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.

The measure of good a human being recognizes is but the exact measure of his own receptivity. God is infinitely giving and man is receiving all that God gives, for the reason that he is God's reflection. Jesus stated this fact when he declared, "All things that the Father hath are mine," and, "I and my Father are one." The need of mankind is obviously not more good, which is already all there is, but a larger receptivity and ability to claim and use that which is now available. It is seldom if ever that one meets a person who does not, or at least cannot, recognize some degree of good in his affairs or in the world in general. That glimpse of good may seem to him very limited and uncertain, and is often spoken of as "too good to be true." A mortal sense of good is always hedged about with the many "ifs" and "buts" doubt and fear, showing that evil appears as real, if not more so, than good. When, however, the infinite nature of good and its ever presence is apprehended, one awakens to rejoice that the presence of good in his affairs is in reality the very presence of God, infinite, unlimited, eternal good. Man's present good is the reflection of God, Mind, beholding His perfect universe and calling it "very good." Seeing good, then, is seeing God; or, expressed absolutely, God, divine Mind, beholding His own reflection, declaring Himself. The great trouble with mortals has always been that good has been interpreted in terms of matter, as material "goods," physically tangible things such as money, clothes, houses, luxuries which cater to a material sense of pleasure, automobiles, personal friends who flatter, and all the et ceteras of purely mortal-existence, Because this concept of good is vested in personal sense only, its life is short and much unhappiness is found by striving to attain these things, only to have them snatched away by the beliefs that prey upon matter. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus declares for all time, "Lay no up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal."

Mrs. Eddy has defined "good" on page 587 of the textbook as follows: "Good. God; Spirit; omnipotence; omniscience; omnipresence; omni-action." Because good is Spirit and the only action, it is indestructible and its action impossible to check. The presence of good does not depend in any way upon materiality, but the very reverse; it is the consciousness of God's ever presence and expressed in a joyful assurance of every human need met; a realization of the Love that sees only Love reflected; an abiding peace that passeth understanding; the capacity to see, think, and do as God sees, thinks, and does. Is not this the kingdom of heaven? There is no power to deprive man of good.

Illustrating man's oneness with God, Mrs. Eddy tells us on page 361 of Science and Health, "As a drop of water is one with the ocean, a ray of light one with the sun, even so God and man, Father and son, are one in being." They ray of light that goes out from the sun must reflect in quality all that the sun expresses. No shadow can interpose itself between the sun and its ray; where light is, darkness is not; shadow is cognized only by that which believes in the reality of an obstruction to, or absence of, light. The ray of light has no sunshine or warmth of its own but depends absolutely upon the source of its being for all that it is. It carries the message of the sun's unfailing light everywhere, bringing joy and warmth to all that it touches. If only one sunbeam peeps through a prison wall, the prisoner beholds the sun and receives its message. And so, likewise, if into a dungeon of material beliefs only one glimmer of Truth penetrates the walls of limitation, pain, or sorrow, it can be heralded as good, God, and by accepting its revelation one must consciously emerge into the recognition of the light and goodness of God.

How often one expresses gratitude for a specific demonstration of increased health though still recognizing limitation in many ways, or of more supply meeting a special need, yet not seen to cover future demands; but how often does one pause to thank God for the eternal capacity to reflect His allness, where Life, Love, supply, wisdom, power are recognized to be one in the conscious presence of infinite, indivisible good. If gratitude means being thankful for good, it is really not complete in its expression until it includes being thankful for all that God is, and all that man is, as His reflection. Mrs. Eddy hints at this exalted realization where she says on page 323 of the textbook, "Then we push onward, until boundless thought walks enraptured, and conception unconfined is winged to reach the divine glory."