Editorial August 20, 1979 Issue

Identification that heals

Naomi Price

We are often called upon to describe ourselves and others, and the way we do it can be very important to the one being identified—it may, even, contribute to healing.

The scientific mode of identification based upon divine Principle indicates that we should acknowledge the spiritual fact that because God is the one creator, and His creation reflects Him and nothing else, each individual is Godlike, expressing the divine qualities, forever spiritual and perfect. But is this all there is to consider when we have to describe ourselves or others in daily life?

If you go on a trip, someone may ask, "When I meet you at the airport, how will I know you?" This is most easily answered in wholly physical terms: "I will be wearing a blue coat and carrying a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel." In our limited view of things, we may think this is more practical than the more divinely scientific statement, "You will know me because I am God's spiritual, perfect idea, the expression of His divine nature," though this is the absolute truth of our being and the way a Christian Scientist would always want to think of himself and others.

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