The Open Fount
Harmony with neighbors maintained and peace of mind found
through Christian Science treatment prayer

One morning the neighbor’s chickens came into my yard (AGAIN!!!) and were digging up my garden.  I
had just HAD IT!  I was angry, disappointed, sad, frustrated at myself for letting it get to me, and at my
wits end about what to do about those chickens.  My thought was not clear or uplifted.  My work
demands uplifted thought, so I needed help fast and called a friend who is also a practitioner for
Christian Science treatment for me.

First, I told my practitioner friend about the chickens and she so gently reminded me that it wasn’t the
chickens that were the problem – they were just the representation of my thought, of other things.  I
interrupted her and just spilled out the “other things” that I thought were the problem.  Things like a
tight muscle in my back that was making me uncomfortable day and night so I hadn’t slept well in a
week, I couldn’t concentrate, and the ticks this year- those miserable little bugs! I had actually been
bitten by more ticks this spring so far than ever before in my whole life combined.  I felt like a
drowning victim who, though I had a great life vest (the truth taught by Christ Jesus), was stuck under
a “muddy, foaming and dashing” river (see Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy pg. 593) by a pile of debris, by deadwood thought.

Then this dear friend reminded me of the Bible passage that says “There shall no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.” (see Ps 91:10).  She said that nothing could invade
my house, my consciousness (see Science and Health, page
578:17).  I realized instantly that my abode, my house, was really divine and that there was nothing
that could exist to make it less than wholly harmonious.

I felt like all that mental deadwood had been instantly lifted off of me and my life vest (the Christ, Truth)
just bounced me to the top of the surface of a “smooth and unobstructed” spiritual river (see Science
and Health 593:15-16 to ;).  I felt loved, protected, calm, and uplifted.  The chickens didn’t bother me
any more, they just walked home.  My back didn’t hurt any longer.  I was no longer tired.  I could
concentrate. I loved the ticks again (they are really rather cute in a bazaar sort of way, each one is
individual; they are quite resourceful, and must be extremely patient!).  

I went about all of my daily duties with great joy and freedom and slept wonderfully that night – all
through the night!  A few weeks later my neighbor found a new home for the chickens and they moved
away to a more appropriate home without me ever needing to cause a stir.


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