“The Indians caught some glimpses of the underlying reality, when they called a certain beautiful lake “the smile of the Great Spirit.” (Science and Health, 1910, p. 477)

“What an abuse of natural beauty to say that a rose, the smile of God, can produce suffering! The joy of its presence, its beauty and fragrance, should uplift the thought, and dissuade any sense of fear or fever. It is profane to fancy that the perfume of clover and the breath of new-mown hay can cause glandular inflammation, sneezing, and nasal pangs.” (Ibid, p. 175)

Viewed objectively (from the standpoint of sense), a rose is merely a rose and nothing more. Viewed subjectively (from the standpoint of Soul), is a rose “the smile of God.”

Thus, the man of sense (the first Adam) sees not the same rose that the man of Soul (the last Adam) sees.

Where 3rd-dimensional sense sees and smells a rose, 4th dimensional sense recognizes the infinite and eternal “smile of God” — something far more real, more vivid than the limited, unreliable cognitive capacities of the physical senses can comprehend.

The Deity sent the angel of Christian Science to earth so that you, I, and all of us might acclimate ourselves to 4th-dimensional sight, not 3rd-dimensional blindness.