Article January 22, 1979 Issue

Are we "honest seekers"?

CAROL MOSS ALTON

In an article entitled "Math Mystique: Fear of Figuring," the author comments, "Nobody knows for sure why math rouses so much anxiety."

"Well, after twelve years of public school math, I can tell you why" came the response from a reader of that article. "Few things in life are so uncompromising as math. One error, no matter how minor, means a wrong answer. It is scary to deal with a subject that always demands perfection."^{ Time, April 4, 1977, p. 7;} But when we stop to think about this, isn't the existence of an uncompromising basis for obtaining right solutions actually reassuring rather than scary?

A genuine desire, along with applied effort, to become better acquainted with the Principle of the universe and man can resolve human problems of every sort. This Principle is God. This Principle is Love itself, is nonbeginning and endless Life—infinite Truth, which includes no error whatsoever. Divine Principle is flawless and can be proved by everyone to be totally good.

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