Testimony of Healing January 8, 1949 Issue

Better consciousness of Spirit overcomes consciousness of self

Charles H. Palermo

Since my work does not permit me to attend the Wednesday evening testimony meetings, I am humbly and gratefully submitting my testimony in writing.

My parents were deeply religious people, but they believed in a personal God, and my early religious training consisted largely of fearing and worshiping matter. A constant fear persisted with me all through my school days. My train of errors then included selfishness, self-pity, self-justification, self-righteousness, and an extreme case of self-consciousness—I was always imagining that people were trying to oppress or hurt me.

I had crawled into a shell of erroneous thinking and did not come out of it until near the end of my last year in high school, about twenty years ago. I was asked by the principal to participate in a public speaking contest. The thought of appearing before a large audience made me feel very uncomfortable. However, a friend, who was later to become my wife, encouraged me to accept the invitation, which I therefore did.

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