Christ Jesus, the great Exemplar of the power of God, good, thoroughly understood God to be the one and only Mind. In declaring that he could of himself do nothing, he claimed no other mind as his own. He said, "I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him," ^{John 8:26;} and it is recorded that the people were amazed, "for he taught them as one that had authority." ^{Mark 1:22;} His humble reliance on God as the only Mind or Ego and his faithful obedience were the basis of his demonstration of God's law.

Mind, one of the seven synonyms used in Christian Science for God, is the first and only cause. Infinite Mind is not, and cannot be, confined in a material body but is expressed in its effect or idea, spiritual man. This divine consciousness Jesus knew to be his and ours as God's reflection. He denounced its supposed opposite, the devil, or carnal mind, saying, "When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." ^{John 8:44;}

Many years ago I was walking one day through a lovely English woodland, carpeted with large primroses and violets. As I paused to look at the upturned faces of these flowers, I questioned: How is it that I see them as so beautiful and perfect? Immediately the answer came: It is because of the purity I see in them. These flowers are symbols of beautiful, pure thoughts of the one Mind, God. They are reminders to me to acknowledge the one infinite Mind controlling all in perfect harmony.

As a spiritual idea in the realm of Mind, man does not have a mind of his own. As God's image, he reflects the intelligence of Mind, the purity and perfection of this First Cause. His vision is clear; he sees through the lens of Love, and as Mrs. Eddy, our revered Leader, tells us, "Love never loses sight of loveliness." ^{Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 248;} This is the truth that comes to dispel the false, discordant beliefs of material sense, replacing them with Mind's knowledge of the beauty and perfection of its own selfhood, reflected in all its creation.

Mrs. Eddy begins her definition of Mind: "The only I, or Us." ^{ibid., p. 591;} When we are willing to let go of the belief that we are separated from God, having a mind of our own, we will begin to understand the allness of the one Mind and will experience the harmony of our true being. Mind is in sure control of the universe, and our demonstration of this spiritual supremacy is certain as we surrender mortal thinking for the thoughts of the one real Mind, God. He brings us the inspiration we need. When we perceive beauty and purity even in a flower, we are perceiving something of the Christ.

What if one were to feel, "I have tried so hard to realize the truth of God and man, but my problem still remains." All the while we are trying so hard, are we binding ourselves with the belief that we are mortals, having a problem to be solved? Our knowing of the truth—as it simply reflects Mind's knowing —is effortless. As we become still and wait on God, we will hear the Christ, voicing Mind's all-powerful, healing truth. Our acceptance of this fact will surely manifest itself in healing.

Just as I was about to return home from a short holiday, I became very unwell. During the first half of the journey I tried to hold to the truths I had learned, but the condition did not yield. Then I realized that I had been trying hard to do the knowing from a merely human point of view, instead of listening. Humbly I turned to God; like a light, a passage from that week's Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly came clearly to me: "Let neither fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious—as Life eternally is—can destroy any painful sense of, or belief in, that which Life is not." ^{ibid, p. 495.} These words of Mrs. Eddy's immediately uncovered the mistake. I had been treating myself as a sick mortal and had doubted and feared that the healing might not come by the time I reached home. The passage also brought the conviction that all was well right then. All feeling of nausea left me. I had heard Mind's all-powerful knowing, had glimpsed the truth of being, and I was well.

Whether it be sickness, sorrow, lack, or any other form of discord that seems to hide harmony from us, we will find freedom when we refuse to accept the suggestions of mortal mind and instead listen to and trust the thoughts that come to us from God. Every such individual demonstration of the control of Mind does in some measure aid the world toward the healing realization of the spiritual fact that Mind is "the only I, or Us."