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sense, but not in any anthropomorphic sense. Therefore
man, reflecting God, cannot lose his individuality; but as
material sensation, or a soul in the body, blind
mortals do lose sight of spiritual individuality.
Material personality is not realism; it is not
the reflection or likeness of Spirit, the perfect God. Sensualism
is not bliss, but bondage. For true happiness,
man must harmonize with his Principle, divine Love; the
Son must be in accord with the Father, in conformity with
Christ. According to divine Science, man is in a degree
as perfect as the Mind that forms him. The truth of being
makes man harmonious and immortal, while error is
mortal and discordant.
(-26- Purity the path to perfection)
XXVI. Christian Science demonstrates that none but
the pure in heart can see God, as the gospel
teaches. In proportion to his purity is man
perfect; and perfection is the order of celestial
being which demonstrates Life in Christ, Life's spiritual
ideal.
(-27- True idea of man)
XXVII. The true idea of man, as the reflection of the
invisible God, is as incomprehensible to the limited senses
as is man's infinite Principle. The visible universe
and material man are the poor counterfeits
of the invisible universe and spiritual man. Eternal
things (verities) are God's thoughts as they exist in the
spiritual realm of the real. Temporal things are the
thoughts of mortals and are the unreal, being the opposite
of the real or the spiritual and eternal.
(-28- Truth demonstrated)
XXVIII. Subject sickness, sin, and death to the rule
of health and holiness in Christian Science,
and you ascertain that this Science is demonstrably
true, for it heals the sick and sinning as no
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