As this week’s lesson shows, Christian Science describes reality as 3-fold in nature: the reality of holiness (as opposed to the unreality if sin), the reality of health (as opposed to the unreality of disease) and the reality of Life (as opposed to the unreality of death). Jesus likened this three-fold coming of the kingdom of heaven on earth to a woman hiding leaven in three measures of meal.
“All is harmony, health, holiness” (Collectanea, Mrs. Eddy): My responsibility is to think in this three-fold way, to think it absolutely so, for thinking it so makes it so. This means to think knowingly, meaningfully, feelingly: to make it a reality. This is what Mrs. Eddy meant by saying, “The time for thinkers has come,” and, quoting Hamlet, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking so makes it so.” This is thinking God’s thoughts exactly as God thinks.
Infinite Mind cannot fathom the existence, reality, or presence of anything other than itself. Likewise, Mind’s infinite manifestation (Mind’s reflex shadow) is not conscious of any other mind than Mind. If I engage in any train of thought other that of Mind, I am faking reality and living in a dream world outside of and completely unknown to Mind.
“There are two English words, often used as if they were synonyms, which really have a shade of difference between them. An egotist is one who talks much of himself. Egotism implies vanity and self-conceit. Egoism is a more philosophical word, signifying a passionate love of self, which doubts all existence except its own. An egoist, therefore, is one uncertain of everything except his own existence. Applying these distinctions to evil and God, we shall find that evil is egotistic, — boastful, but fleeing like a shadow at daybreak; while God is egoistic, knowing only His own all-presence, all-knowledge, all-power” (Unity of Good, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 27:3–15): this, and only this, is reality.