The Open Fount
Allergic reaction and anger healed through Christian Science treatment
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There was a time when I was working in high tech in a leadership role, that my boss did something I
felt was quite unfair to my group. Since I was so angry about it, it seemed prudent to speak to my
boss about it so I scheduled an appointment to speak with him for late the next morning – hoping I
would have time to cool off before the appointment.
That night, I began to have an allergic reaction. This is something that had happened to me several
times during the period in my life when I was not practicing Christian Science, but was getting
medical care. I had developed some (food?) allergies that were never specifically pinpointed, but
which would result in painful and dangerous swelling of my whole body, including my face and
throat. When these were treated medically, it took 3-4 days for the symptoms to disappear each time
an episode occurred even with the medication.
When the symptoms began this time, as a Christian Scientist, I turned to the healing power of the
Christ for relief. At first I was fearful because of my history with this condition and I called a Christian
Science Practitioner for prayer support. I don’t remember what she said, but I remember being
instantly calm and quite sure of healing.
That night I tried to pray for myself, but really what ended up happening was that I kept rehearsing
what I was going to say to my boss. I was still angry and had quite a speech prepared! When I
awoke in the morning, my condition was worse and was alarming. I sat calmly on the side of the bed
and quietly asked, “God, what do I need to know to stop this problem?” The answer came clear as a
person in the room speaking to me. It was, “To stop this reaction, stop reacting.” I was shocked.
Was it truly that simple? I skipped breakfast because swallowing was too painful and went to work. I
cancelled my appointment with my boss. By that time my physical situation had stabilized.
I spent the time that I had planned to spend yelling at my boss, quietly sitting in my office thinking of
things that were good about my boss. Things such as, “He is a nice person. He is a good family
man. He stands up for my group when we need someone to represent us. He has served well in the
front line when a customer had a complaint.” I thought of as many things as I could that were good
about my boss. When I was finished I was calm. I was comfortable. The symptoms had begun to
disappear. By lunchtime that day, I was back to normal; there were no further symptoms. It has been
many years, 7 or more, since this spiritual healing or metaphysical healing occurred and I have never
had this problem again.
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