One of the unique blessings Christian Science offers the spiritual thinker is the capacity to reason out from perfection rather than up to it.
Common medical models do the opposite. They evaluate health from the evidence of matter, examine disease, draw opinions about it, decide how big or small it is and how long it’s going to take to treat, if treatable. Disease is diagnosed, rated, analyzed, and often feared. If patients buy into this scenario, they start thinking of their disease as big or small, curable or not curable, scary or not scary, and the effect can be quite demoralizing.
In Christian Science, the focus is not on disease, but on health. The metaphysical effort is to see through the lie of disease to the spiritual truth that cures the belief of disease, first in thought, then in body.
In Truth, disease does not have magnitude. It does not have a size or a proportion. It is not. There is no disease in Truth for God is all good. And this is what Jesus Christ understood. He never built up a case for disease. He taught, “Know the truth and the truth will make you free.” As Christian Science interprets, “Know the truth about your health intact with Spirit in God, and you will find yourself free of disease.”
Giving disease a size is like giving a ghost magnitude. If a neighbor exclaimed, “I have a ghost in my house,” would you worry about whether the ghost was a big one or a small one? It’s doubtful. Ghosts don’t exist. Your effort would focus on disabusing your neighbor of his belief in ghosts so he could see that his house was fine.
And the same rule applies to curing disease. Disease does not have magnitude. It is not big or small, scary or not scary. It is not. Health is the reality, and constructive prayer is focused on understanding the presence of health better so the belief of disease dissolves into its native nothingness.
Thank you so much Evan for helping us to see the truth more clearly.
D.
Your insight is wonderful, Evan. Recently having had to deal with others concerning their erroneous thought model of “lack” in God’s creation, I see your last paragraph could also go something like this….. And the same rule applies to curing lack. Lack does not have magnitude. It is not big or small, scary or not scary. It is not. “All needs are met” is the reality, and constructive prayer is focused on understanding better the presence of God’s infinite supply so the belief of lack dissolves into its native nothingness.
Ken
good clarity…thank you
Thank you for the reminder that disease is not big or small, etc. It has no reality. Your clear thought is always refreshing and most helpful!
Thank you, Evan, for this affirmation of what is indeed the truth! There is NO disease!
That’s great! The “ghost” of disease. I love that analogy. Thanks!
To much talk about disease magnifies it so that peoples thought are touched by it and that’s why it seems harder to rid disease from the body. It’s all thought. It’s not in any physical realm. That’s the beauty of C/S. If only people could understand that.
The media has done a great disservice to mankind when it magnifies news of a newly found disease. Every one runs to get it. It’s like buying a brand new car or TV.
There is no pride in having a disease but there is a feeling of power in protecting yourself from ever having it. On top of that there is exhilaration on destroying it.
This is awesome! SO good to know that disease (or any other problem) doesn’t have magnitude. LOVE your comment that Jesus never built up a case for disease, for its necessity or for its endurance either I might add! Thank you commenters also, wonderful insight from all of you, and I love what said today, Tobias! Yes, yes yes! Thank you, Evan for this wonderful forum. I love that you don’t water your spiritual teaching down but keep it strong and absolute! That’s what we all need! Blessings all!
Wonderful!!! Thank-you so much!!!
It’s good to know we have all-powerful Truth on our side. With God we have the monopoly.
Thank you Evan for your strong messages. Thanks to all who contribute comments.
FABULOUS, Evan. What a relief!!
Always worth a daily contemplation. thank you.
A definite keeper!! Thank you Evan.
Thank you, Evan.
If disease is not, then no one can “possess” a disease or any claim of inharmony. In other words, I can have NO disease. I cannot own any disease. Therefore, to claim any type of disorder as mine, is to give it life, i.e., my cold, my cancer, my lack, etc.
Thanks for this blog.
Thanks again Evan and to all. Yes, the earlier we would know and understand why there is no disease is the best path to regain health. Firstly we knew and felt ease before we learn to notice a dis-ease. I say so because I guess I spent so much time questioning the whereabouts of the latter and when there was no best result then only then was I moved to be persistent to stay aware that I do not live in the flesh but exist as an immortal idea. An idea cannot be diseased.