At one time a friend of mine brought a new interpretation of the word man to my attention. We had been speaking about the concept of man as God's spiritual idea—in contrast to thinking of man as a material being, and so prone to limitation. In this view of man as he truly is we see his spiritual identity forever unfolding, always expressing his divine source, God. My friend commented, "I sort of think of man as a verb."
If God is "all-acting"—one of the terms Mrs. Eddy uses to describe God in the Glossary of Science and Health See Science and Health 587:5-6.—it's only natural to consider not only what God is but also what God is doing. He is forever loving, knowing, seeing, blessing, forever expressing the fullness of His being. Then, shouldn't we think of man, His expression, as the forever-unfolding reflection of all that God is, all that divine Love is, all that Mind is? And therefore as reflecting all that God is doing?
This unceasing action or function is not in matter, through matter, because of matter, or at the mercy of matter. Man's true identity is totally spiritual and free of the limitations of matter. In reality man's entire being is perfect because that is what an omnipotent God is causing him to be. Every idea that constitutes his being, which is entirely spiritual, is functioning in accord with its source, supremely intelligent divine Mind.
