Occasionally, even students of Christian Science who have demonstrated its healing truths for many years may find themselves faced with the question, either for themselves or for another, whether to stay with Science or, in a particular situation, to have medical help. Some circumstances require immediate action, and the arguments to turn to medicine may appear strong and even reasonable. At such times it is helpful to have thought the matter through before the need arises.
In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes: "The universal belief in physics weighs against the high and mighty truths of Christian metaphysics. This erroneous general belief, which sustains medicine and produces all medical results, works against Christian Science; and the percentage of power on the side of this Science must mightily outweigh the power of popular belief in order to heal a single case of disease."Science and Health, p. 155; When the suggestion comes to turn to medical means, might it not be helpful to ask ourselves what is doing the suggesting? Is the source of the suggestion our own thought or "the universal belief in physics"?
Christian Science heals by recognizing that what appears as sickness is a mistaken mental concept objectified as a sickness or disease. It teaches how to replace the mistaken view in consciousness with the spiritual facts of spiritual perfection until the unreality of the discordant condition becomes apparent and bodily health is restored.
