Established beliefs, or laws, pertaining to heredity, weather, food, environment, and so on—these are supposed to determine to a large extent the state of our health and well-being.
Someone who has not been studying Christian Science very long said to me, "I can accept that the mortal self is unreal—a false concept of man—but I simply cannot bring myself to accept that the flowers I love have no reality.
After several years of trying to handle a poor complexion by cutting out certain foods, I suddenly saw one day that there was a direct relationship between thought and the body.
Whilst I am not a member of The Mother Church nor any branch Church of Christ, Scientist, I had from the age of sixteen years attended the Christian Science Sunday School and continued to read sporadically Science and Health by Mrs.
The conviction that God is all-power and that matter is really nothing—indeed, nonexistent—unfolds a little at a time through study, prayer, and practice of Christian Science.
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