How frequently one hears people complain, "If I could only get rid of this condition!" Unfortunately, when we are convinced we have something worrisome, something discordant or unhealthy, to get rid of, we are accepting material sense testimony that we are mortals struggling to overcome something real, present, and powerful. This conviction makes the error much more difficult to eradicate.
In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says: "In Science, all being is eternal, spiritual, perfect, harmonious in every action. Let the perfect model be present in your thoughts instead of its demoralized opposite. This spiritualization of thought lets in the light, and brings the divine Mind, Life not death, into your consciousness." Science and Health, p. 407
When the divine healing power he reflected was challenged by leprosy, Christ Jesus refused to accept the suggestion that this fearsome disease was real and destructive, repulsive and incurable. If he had concurred with the prevalent thought that leprosy was an actual condition difficult to get rid of, he would have been unable to heal the sufferers reaching out to him for release.
