"IT depends on how you look at it" is a phrase often heard when two or more people see the same situation in different lights. The individual who wishes to demonstrate the healing effect of scientific prayer finds that the result of his work always depends on how he looks at a problem.
The importance of a positive outlook was illustrated by a pupil in my Sunday School class. She rushed in one Sunday morning to tell me that her little brother was having help from a Christian Science practitioner. When she started to mention the physical symptoms, I thought this would be a good time to tell her that it would be better for her brother if she did not talk about his problem. She interrupted with: "He's not having a problem. He's having a healing!" Such positive knowing that good is going on in the face of physical evidence to the contrary is the type of consciousness that accomplishes healing.
The correct way to look at any person, place, or thing, according to the teachings of Christian Science, is in the light of spiritual understanding, which reveals that there are no human opinions or mortal beliefs and that the perfection of God and man are discernible. If an error—inharmony of any nature—is looked upon as real, the mental work, or prayer, concerning it will not be scientific; only when its unreality is understood are we praying from the right standpoint. As we base our work on the truth of perfect God, Spirit, and His perfect spiritual creation, healing can be confidently expected.
