To some, the call for "radical reliance on Truth" in healing the sick might seem an extreme position. A little frightening or unattainable. But is that really the case?
The phrase "radical reliance on Truth" is from Science and Health, where Mary Baker Eddy writes: "It is not wise to take a halting and half-way position or to expect to work equally with Spirit and matter, Truth and error. There is but one way —namely, God and His idea—which leads to spiritual being. The scientific government of the body must be attained through the divine Mind. It is impossible to gain control over the body in any other way On this fundamental point, timid conservatism is absolutely inadmissible. Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized." Science and Health, p. 167
Consider that "halting and half-way position." Suppose you are to be rowed across a small lake in an open boat, and as you step off the dock with one foot in the boat, you feel insecure because of the boat's movement in the water, so you leave the other foot planted firmly on the dock. That's a sure recipe for a dunking as the boat pulls away! In this example "a halting and half-way position" would be counterproductive, to say the least, whereas trust in the boat—with both feet in it—would not be an extreme position, but normal and natural.
