In praying to heal any inharmonious situation, whether it is a sick body, a sick government, or a sick world, students of Christian Science are taught to look away from the material sense testimony to the spiritual reality.
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Because human existence is a state of flux, human beings are constantly undergoing adjustment to new friends, new work, new environment, and different conditions of living.
One day after spending several hours in study and prayer concerning a number of church and community problems, a Christian Scientist turned away from her books and said to herself, "Well, now I can think my own thoughts for a while.
