Article November 26, 1921 Issue

The Indivisibility of Good

ANITA G. LITTLE

One of the most inspiring and fundamental truths taught in Christian Science is the indivisibility of God, good. Through ignorance, the human mind has been falsely trained to think in terms of matter,—material quantity, the limitation imposed by a mortal sense of life, substance, and intelligence apart from God, rather than in terms of Mind, spiritual quality, unlimited and eternal by virtue of its divine nature and origin. There is great cause for rejoicing, however, that Christian Science is revealing to mankind the understanding that removes all illusive bonds of false thinking, unfolding the infinite nature of good.

Under the marginal heading "Indivisibility of the infinite," on page 336 of the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mrs. Eddy declares, "God is indivisible," and further in the same paragraph continues, "Allness is the measure of the infinite, and nothing less can express God." Since God is good, it follows that good is indivisible, expressed as nothing less than the allness of God, infinite and eternal. Good is all there is, now and forever. Good partakes of all the qualities of God, expressing Life, Truth, Love, Principle, Mind, Spirit, Soul. Every quality of good is inseparable from every other quality; Truth is not without Life and Love, neither is there such a quality as Love divorced from Truth or Life, and surely there is no Life apart from Love or Truth.

A man's capacity to understand and apply one right idea indicates and assures his ability to understand and apply, in short, to reflect, all the qualities of good. Mathematics is a good illustration of this point because its basis is indivisible and metaphysical. If it is possible for one to master a simple sum, throughly understanding its fundamentals, it is possible to work out every problem through an increased understanding and application of the same rules which govern the simple sum. The same understanding or grasp of Principle that enabled Jesus to turn the water into wine at the beginning of his ministry gave him the victory over every claim of disease and sin, even the grave. The real value of any truth is the fact that it is demonstrable in daily life. Were this not so, it would not be truth at all, but merely human conjecture, incapable of proof. An intelligent and constant application of the knowledge of indivisible good to daily living expands one's mental horizon apace. It leaves no place for self-love or self-pity; for the belief of a self apart from God, good, is necessarily swept away with all self-created beliefs, passions, lusts, greed, envy, hate, the belief of minds many, contentions, and strife. Since good is all-inclusive, it is the light wherein is no darkness, no lack, no fear.

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