AS I SAT SUFFERING FROM BACK PAIN, severely restricted in my movements, Mary Baker Eddy's spiritual explanation of the word temple gave me something to pray with. I knew it well, but I was seeking new insights.
Of course, I reasoned, a finite material body cannot be the dwelling place of its complete opposite, infinite Spirit. Christian Science metaphysics makes clear that matter and Spirit never mingle because matter is an illusion of the human mind. Spirit, God, is the only reality.
As we grasp and are changed by even the smallest spiritual epiphany, we are healed. And this spiritually based healing is a life-altering experience. Our human consciousness, sentiments, and bodily conditions are re-engineered by Spirit's perfection-enforcing laws.
