essential change, extending beyond the mortal, illusory limitations of time and space. That which evidences spiritual continuity is eternal. It can be measured, not according to material or mortal standards, but only in terms of infinity.

Continuity suggests wholeness, integrity of being. Whatever expresses spiritual continuity can never lack any quality necessary for the manifestation of its original, natural, and ongoing completeness. Continuity can be considered as synonymous with immortality.

And continuity of being also implies a union: a continuous unity of cause and effect that cannot be violated or breached. In a sense, this permanent unity—man eternally reflecting God, the divine source of all real identity and substance—is the essence of the Father's everlasting covenant with His creation. The promise of oneness with infinite Spirit will not and cannot be broken, for the divine covenant is perpetually self-sustaining: omnipotent Mind always upholds its own law—the law of Love—and its own representative.

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