Virtually every human life encounters situations where the flow of good seems seriously interrupted or even totally blocked. A helpful question to ask is, “Who or what is it that I believe to be controlling the flow of good in my life—of opportunity, happiness, health, affection, peace, and so on?”

It may appear that an employer, a neighbor, a relative, a politician, or a government has put a stumbling block in the path of your good. You may be tempted to feel that you are a helpless victim of unreasonable or belligerent human personalities. In such cases, a higher, spiritual perspective is needed to break through the mesmerism of frustration and fear. It is then possible to remove the grip of whatever prevents us from realizing the natural stream of spiritual good that comes to each of us continuously from the one, infinite Mind, God. 

From the spiritual perspective that Christian Science provides, the culprit is never a person, but always a mistaken belief of the nature of good as finite and material. This mistaken belief appears to possess authority and power, but in fact, it has only the power we attribute to it.