One of the most liberating truths Christian Science teaches is that we are spiritual right now.
People are commonly taught that they are mortal, fallible, and inevitably held hostage to sin, disease and death. Human experience confirms this belief with suffering, trial and evidence of lack. But Jesus Christ taught an opposite truth. He said the “Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
How close is your hand?
It’s closer than close. It’s attached! It’s here and now. It’s a part of your body.
And the same rule applies to heaven’s blessings.
Spirituality is here and now. It’s not afar off. It’s not remote to us. It’s not something gained in the future. Spirituality is the reality of our individuality in this instant.
We are who we are. And who we are, is spiritual! It has to be. How could it be otherwise?
Matter does not evolve into Spirit. A mortal does not somehow transform into an immortal. That is impossible. There is nothing in matter to identify with Spirit. And there is nothing in mortality that has even a hint of immortality.
The mortal is the finite, temporal and non-intelligent. The immortal is the infinite, the eternal and the intelligent. Mortality and immortality have nothing in common.
If we’re mortal, we are indeed in a hopeless situation. All would seem lost.
But there is always hope. There is always a place for healing. There is a beautiful wholesome reality about life to embrace, accept and experience. And it’s called immortal Life!
We are not mortal. We are immortal.
Life, spiritual Life, is here and now. It’s not in the future. We’re living it at this very moment.
To the human mind, spiritual reality seems remote and distant. But that’s because the human mind tries to sum up existence in physical terms. And it’s all wrong and upside down in it’s conclusions.
The physical sense of things must be tossed aside and replaced with the spiritual truth. Then we experience spiritual truth in concrete tangible ways everyday.
We are spiritual now. We aren’t going to be anymore spiritual tomorrow.
It is divine Life that sustains us, gives us breath, strength, power, ability, wisdom, insight, stature, wealth and substance. Life is ever-present, sustaining our being. Life goes on no matter how many times mortal mind believes death happens.
In the big picture scheme of things, death doesn’t happen. No one ever dies. What appears to be death is but a moment of fear, Mary Baker Eddy explains. Life continues. It never stops.
We’re living our eternal spiritual life right now.
And this is such a wonderful truth to accept and live!
It takes all the fears and worries away that lead to suffering.
Rather than living in fear of mortality, we spend our time, thought and energy rejoicing in our spirituality. This is a much happier and healthier way to live.
You are spiritual—today! You are the offspring of Spirit, the inspiration of divine Mind, the vitality and strength of Life, the beauty and health of Soul. You have all of the goodness of God you could ever have, right at this moment, built into your being.
What are you waiting for? Your life is not on hold. Your health is not in the future. It’s present and now, in your spirituality, in God, which is where you truly live and move and have your being.
Enjoy being spiritual today. It’s the most fun and liberating way to live.
Hugs…
Ahh! Just the reminder I needed to be and feel grateful!
Thank you!
Evan, thank you. This is obviously a crucial concept and foundational to growth in Christian Science and in healing in general. I wish you’d do an Address soon ( How about next year?) on this topic. I believe batches of folk would benefit IMMENSELY by it.
Aw…interesting suggestion. I hadn’t thought of that one yet…Thanks for the prompting.
This is the angel I needed for this week and the challenges that seem to be. I’m grateful for this and all your other helpful reminders. Bless you!
This is a wonderful message, Evan – thank you!
I’m curious about one point you make:
“To the human mind, spiritual reality seems remote and distant. But that’s because the human mind tries to sum up existence in physical terms. And it’s all wrong and upside down in its conclusions.”
From this description, it sounds like the human mind is essentially the same as mortal mind. Doesn’t the human mind also have good elements that are the basis for redemption?
Happy Fouth of July!
Yes, there is a distinction to be made between mortal mind and the human mind.
Mortal mind is the summation of mortal material belief. Human mind is a seeming mixture of good and evil, material and spiritual.
In truth, the material and spiritual never mix or mingle anymore than light mixes with dark. But in the illusion of mind in matter, the human mind appears to be such a mixture. As the Christ Science leavens human consciousness, the human mind improves, lets go of material beliefs, and eventually loses all sense of matter, at which point, divine Mind is experienced as All, the one and only Mind.