Testimony of Healing March 8, 1975 Issue

Although raised in a Christian Science home, I did not grasp...

Susan Dane

Although raised in a Christian Science home, I did not grasp the teachings of Science sufficiently to find the answers to my deep questions about the ultimate meaning to life. I became convinced that there was indeed no explanation as to how or why I was alive.

In college I became even more confused, as I seemed to be thrown into an atmosphere of psychic and vibrational experiences which led me to an intense study of Eastern religions and spiritualism. During four bewildering years I explored intellectual, philosophical, religious, and mystical teachings. I eventually moved to a Yoga institute, committing my life to meditation, exercise, and the most rigid of vegetarian diets—eating only brown rice, fruit juices, and an occasional vegetable soup.

The more I looked for answers, the more confused I became and the less understanding I actually had. At one such moment of extreme discouragement, the idea came strongly to me to read the weekly Bible Lesson in the Christian Science Quarterly. Although this was somewhat inappropriate for a promising Yogi, and although I was convinced that I had already gained whatever good could be obtained from Christian Science, I decided to read the lesson anyway. Truth's power and effect were immediate. Four days later I left the Yoga institute. I left with a newfound conviction that I had finally glimpsed the only truth existing and was on the way to a fuller understanding.

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