It’s a funny thing how wrapped up in oneself one can become while praying for healing in Christian Science, when the real need is to get all wrapped up in loving God.
Drifting into an underlying feeling that one is really good, really bad, or somewhere in between at this kind of prayer, can be the worst kind of stumbling block to healing oneself or another. And why is that? It’s because the human mind is not a “healing agent”—in fact, it’s not even “a factor” in Christian Science (see Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. x). Healing is all about the human mind yielding to God, divine Love, the Mind that casts out all fear, doubt, self-condemnation, personal pride, disease, and every other imaginable evil.
That doesn’t mean, of course, that a person should be passive, or rely on blind faith. Far from it. To treat disease or any other discord in Christian Science, one needs to be a thinker. One needs to embrace a fundamental spiritual understanding of God and His creation, and to take a firm stand in the face of material contradictions. But most important, one must be yielding to God every step of the way in order for the healing power of divine Love to be felt and experienced.
