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It was all a misunderstanding. I had thought I was required to be prepared to testify to a healing every week at the Wednesday evening testimony meeting of my branch Church of Christ, Scientist.

How many years I longed to be able to say no to all those delectable desserts! I went the route of many different diets, which all turned out to be the yo-yo variety—you know, twenty pounds off, twenty-five pounds on again. Being a Christian Scientist, I had heard many inspiring testimonies of those who had glimpsed Truth and shed excess weight, just spiritually outgrowing overeating.

Reality, as revealed by Christian Science, is the state of flawless spiritual being, made and known by God, Spirit. In this perfect realm of oneness and wholeness, only good is present or active; and man, God's likeness, is inseparable from God, is the very manifestation of His immortal nature.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by human circumstances? Each one of us can progress in the application of Christian Science to the point where he realizes that a threatening physical disorder, a disturbing human relationship, or a stressful situation does not separate him from dominion and well-being. True progress is achieved by utilizing the truth of being, as explained in Christian Science, which awakens us out of false, material sense and its world of imagination into spiritual reality, God's creation.

Many hunger for good. But what, really, is enduring good? Mrs.

Christ Jesus had just entered a village when he met ten lepers who asked to be healed. He didn't turn their attention to their bodies or to their suffering.

Here is a question often directed to Christian Science practitioners by individuals seeking release through spiritual means alone from some form of suffering. Often the request for work to be done is coming from an individual already a student of this religion.

In my early teens I was on a horse that was galloping at a fast pace. A dog barked, the horse shied, my feet went out of the stirrups, and I lost my grasp on the reins.

A highly important aspect of Christian Science is its proposition that true existence is totally spiritual. The basis of this teaching is biblical.

To enjoy health and harmony we need to be constant affirmers of what's spiritual and good and to be vigorous challengers of the opposite. Now, that's a bold statement, but one that can be proved.