The Psalmist says of God, "In his hand are the deep places of the earth."Ps. 95:4; A darkened condition of thought may seem to be long and deeply entrenched. A diseased condition of the body may appear far recessed beyond the reach of cure. But whatever the depth of these conditions divine Spirit is already there, to respond with healing to our scientific prayer. St. Paul speaks of "the deep things of God."I Cor. 2:10; These are deeper and more potent than the deepest things of despondency and suffering. And through these "deep things of God" Christian Science heals.
The healing practice of Christian Science requires that we do not make too much of disease or too little of it. We should not underrate it or overrate it. We should not permit it any buildup; but neither should we neglect or disregard it. We prove the nothingness of disease from the standpoint of the allness of God, good; but as a step toward this we must assess the claims of disease correctly.
All disease is mental, materially mental; it is a mental concept entertained in a supposed material consciousness opposing itself to the divine Mind, God. This supposed consciousness may claim to operate through either individual or general thought; but all its conditions are illusory, neither substantial nor permanent.
