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There was a time when I greatly feared for my life because of...
There was a time when I greatly feared for my life because of heart trouble. I believed myself a victim of this problem and suffered from this false conviction.
A Christian Science practitioner, through prayer, helped me exchange a material concept of myself for a spiritual one. This change seemed impossible because the physical disorder was so overwhelming. After many months without any change, I was asked to read an article in The Christian Science Journal on nullifying animal magnetism. I suddenly realized that the basis of the problem was not in a material organ called a human heart. The basic error was that I had allowed myself to become mesmerized by the notion that life is in matter. For healing to take place, then, I didn't need to wait around till my heart got well again. I needed instead to awaken from animal magnetism, the belief that matter holds all life.
After this realization I knew I was on the way to healing. I began to face up to fear and challenge it. I studied Mary Baker Eddy's answer to the question, "Do you believe in change of heart?" (See Miscellaneous Writings, p. 50.) What impressed me was my need to change from self-centeredness to love for God and His beloved idea, man. As I began to live this love for God and man, false character traits of self, such as extreme shyness, sensitivity, and many others began to disappear.
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January 15, 1979 issue
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Rights—human and divine
ERWIN D. and PATIENCE M. CANHAM
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Wake up to reality!
DONNA NALLEY RYBURN
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The sting of fear—unreal
BENJAMIN N. COVINGTON
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Redwoods and cheetahs
NANCY H. REINERT
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Dealing with guilt
ARDEN EVANS COOK
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Aspiration
Irene J. Sneddon
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"The ghost of materiality"
DOROTHEA T. LEAMY
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What to do with the resistant trouble
Geoffrey J. Barratt
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Who told you?
Naomi Price
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The big green jalopy
Amantha Thayer Holcomb
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There was a time when I greatly feared for my life because of...
Leslie E. Vasquez
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How obscure the following passage was to me, before I knew...
Ramón C. Benítez
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I have had Christian Science in my life since I was a small...
Althea A. Whiteside
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When I was in my early teens, my father received an instantaneous...
Betty Ellen McClelland with contributions from Russell B. McClelland