Article July 30, 1979 Issue

Money talks?

EVELYN GROVER HEISS

The way we feel about money not only tells us something about ourselves humanly; it might give us a hint as to where we stand spiritually.

To many people, money is power. To some, it is almost life itself. The belief that money is power and the measurement of success is often deeply entrenched. Yet money per se has only the shifting value that society gives to it. Christian Science points out that money is neither true substance nor genuine security. It is at best a symbol of these things. Why should we rest our confidence in anything so ephemeral and transitory as a symbol?

The world yearns for a modicum of security. One may reasonably ask, "How is it possible not to react to day-by-day accounts of inflation, recession, declining growth rates, unstable markets? What and where is the security that is not subject to chance and change?"

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