Testimony of Healing November 7, 2016 Issue

Clarity of thought brings healing

Sally Sullivan

I’d like to share a healing that has meant a great deal to me. Over a year ago, a hardened area of skin that had been present for a long time on one of my limbs began to change and grow. At first I didn’t pay much attention to this, but then as its appearance grew more noticeable and the area became sensitive to the touch, I became alarmed. I began praying, but noticed no change, and my fear began to escalate.

I called a Christian Science practitioner, and together we began earnest prayer to gain a clearer sense of my dominion over the belief of matter’s presence and intelligence. This was key to gaining mastery over the situation. There is a relevant marginal heading in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy that reads “Servants and masters.” The passage beside it states: “The understanding that the Ego is Mind, and that there is but one Mind or intelligence, begins at once to destroy the errors of mortal sense and to supply the truth of immortal sense. This understanding makes the body harmonious; it makes the nerves, bones, brain, etc., servants, instead of masters. If man is governed by the law of divine Mind, his body is in submission to everlasting Life and Truth and Love” (p. 216).

I knew I had to get to a clear understanding of the truth and power of these spiritual facts, because it was apparent to me that I would gain my freedom from fear if I could attain the confidence in Truth this paragraph promised. To get to that level of confidence, I felt that matter needed to be reduced in consciousness, and ultimately nullified. I utilized another passage from Science and Health to address this: “There is no inherent power in matter; for all that is material is a material, human, mortal thought, always governing itself erroneously” (p. 282).

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