In the past, I enjoyed working in real estate, and put in many hours each day. Usually when I got home from work, I'd start supper, then go through my mail while resting on the couch. One time a different thing happened. When I walked into my apartment, I threw everything I had in my arms onto the dining room table, walked into my bedroom, and tossed myself across the bed—I was that exhausted. In a second, the bed seemed to be spinning around the room in one direction while the room spun around in another direction.
I became frightened. All I could do was to grab the bed covers and hang on. I was too weak to even pick up the phone to call for help. So instead I reached out to God for help, and immediately felt His presence. I started to relax, and tried to remember spiritual truths I'd read in Science and Health. Although I'd memorized many statements from the book, at that moment nothing would come to me. My mind was a blank. I started to lose consciousness. Then I found myself repeating over and over again, "Enable us to know. Enable us to know. Enable us to know." These words are from the spiritual interpretation of the Lord's Prayer, given in Science and Health: "Enable us to know,—as in heaven, so on earth,—God is omnipotent, supreme" (p. 17). Then I passed out.
Some time in the early hours of the morning, I woke, crawled under the blankets, and fell into a deep sleep. At the precise hour when I usually start my day, I woke up to find a new day before me. I felt God's presence right there with me, as always. I was full of strength and vigor to start my activities. I realized that there was nothing preventing me from doing this, because nothing had happened to God's likeness, which is who I really am forever. I've had no further problem like that one. I am truly grateful for Christian Science.
