Before getting out of bed one morning, one of my legs suddenly cramped up. The condition was very painful, and immobilizing.
My first response is to pray and understand the truth better about muscles.
In this case, a muscle in my leg felt very physical, and rife with pain, but I knew from my study of Christian Science, that what feels physical, is always mental. A student of divine Science learns from experience that a change in the thought governing a body can change the body it governs.
In striving to understand what needed to change in my thought for healing, I was reminded of what Mary Baker Eddy writes about muscles. She states, “Anatomy finds a necessity for nerves to convey the mandate of mind to muscle and so cause action; but what does anatomy say when the cords contract and become immovable? Has mortal mind ceased speaking to them, or has it bidden them to be impotent? Can muscles, bones, blood, and nerves rebel against mind in one instance and not in another, and become cramped despite the mental protest?” She continues, “Unless muscles are self-acting at all times, they are never so, — never capable of acting contrary to mental direction” (Science and Health, p. 160).
These words remind me that the muscles in my leg were following mental direction, and in this case, a harmful mental direction that left me feeling pain.
To neutralize the harmful effect, my prayer quickly became a protest of spiritual truth on my behalf.
I knew that the “muscles of divine Mind,” were not physical sinew mindlessly acting out questionable motives of a mortal mind run amok but thought forces of Love acting on the direction of divine Mind which produces only a good effect.
I protest the belief that my thought is adversely impacted by fear that in turn, would create pain. I had nothing to fear! I exclaimed. God is All, all good, all Love, embracing me, protecting me, and saving me from all evil. Heavenly peace and dominion were the only possibilities for me to feel, I accepted.
These truths quickly brought me peace of mind, and confidence that all was well under God’s government and influence. The leg calmed down quickly. The cramping let up and I went about my day, forgetting the incident. In fact, I had a vigorous tennis lesson a couple of hours later, without a hint of trouble.
This is very helpful as this seems a frequent occurrence for me – hopping about the bedroom with a cramp in the middle of the night – no fun!! Thank you Evan for showing us how you handled it. Am grateful. L. X
Marvelous
Thank you !
‘What feels physical is always mental’
This phrase struck a chord with me as the key to to healing.
Thank you Evan for your constant, loving care for the whole world as evidenced by your offering of SV.
Early this morning, I awakened with this same idea. That body follows thought. We aren’t healing bodies in Christian Science, we are aligning thought with God’s view of us, an entirely spiritual creation.. So it’s mental/spiritual awakening to what actually is true about us. I too love the line: “what feels physical is always mental.” Thank you, Evan, and Linda for pointing that out.
I had a similar experience last Thursday . I was alone driving On the way to a camping trip with my children.My driving leg cramped and I could not accelerate or brake. I had on cruise control so was ok for a minute to pray. All that came was the golden text about the goodness of the Lord and how there was nothing else. The suggestion came to get off and try to stop at the next exit. This seemed like giving in to a false claim and I passed two exits and persisted in knowing God was in control. I stretched out my leg like the man in the Bible was asked to stretch out his arm and just like that it was restored whole as the other. Thank you Almighty God and the Christ and Mary Baker Eddy for showing us the way.
Thankyou Evan, lots of Wonderful Truths to live by. It’s what I needed this morning, Spirit View is such a Blessing, Thankyou spirit view friends for your uplifts of Truths.
Love all the comments. And thank you Evan for sharing your experience and your comment that “what feels physical, is always mental.”
The writer said, “By the end of the week the spiritual facts I had been cherishing were so much more real to me than the material evidence of a blemish that I was able to dismiss the whole picture from my thought. I don’t know exactly when the growth disappeared, but it certainly did.”
“Why don’t you heal it?” by Katherine L. Cochran. From the February, 1981 issue of The Christian Science Journal:
https://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/2c5nq24ins2?s=copylink
Thank you for this article J. Truly excellent!❣️
I so love this! What feels physical, is always mental. You’ve shown us, step by step, how to pray about a situation. Thank you. ❣️
Wonderful, just wonderful! You always choose such great photographs, too. My forever gratitude to you, Evan, for your consistent and loving truths you offer us daily.
With love to you and all who share SV.
Good to remember that the heart is considered a muscle!
“I knew that the “muscles of divine Mind,” were not physical sinew mindlessly acting out questionable motives of a mortal mind run amok but thought forces of Love acting on the direction of divine Mind which produces only a good effect.”
Thank you for this! We can have only what God gives, “all that I have is thine.” One of the definitions of “have” is “completed action.” So the perfect, harmonious health we are given is always a completed action of perfection, eternally evolving. God’s will is done. Nothing can sieze the wheel and veer it off course. That whole scenario: actor, villain, victim, set, props, camera and action, ticking clock and audience is an impotent dreamland of nonexistence.
Thank you Evan, for this wonderful demonstration and for the sharings that
correspond. I thought of what you had written, diane w.a., about, mortally
heart being a muscle, also. Mrs. Eddy defines Heart in the Glossary of
S&H as being “Mortal feelings, motives, affections, joys, and sorrows.”
Sometimes heart is referred to as being “a heavy heart”, like how Evan had
seemed to be experiencing with muscles trying to be a drag on his joyous
God-given, rightful spirit of uplift and peaceful influence. Sometimes, we,
too, feel bogged down, perhaps, with things from the past that would try
to have mortal thinking be in control and take over our God-given joy
and freedom from something counter productive to spiritual thinking.
But as Evan has stated, “God is All, all good, all Love, embracing [us],
protecting [us] and saving [us] from all evil. Heavenly peace and dominion
were the only possibilities for [us] to feel [and to accept]”.
Thank you, dianew, for your response. I especially loved: “the perfect, harmonious health we are given is always a completed action of perfection, eternally evolving. God’s will is done.”
Thank you, Evan, for your description of how you prayed to know the truth that would heal. I loved “Heavenly peace and dominion were the only possibilities for me to feel, I accepted.
These truths quickly brought me peace of mind, and confidence that all was well under God’s government and influence.” The key that I saw was that “I accepted.” That is when the “peace of mind and confidence” come into play. Thank you for that reminder.
What a feast this has brought to us!!! Thank you all for the testimonies and comments, the reminder to say “No” to error, and J, for the article. The child thought is the very reason Jesus told us to be like little children.
Thank you, Evan. Interesting how that one line, “what feels physical, is always mental”, one succinct simple statement of Truth resonated with so many of us. I’ve copied it to my notes. ;>
And thank you, J, for that article. I liked that citation from Job 11:15 and have read it in a few different translations, and the citation from Eddy’s Miscellany p.262, “God creates man perfect and eternal in His own image. Hence man is the image, idea, or likeness of perfection—an ideal which cannot fall from its inherent unity with divine Love, from its spotless purity and original perfection.”
Thank you for always sharing your personal healings ! They are always an inspiration to remember when going through challenges! Love& thanks
While still quite new to CS, I awoke one night with a painful leg cramp; without even thinking, I began to mentally, forcefully say, ‘No, no, no!’ Within seconds, the pain left completely and whereas in the past, a cramp would leave me with soreness, that did not happen. The same instant, mentally loud ‘No, no’ stopped a sore throat when I was vacationing with family; I didn’t want to spoil anyone’s joy and that sore throat which had sprung up in the night was gone by morning. BUT the next night a cough popped up! Again I protested and in moments it was gone. ‘No’ to error is a great weapon in our warfare.
Ditto what Sheree hd to say. It is especially interesting to me in that I participate in 2 exercise classes going on regularly each week. huff and puff and all that! Thank you for bringing reason to the front.
Thank you Evan – very timely as have horrible back pain today.
Timely Evan having suffered leg cramps. Much thanks.
Evan, truly God gives us Everything we Need at All Times. Thank you for sharing your God given wisdom with us today. And a Big Thank You to Everyone who responded with Healing Wisdom.
Thank you, Evan.
Also a thank you from me for your very helpful testimony. I read it this morning and immediately worked to apply your clear metaphysical thoughts for myself. It’s so inspiring, thanks deeply! ♡