Article October 25, 1975 Issue

Resolving Conflicts

WENDELL E. WOLLAM

If someone is undertaking a new assignment in government or business, it is often important to determine if there is a conflict of interest with some other activity and whether the conflict should be resolved before beginning the new activity.

In relationships, conflicting interests frequently cause inharmony in human affairs. When we pursue selfish interests we often experience discord in our relations with others.

Christian Science explains that conflicting situations can be avoided, or if necessary resolved, through the understanding that God, divine Mind, governs His entire creation in perfect harmony. As we accept this fact and recognize that there is no mind apart from God, we see God's expression of eternal harmony manifested in our experience. Mrs. Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, "All that really exists is the divine Mind and its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious and eternal." Science and Health, p. 151;

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