Christian Science teaches that all matter is unreal, and beginners in this Science sometimes find the teaching hard to swallow. Matter in its various forms seems so much a part of themselves and their environment that to deny it reality becomes a big order indeed.
Well, it's a big order for everyone, new and mature students alike.
But experience in applying Christian Science shows us that the clearer we understand the unreality of matter, the more effectively we can control it —the more quickly we can heal disease, nullify the effect of accidents, and replace lack with abundance. Mrs. Eddy writes, "You command the situation if you understand that mortal existence is a state of self-deception and not the truth of being." Science and Health, p. 403;
