In the midst of considerable societal division including conflicting views and policies, many of us yearn to see more genuine unity expressed locally, domestically, and globally—unity that’s not temporary, contrived, or compelled, but rooted in a firm basis, honest, and inclusive. So long as efforts to find unity are based on the premise of many opinionated minds and divergent wills with incompatible motivations and self-interests, unity will be unattainable. But there is another way to approach this ideal. Christian Science explains, as Christ Jesus showed, that God, infinite Mind or Spirit, is actually the one and only creative and governing power—the source of all true being—animating the harmonious functioning of all that exists. From this perspective, unity is an established spiritual fact, derived from God, which we can strive to bring out in our daily lives.
In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered Christian Science, states this foundational spiritual precept: “One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; . . .” (p. 340). The statement goes on to identify the broad impact of this divine Principle, God. One Father-Mother God is the basis of the brotherhood of man, ending wars, equalizing the sexes, and liberating mankind from various other unjust conditions. And because Christian Science explains God’s creation, man and the universe, as conceived in the perfect likeness of God, on this basis, it is natural to think of each of us in our true spiritual identity as both governed by, and expressing, the one unifying Spirit.
This explanation of God’s all-encompassing power, however, should not make us complacent in the face of a world deeply challenged by widespread division. It should stir our minds and hearts to pray and work more persistently to see these spiritual facts demonstrated more broadly in society as a whole.
