One afternoon, while getting up from a chair at my office, I suddenly lost my balance and went crashing down hard on the floor. As it happened during lunch break, nobody was around.
I immediately declared to myself, “Accidents are unknown to God.” This statement of truth is found in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (p. 424), which brings out that God, divine Mind, is the only cause and governs the universe harmoniously. Knowing that this is a spiritual law governing me and everyone immediately calmed my fears. Although the pain in my back was quite intense, I managed to get up by myself and found someone to drive me home.
Once I was home, I called a Christian Science practitioner for treatment. My fears were growing again, as the possibility of a back injury seemed so real. I struggled with intense pain every time I moved. This went on for quite some time and I began to worry about whether I would be able to travel to attend a church-related event in the coming weeks. The practitioner lovingly reminded me of two passages from Science and Health: “Mind is the source of all movement, and there is no inertia to retard or check its perpetual and harmonious action” (p. 283) and “Mind measures time according to the good that is unfolded” (p. 584). I knew then that only good—not pain or fear—was unfolding for me every moment.
