What the Science of Mind Reveals
The Science of Mind reveals that every man is a potential Christ.
Every man has inherent God-power within him. And how could this God-power
be used other than through his thought? Since it would be impossible for a
man to act as an intelligent being unless he could first think, the very idea
of man supposes a center of consciousness, a center of thought activity. The
Science of Mind reveals that this center of God activity within each one is
a complete and a unique manifestation of the Parent Mind; that the Power of
God does actually exist in man.
It is a basic proposition in our philosophy that we live in a mental or
spiritual universe and that things can be resolved into thoughts. This is
the foundation upon which all scientific practice must be established, and
when you are able to establish this premise in your own thought, you at once
find yourself equipped with an instrument through which you can change your
environment.
The Science of Mind does not deny the physical universe. The objective
universe is the Body of God. That body includes our physical being. In reality
every idea of our physical being is a Divine idea.
The misconception of the spiritual universe causes our universe to appear
separated from good, and in fact we experience this separation. But that which
is a fact in experience is not necessarily true in principle. Bondage cannot
be conceived by the Divine, and yet we all know that bondage is a part of
man's experience.
In trying to seek a solution for this enigma we must either conclude that
there is an ultimate good and an ultimate evil in the universe, or we must
conclude that there is but one Ultimate, which is good, and that this Ultimate
by Its very nature and by our very nature is compelled to appear to each one
of us in the form of our belief. If you can accept this proposition it will
be easy enough for you to see how it is that false belief binds humanity.
If that which binds is false belief and not the Truth, then you will see
why Jesus told us that a knowledge of the Truth would produce freedom. He
did not mean that knowledge of the Truth creates freedom, but that knowledge
of the Truth makes us free by aligning us with that which was never bound.
Accepting the foregoing conclusions as true it follows that the Divine
Creative Principle is already perfect, having neither confusion nor chaos
within It. It was, is, and will remain exactly perfect. Our individual universe
shall be redeemed from its bondage in such degree as we become actively conscious
of the Truth of our being. We must use the Law as a Law of Liberty, else we
shall be using It as a law of bondage.