Neither does the temporal know the eternal. Mortal man, as mind or matter, is neither the pattern nor Maker [20] of immortal man. Any inference of the divine derived from the human, either as mind or body, hides the actual power, presence, and individuality of God.
Jesus' personality in the flesh, so far as material sense could discern it, was like that of other men; but Science [25] exchanges this human concept of Jesus for the divine ideal, his spiritual individuality that reflected the Im- manuel, or "God with us." This God was not outlined. He was too mighty for that. He was eternal Life, infinite Truth and Love. The individuality is embraced in Mind, [30] therefore is forever with the Father. Hence the Scrip- ture, "I am a God at hand, saith the Lord." Even while
his personality was on earth and in anguish, his individual [1] being, the Christ, was at rest in the eternal harmony. His unseen individuality, so superior to that which was seen, was not subject to the temptations of the flesh, to laws material, to death, or the grave. Formed and gov- [5] erned by God, this individuality was safe in the substance of Soul, the substance of Spirit,--yea, the substance of God, the one inclusive good.
In Science all being is individual; for individuality is endless in the calculus of forms and numbers. Herein [10] sin is miraculous and supernatural; for it is not in the nature of God, and good is forever good. Accord- ing to Christian Science, perfection is normal,--not miraculous. Clothed, and in its right Mind, man's individuality is sinless, deathless, harmonious, eternal. [15] His materiality, clad in a false mentality, wages feeble fight with his individuality,--his physical senses with his spiritual senses. The latter move in God's grooves of Science: the former revolve in their own orbits, and must stand the friction of false selfhood until self- [20] destroyed.
In obedience to the divine nature, man's individuality reflects the divine law and order of being. How shall we reach our true selves? Through Love. The Prin- ciple of Christian Science is Love, and its idea represents [25] Love. This divine Principle and idea are demonstrated, in healing, to be God and the real man.