I have been healed of chronic stomach trouble, including indigestion and diarrhea. I dealt with this issue for roughly three years, and worked with Christian Science practitioners frequently during this time. I seemed to be a slave to the bathroom every day—needing to use it several times in the morning and repeatedly after mealtimes. I was tempted to look into changing my diet in order to gain temporary relief, but I knew that would not permanently heal the problem since, as we learn in Christian Science, disease actually has a mental origin.
The most absurd thing about this claim of illness was that it seemed to be most aggressive during church services. I was often very embarrassed because of all of the noises my stomach would make and the ensuing disruption. I was tempted to stop attending services, but I knew that would not help the healing of this condition. In fact, church was exactly where I needed to be.
It was during this time that I learned how important it is to “stand porter at the door of thought” (Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 392). Whenever thoughts of fear related to mealtimes or upcoming events would crop up, I would acknowledge that I could only experience a feast of Soul, and that matter was unintelligent and could not have a reaction. I clung to these words from Science and Health: “There is no death, no inaction, diseased action, overaction, nor reaction” (pp. 427–428). I could not experience any sort of “diseased action” in my life, since my being as God’s creation is actually spiritual, not material.
