Identifying, describing, and trying to define our ideals is a popular pastime. What seems an ideal job, school, mate, vacation, house, to one individual may seem far from ideal to another. And when one is confronted by illness or discomfort, he may be tempted to settle for any means that offers an easy answer, quick relief, and prompt return to his usual activities.
But what is a truly scientific healing? How shall we define it? Suppose someone says, "I was so sick that I was not expected to survive, and now I am well." Another says, "I was blind, and now I see." Are these scientific healings? We don't know unless we learn what action took place. One patient may have taken drugs of some kind; the other may have had surgery.
Since the body is simply the objectification of mortal thought, whatever appears on the body is an effect of something in human consciousness. Before we can even answer the question of whether healing occurred, we have to know what took place in the consciousness of the individual.
