Article February 17, 1934 Issue

Distribution

LEWIS REX MILLER

At a time when want is widely prevalent, in striking contrast with the riches in the hands of a few, it is reassuring to know that the great problem of distribution, which causes the economists so much concern, from the spiritual standpoint is already solved. It is solved for eternity, because God, good, is All, is everywhere. And since good is everywhere, none in reality can be in want. Good is found in the qualities or ideas of Mind. How helpful it is to exchange the word "goods" for good! This simple exchange reveals the truth that there is only one good. There are not gods, but one God. In reality there are not minds, but one Mind; and there are not goods, but one good.

This one good is the property of all by reflection, in contrast with the possession of so-called worldly goods. Good is already distributed, and distributed lavishly. It is the property of each of us by inheritance from our universal Father, God. Much is not given to one, and little to another. Each of us can draw upon the inexhaustible resources of infinite good. The only limitation which appears is the limitation we believe in by failing to comprehend and utilize infinite supply.

Economists tell us that the problem of sufficient production of goods has been practically solved, but that the problem of their distribution remains an enigma. We even hear talk of overproduction, and a limit is placed upon the production of certain crops in order to prevent it. Yet there are people on the verge of starvation; and few are satisfied. The answer to this is discerned only as we turn to the truth of spiritual being. Even as Mary Baker Eddy has written in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (pp. 427, 428) that "there is no death, no inaction, diseased action, overaction, nor reaction," we can reassure ourselves that in the field of true being there is no cessation of true industry, no underproduction, no wrong production, no overproduction, no depression. When we thus resolve "things into thoughts," as we are taught to do in Christian Science (see Science and Health, p. 269), we gain the concept of divine economics, the sense of sound values, and freedom from fear. We find ourselves in a field where precision and accuracy are obtainable, because we are working in real Science, where genuine foresight is possible, precluding mere speculation. And as we turn our attention exclusively to God, good, we find that the goods we need are ours.

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