Article April 30, 1938 Issue

Economic Problems Do Not Really Exist

OSCAR GRAHAM PEEKE

In the material realm, generally speaking, there appear to be three classes of individuals: those who work for a living, those who feel they do not have to work, and those who seem unable to find profitable occupation. The observer notes that there is much discontent in each class. Those who work and those who do not have to work are seldom satisfied, and the lot of the unemployed naturally is not a happy one.

Mankind constantly seeks for a right adjustment of economic problems, and so doing resorts to various experiments. But can any lasting success be attained so long as matter is regarded as the basis for bringing about improved conditions? The prevailing thought seems to be that only in the material realm lies the solution of mankind's problems. Christian Science affirms that this view is due to false education concerning what is real and what is unreal.

In the spiritual realm economic problems do not exist, for all of God's ideas are actively, usefully, and happily employed. It is unfortunate that the great majority of individuals still have only a nebulous concept of the spiritual realm—the heavenly kingdom on which Christ Jesus centered his teaching. The Master endeavored to convince his hearers of the great truth that this kingdom is not a realm afar off, but that it is here and everywhere present. By numerous parables, and also by direct statements, he indicated that the kingdom of God is a state of spiritualized consciousness, to be attained by accepting his teachings and learning to demonstrate their practicality. And he made it plain that all who do so may enjoy the manifold blessings provided by the Ruler of this eternal realm.

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