Article May 7, 2001 Issue

You've got the power to think for yourself

Some steps in the mind/body connection

By Beverly Goldsmith

When I Was Young, I remember being wakened in the middle of the night and carried to a relative's home. There they told me my parents had taken my young brother to a hospital for an immediate appendectomy. I was shocked and scared. I became afraid that one day the same thing would happen to me.

Years passed, and the intense fear faded into the background. Then I developed all the symptoms of appendicitis. By this time I was a daily reader of Science and Health. The author's ideas on the mind/body connection and on the relationship between spirituality and health had healed me of several chronic ailments. In each case, the cure was accomplished solely by spiritual means. No drugs or medical procedures had been employed.

In this serious situation, however, I had to decide how to treat the condition. There had been many cures in my family through reliance on spiritual healing. I'd had a number of healings myself through prayer alone.

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