Perhaps because of popular confusion that believes human will is synonymous with Christian Science, people may think intensity of thought is needed in healing prayer. But is it effective in healing? And if not, what is?
Considering these questions, we begin to see that intensity of thought may be an effort to use mental means to make something be true that we believe is not at present true, but that we hope by prayer and concentration to make come true. Sometimes we find ourselves praying very hard, trying to make inharmony untrue and harmony true. This is an incorrect basis for prayerful work in Christian Science. It is somewhat like exercising one's will to make the earth round.
No matter how intensely we work, we cannot make harmony any more true than it is, and we cannot make inharmony any more untrue than it is. What we need to do is actually realize that harmony—an expression of Christ, Truth—is true and operative right now, in every situation, and that inharmony is not and never was true or operative in any situation. This realizing brings practical effects of good.
