Editorial July 30, 1979 Issue

Mortal mind: solecism, not entity

Nathan A. Talbot

Prayer that acknowledges the supremacy and presence of God carries a powerful healing force. When prayer expands to include a more specific understanding of God—dwelling, for example, on some of the names for Deity that are implied or specified in the Bible—we begin to see more clearly the essence of true being. Anyone who accepts one God, and loves that God, would find profound implications in the statement that God is Mind.

The Bible beautifully reveals God's nature as divine Mind: "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! ... Who hath known the mind of the Lord?" Rom. 11:33, 34; Whole new vistas of reality open up with the understanding that God is Mind and that Mind is immortal.

Because there is one God, there is one Mind. And because God is eternal, we can describe Him as immortal Mind. These truths require an entire revision of the world's concept of man. In very practical terms, most people assume there are billions of minds. Each individual is presumed to have his own mind. Christian Science insists that there is only one God, one Mind. Man does not have a mind separate from God. Man is the distinctive, individual expression of all-knowing, infinite Mind. In fact, each individual is the perfect manifestation of Mind's purity, intelligence, immortality.

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