January 1, 2001
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From the Editors
Interest
in the mind/body connection has come a great distance over the last twenty years.
Many acknowledge the illogic of medicines that create as many problems as they're intended to cure. For that very reason people are increasingly turning to natural, herbal remedies in their bid to find health. There's a more natural alternative than herbs, however—one that eliminates not only the symptoms of disease but its roots as well.
From an address given at the Eighth "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" conference, sponsored by Harvard Medical School and The Mind/Body Medical Institute of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
During
World War II, while I was purser on a merchant ship, I began experiencing some physical difficulties.
One dictionary describes a placebo as an inactive substance used medically to humor a patient. Yet oftentimes a lot more than mere humoring goes on: patients actually recover from illnesses by taking placebos, Clearly, their belief in the pill's efficacy renders it effective. But genuine healing isn't based on belief. It's founded on spiritual understanding.
Faced with the recommendation that she have surgery on a diagnosed fibroid tumor, this author went back to the basics of prayer—and found more than just the needed physical healing.
In
1986 I was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in my breast.
When
I began school, a local doctor diagnosed me as having diabetes in the last stages.
Before being acquainted
with Christian Science, I was always annoyed with problems: financial problems, relationship problems.
