When I became acquainted with this Science I was taking the preparatory course for a college of medicine. I began attending the meetings of a group of Christian Scientists at the university. I was very interested and read all the literature I could obtain. Little by little I was coming to understand the basic premises of Christian Science, and I began to demonstrate what I was learning. Far from my family, for the first time, I felt a great deal of insecurity and loneliness. When I learned that God, our Father-Mother, is always with us and that, as children of the one Father Mother, all men are actually brothers, I understood I could not be, and in fact was not, separated from my true family. Since then I have felt completely at home wherever I might be. When I learned that expressing divine qualities is better than trying to impress others, my relationships became more tranquil and satisfactory.
With these and other demonstrations I was able to perceive clearly the practical value of Christian Science. It became clear to me that I could not harmonize Christian Science with the medical profession. Most of the academic year had gone by, and if I were to fail to take the entrance examination for the college of medicine, I would lose one year of studies. There would not be time for me to prepare for another entrance examination that year. And there was still the most important question to be considered: What profession would I choose?
I saw I had to go into my closet and shut the door on all those human arguments and listen for divine direction. In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy, quoting Christ Jesus, says (pp. 14-15): "'When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.'
