As I was saying goodbye to a Christian Science practitioner when I was just beginning to study this Science, I said, pointing to my inflamed eye, "If you can do anything about this, please do it." I was asking for Christian Science treatment, though I didn't know much about it. On the way home, I was healed, not only of the eye flare-up, but also of a chronic sinus infection.
To me, this is proof that it isn't necessary for a patient to know all the details of what Christian Science treatment involves in order to be healed. But it is useful to distinguish between a prayerful appeal to God for help, and a scientific understanding of how God's power is accessed for physical healing, as well as for addressing other difficulties.
Christian Science treatment is a conscious recognition that God is present right where evil—whether it takes the form of sickness, wrongdoing, confusion, or other trouble—seems to be. And as in any science, Christian Science treatment deals with a problem by applying appropriate knowledge and rules to the condition, and thus brings about healing.
