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How often do our prayerful treatments for ourselves and others get immediate results? Of these, how many bring instantaneous healing? Do some of our results in the practice of Christian Science seem slow and possibly attributable to "natural causes" rather than fast and definitely breaking all so-called laws of material causation? We should not hesitate to evaluate our attainments in healing. Our need may well be to ask ourselves the simple but basic question, Do we really understand what it is that heals? If we can answer this question in simple direct terms, it is possible for us to be really effective in our healing work.

A human being at all times has the God-derived ability to pray. Through inspired, correct prayer he can claim and exercise his inherent dominion and overcome subjection, make strong progress toward controlling his life.

Prayer for one's country and government can be highly effective. Through it we can become more conscious of God's government and learn, systematically, more of God as Principle and of Principle's ways.

Many spend an entire lifetime pursuing happiness. Christian Science teaches that happiness is spiritually based and available to all.

At a trout-stocked lake fishing was allowed with one stipulation: fishermen could use only barbless hooks. The owners explained that the trout, accustomed to being fed, were almost tame.

"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite," we read in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, "to-day is big with blessings.

There is a tendency to put human beings into neat little classifications. Sometimes these are "either/or" categories.

As we learn in Christian Science to have spiritual dominion over the carnal mind's suggestions of anger, pride, and self righteousness, and see the result of this dominion over false traits of character in the healing of our bodies, our businesses, our human relationships, thought lifts to a wider mission. Reaching out in an ever-widening scope to apply the understanding of God-given spiritual dominion more universally and selflessly, we endeavor to follow our way shower, Christ Jesus, in destroying all kinds of sin wherever it appears to us, in ourselves and in our thought of others.

One's attitude toward death is a measure of his spiritual maturity. If he is wise, he does not try to ignore it; neither does he fear it nor look upon it as a friend.

We can align ourselves with Mind, God, for we really are related to Him as Mind's ideas or emanations. By seeing ourselves and all creation as living in Mind, instead of as looking up to Mind, we cannot see or believe in evil, lack, pain, mistake, accident.