People often make a habit of examining their reflection in the mirror throughout the day. Some may take a minute or two to check out their appearance, while others spend long periods of time scrutinizing every detail, dissatisfied with perceived flaws.
Mary Baker Eddy refers to mirror in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “Now compare man before the mirror to his divine Principle, God. Call the mirror divine Science, and call man the reflection. Then note how true, according to Christian Science, is the reflection to its original. As the reflection of yourself appears in the mirror, so you, being spiritual, are the reflection of God” (pp. 515–516). Perhaps all of us would be better off examining ourselves in what Mrs. Eddy refers to as the “mirror” of divine Science.
A dictionary gives a definition of mirror that reads: “Something that gives a true representation.” Christian Science is the tool that gives us a way to really see our true representation—our identity as sons and daughters of God. This is a mirror that cannot be obscured. It cannot break or crack. It is solid—set firmly as the law of divine Principle—and provides an explanation of the truth of being, spiritual reality. It’s easily accessible, never fogged up, and always shows us our spiritual perfection. A dictionary defines reflection as “an effect produced by an influence.” So man, as God’s reflection, viewed through the mirror of divine Science, is the effect produced by the one perfect Creator. Man is the “image of Love” (Science and Health, p. 475).
