VERY early after one has begun to study Christian Science one learns that treatment is an entirely mental process, although it is in no way the control of one human mind by another, mental manipulation, or mental suggestion.
Treatment is prayer, prayer in its true sense. It is the consecrated and intelligent realization of what is true about God, man, and the universe. The giving of a Christian Science treatment is the most beautiful and most wonderful thing that one can do for another. Divinely inspired, it ushers one into the presence of the real, into "the realm of God," as Mrs. Eddy puts it on page 481 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."In other words, a Christian Science treatment is the prayer of understanding of the spiritual truth, the knowledge of the reality of Life, Truth, and Love, which enables one to declare the unreality of sin, disease, and death with such conviction that their powerlessness is proved in human experience.
There is nothing mysterious about a treatment in Christian Science. It is the acknowledgment of the everpresence of infinite perfection. The realization of this will heal instantaneously any discordant condition. The acknowledgment and realization of the presence of infinite perfection, however, admits of no doubt, no fear, no pride of opinion, no insincerity, no hurry, and no condemnation. A treatment is the utilization of the divine law, which operates as restoration, recuperation, and recovery in a specific human need.
