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In the abundance of Spirit, can there ever be more supply than demand...or vice versa?
Whew. Is there not a better time to think about the economy in spiritual terms? One of the market analysts observed that “The fear is feeding on itself. It’s what you don’t know that seems to be taking over the market.”
Ooof, fear. The very thing that needs to be healed FIRST, whatever the situation. Actually, in my experience, fear is the ONLY thing that needs to be healed. Because when fear is eliminated — fear of another power besides God, fear of many minds competing with the one Mind, fear of any controlling influence other than good, harmony, Love, and fear of any existence other than God-created reality — the symptoms of the fear disappear. Reasonable, no?
Where I live, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, there is a significant financial impact by individuals who rely on stock market profitability for their daily income. These are tourists who support the hospitality and art businesses as well as Santa Feans who live here and support the general economy. Specifically, in a micro-economic view, my husband and I have two considerable pieces of property for sale, targeted to these kinds of people.
So I am thinking a lot about the difference between the financial economy in the news and the divine economy I’ve learned about in the Bible and Science and Health .
“Economy” derives from the French or Latin words meaning “house management.” In Webster’s 1828 dictionary (more on this in a minute), it means “Primarily, the management, regulation and government of a family or the concerns of a household; System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.”
The current Webster (Merriam-Webster ) definition builds on this and adds more stuff, specifically “a system especially of interaction and exchange” which I take to mean “supply and demand.”
Supply and demand appear to be very chaotic recently. Mostly too much supply, not enough demand. I am seeing this in our real estate market and it just seems to be mirroring the stock market.
But in the atmosphere of Spirit, divine Mind, where all life is created and managed in the order of consistent and constant harmony, can there ever be more supply than demand, or more demand than supply? If that was possible, then that would mean that the Divine created inequities, imbalance, excesses and scarcity.
The understanding of God that I get from studying Science and Health and the Bible describes the God of Love, goodness, superabundance, universal spiritual riches. There are no inequalities.
In fact, there is a very pointed verse in 2nd Corinthians addressing this:
“For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye be burdened: But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality.”
To me, this is a description of the divine law of supply and demand. That it is always in balance, every moment. And why not? It is all happening in the consciousness of Mind. Put another way, Mind is supplying infinite spiritual ideas — divine resources — and Mind is demanding their use. Mind’s supply = Mind’s demand, and vice versa.
To think that anything else is happening in the universe of spirit is to allow for another power opposed to God. You know what? Talk about fear — if I thought there was another power equal to God it would surely scare the socks off of me!! But there isn’t another power causing imbalance or disorganization…therefore nothing to be afraid of.
Mary Baker Eddy is even more pointed and emphatic in Science and Health:
“…evil has in reality neither place nor power in the human or the divine economy.”
Eddy wrote these words in the late 1800’s which is why I like to consult the Webster’s 1828 dictionary to get specific understanding of her statements. Consider the Webster’s 1828 definition above in relation to the quote. To me, it is so much bigger than “financial economy”, yet includes it too. Everything about the management of mankind is governed by the Divine, the spiritual Creator, which has dominion over ALL, including the human condition.
Everything God does is for the good of humanity. We are the beneficiaries of His wealth of love, abundance, peace, happiness. There is nothing too much causing too little. Every aspect of our lives, governed by Mind, is in perfect balance, blessing us and blessing others.
Knowing this, believing this to be true — what is there to fear?
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