As Tevye, in the musical play Fiddler on the Roof, argues with himself on both sides of the question, so in our healing work, at one time or another, we may be tempted to argue as much on one side as on the other. It is the nature of error to get us to contend on either side of a question. But the wise Christian Scientist will be alert to this propensity and refuse to indulge in it.
To material sense, in any problem to be worked out, there seems to be a good and a bad side, a well and a sick side, a right and a wrong side. In her sermon Christian Healing Mrs. Eddy says, "There is but one side to good,—it has no evil side; there is but one side to reality, and that is the good side." And further along on the same page she says, "If you wish to be happy, argue with yourself on the side of happiness; take the side you wish to carry, and be careful not to talk on both sides, or to argue stronger for sorrow than for joy."Christian Healing, p. 10
In order to heal, one should clearly understand that error has no valid arguments. The important thing is to know promptly and persistently that it is a lie, and why. Its only claim to reality is that it is a false belief held in one's thinking. Once this is seen, the mesmerism of false thinking is broken, and the result is healing.
