For years, the subject of the Holy Ghost was baffling to me. Yet there are many Biblical citations as well as references in Mary Baker Eddy's writings that refer to the Holy Ghost, which prompts me to ask: What part does it actually play in the demonstration of Christian Science healing? A passage in Science and Health sheds light: "Jesus demonstrated Christ; he proved that Christ is the divine idea of God—the Holy Ghost, or Comforter, revealing the divine Principle, Love, and leading into all truth" (p. 332). As I delved into this passage, I found insight on how the Christ, or Holy Ghost, could deepen my prayers and healing work.
I've always loved learning that Christ is the message of God that informs, describes, illustrates, and presents who and what we are. It speaks to us in the exact language we can understand—right where we are. Christ comprises the spiritual qualities that alone constitute our true being.
Once we have established our Christliness in our thinking, we can then ask: How do we destroy whatever is not part of us as the likeness of God? And this is where that passage from Science and Health provides more clarification by giving a widened view of the Christ: "the Holy Ghost, or Comforter."
