It was my first morning exploring Paris, and I was feeling ill. The more I walked around one of the museums, the worse I felt, until I thought I might need to sit down.
As a student of Christian Science, I’d found that when a discordant situation shows up in my experience, reaching out to God in prayer and then listening is the most reliable way to restore harmony. So I reached out to God and asked for help in addressing this situation.
As we continued exploring the museum, my attention was focused on listening for how God would answer my call, shutting out the physical senses as much as I could. When we stopped in the quiet of the bathroom, the thought came to me, “Don’t be fooled; this is hypnotism,” and it was followed by a string of thoughts declaring that my entire life is a body of thought, not a body of matter. I accepted these thoughts as the reality of the situation, governing every facet of my being. I returned to the museum, and within 15 minutes I was completely restored to health.
