In Christian Science, healings are often referred to as demonstrations because in them something of Truth has been proved. Spiritual healing, although often referred to as mental healing, differs from all other mental modes of healing, in which the erring human mind, without recourse to the divine Mind, attempts to heal itself.
Spiritual healing involves three important elements: revelation, reason, demonstration. In fact, one might say that in spiritual healing, revelation plus reason equals demonstration. But in this, revelation must be divine and reason must be scientific. Through such activity the divine Mind brings needed correction and, therefore, healing to human consciousness. It goes without saying that only through the correcting influence of divine Mind can there be spiritual healing.
Spiritual facts provide the premise from which reason may draw correct conclusions. Obviously these conclusions are corrective and are evident in healing and in preventing disease, and in preserving health. Spiritual facts are made known to human consciousness through the activity of the Christ, the true idea of God. There is no other way in which they can be brought within the range of human comprehension. Mrs. Eddy writes of the Christ in Science and Health (p. 332), "Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness."
