All too often people express dismay because they wish they could eat certain foods but believe they can't, for fear of digestive troubles.
To digest the God-revealed truths of Christian Science, and thereby gain a spiritual understanding of the creator and His creation, can make a distinct difference in the degree of harmony we express in daily living, and can even help in relation to digestion of the food set before us. This is not, however, a matter of simply exchanging one mode of human thinking for another. The healing thrust of Christian Science results from one's yielding, through prayer, to the pure consciousness of divine reality, to the one Mind, which produces harmony. In this way our thoughts are less the outcome of material sense and more derived from Soul, God.
In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, Mary Baker Eddy devotes two very specific pages in the chapter "Footsteps of Truth" to the cure through Christian Science of dyspepsia—or what we commonly refer to today as indigestion. It is stated emphatically, "In seeking a cure for dyspepsia consult matter not at all, and eat what is set before you, 'asking no question for conscience sake.'" Science and Health, p. 222 There might be some who would say such a step is inviting disaster, but Christian Science is more than capable of proving to us that we can destroy self-imposed fear of suffering and the suffering itself. This Science shows us the importance of consulting the Mind that is God, which imparts health, harmony, and vitality.
