The discovery of the Science of Christ healing came four years later in conjunction with a momentous healing of her own, that of a spinal injury incurred from a fall that left her struggling for her life. The healing came about instantaneously, completely, and apparently effortlessly.

This healing was realized in a moment of her greatest need. As her custom was, she had reached for her Bible and began contemplating the healing works of Christ Jesus, who had called himself both the Son of God, and the Son of Man. She reckoned that his marvelous healing works reflected certain fundamental truths and natural laws that had enabled Jesus' works to be done. She reasoned that nothing happens in the real world that has not a fundamental principle supporting it that allows things to happen, and that such principles are not time depended, but are ever operating and effective whenever they are applied. In other words, she realized that Christ Jesus' works reflect certain conditions of reality that apply to everyone and for all times.

This simple reasoning caused her healing. She never believed in magic, or miracles, or unique endowments and predestination. She realized that whatever Christ Jesus had done, anyone could do likewise if the laws that Christ Jesus understood could be discovered and be applied again. This, she set out to accomplish.

During the first nine years after her own healing that was coincident with her discovery of spiritual power, she wrote down the fundamentals of her discoveries but did not published them until some years later as she had learned that this Science must first be reliably demonstrated by healing, before anything on the subject could be successfully published.

By 1875 this condition was met. Like the Bible itself, her book sold in the millions of copies over the years. However, it was never a 'complete' book. She never claimed that it contains the final revelation of absolute divine Science. The book's content became more and more clarified as her own understanding of the subject broadened. Well over 300 editions of the book were eventually created by her over a span of more then 35 years. This constant updating was necessitated as new scientific advances required corresponding clarification of the early statements of her discovery.

Like the Bible, Mary Baker Eddy's book has inspired countless individuals and brought about countless cases of healing of virtually every disease known. A hundred pages of "Fruitage" were appended to the book in later years. They contain testimonials of individuals who were healed by the mere reading of the book. The body of testimonies presented, covers a broad spectrum of diseases and ailments that were healed by the individual person's own pursuit of this Science, as presented in her book. Also the individuals who testify have no apparent preconditioning in scholarly, or religious attainments. Instead, they come literally from all walks of life.

It appears only natural, therefore, that her book would be brought formally into the context of exploratory Bible lessons, and that such lessons would become the "pastor" of the church that she founded to reintroduce to humanity the scientific elements of spiritual healing as they were apparently understood during the original or primitive era of Christianity.

What appears natural, of course, has indeed happened. No personal pastor orates in her church. The Bible itself, together with her book, are the 'pastor'. A structure of formalized Bible Lessons was established to take the place of personal preaching. The subjects for these formalized Bible lessons were also made standard. They are simple, but are deeply related to the purpose of exploring the fundamental aspects of spiritual reality. Twenty-six topics were selected by her for this purpose, to be repeated twice a year, to cover all the weeks in year.

For many people the lesson-sermons were profoundly significant and have resulted to a large extend in the volume of healing that the Christian Science church had been noted for during the decades of the late nineteenth century and early twenties century. But like everything that becomes institutionalized, the lessons have lost their power to inspire people. Without the vital thrust of continuing exploration and discovery, little remained to sustain their life-giving impetuous. So it was, that over the years the churches became empty. Indeed, some people could be seen to fall asleep during the services when the lessons were read from the pulpit. Some vital element was missing. Perhaps one should wonder if the Bible is really such a dead book, including the science that is based on it.

Homer's works, in contrast have not faded over the two and a half thousand years since the time they were created. The language and story of Homer's Odyssey still grip people's imagination, and as they do, they still stir a sense of respect for all that is human. Homer's stories deal with the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek mythologies, but Homer presents the human element of intelligence, loyalty, family, home, and honor to be superior to the power of the gods. When honestly pursued these elements of our humanity overcome the most fearful odds and protect and uplift the human lot. With his epic poems, that were widely recited, Homer secured a great victory for his people that literally changed the unfolding of the world. The same should be said about the stories in the Bible, supported by Mary Baker Eddy's textbook. There is evidently a great deal more contained in their pages then Homer may have ever dreamed of. But why does it not grip the people with the same power?

The reason may be that Homer dealt with simple subjects and dramatic metaphor. But spiritual existence isn't as simple as that. Homer never healed a cancer or created an economy that functions productively, although he laid the foundation for the advanced structures that would enable those higher attainments. In order to go beyond the rudiments, more then superficial means for exploration are required for the needed sustained progress to occur. Where there is no progress and no further unfolding, there is entropy and chaos. Entropy is reflected in a wind-up toy, when its energy plays itself out until the toy stops. Life, however, unfolds from the very opposite platform. Entropy does not reflect the dynamics of life, because life is always unfolding, progressive. It can never be static. A mythological middle road does not exist, no matter how much one may wish it to exist. Reality, unfortunately, is not bound to what one may wish it to be.

Life is the principle of existence. Since life cannot be static, entopic, or chaotic by its own principle, it can only be unfolding, progressing to ever greater riches in beauty, wisdom, and strength. The Bible becomes static and then entopic when it is merely read, by which its power to move consciousness becomes entopic as well like the depleting energy of a wind up toy.  Even Mary Baker Eddy's textbook becomes but a collection of words if it is pursued in any other context then to experience infinite unfolding.

Christ Jesus' life has been a process of unfolding. He always demanded more and more of himself and of his disciples. He demanded demonstrations of what they understood. Then demanded more of them and greater ones, as he extended the realm of their 'vision' which enabled them to achieve more.

Most religions are entopic in nature, because their structure is rigidly finite. Their dogmas become a closed door, whereas the door to inquiry should be open to infinity. Mary Baker Eddy may have been the only scientist working in the field of Christianity who has prepared the ground for keeping the door of enquiry open. She has done this in a unique way that was not recognized in her time, nor during the decades that followed, and is rarely recognized even now. She documented in her textbook on Christian Science, and in other major works, a formalized structure for the constantly unfolding scientific and spiritual development that reflects the dynamics of life. This scientific development structure is extensively explored in the nine volume research series "Discovering Infinity." The formalized Bible lessons are structured fundamentally in accord with her scientific development structure, so that the lesson/sermon platform plays a central role in the unfolding process of discovery and scientific development which is inherently none-entopic.