Satisfaction is a state of being toward which every member of the human race is striving, and this because human nature is ever yearning for something more than it has. It feels its own incompleteness and is therefore continually, restlessly looking for something to satisfy its longing for completion. This yearning for satisfaction is expressed in many ways, and the individual expressing it seldom realizes what is actuating him. It is seen in the striving for the accumulation of riches, for the acquirement of position and fame, for the satisfaction of appetite and passion.
Yet much of this so-called yearning of human nature for completeness, this vain striving of mortals for satisfaction in one way or another, is founded on the belief that man is material and mortal. This is seen in the vain struggling toward a material goal, either the accumulation of so-called material substance or the satisfaction of so-called physical sensation or desire. This might be likened to Mrs. Eddy's explanation of the first degree in the "Scientific translation of mortal mind," as found on page 115 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures."
Now, just the minute that an individual begins to learn a little something of the true nature of God and man, this striving for satisfaction begins to take on better qualities. The desire for satisfaction now requires that what is attained shall be less selfish and is often expressed in what is commonly known as charitable activities—in taking less thought for self and more for God and man. Then, as the individual progresses out of the belief of the material nature of man, his striving for satisfaction becomes wiser, purer, more spiritual until it is transformed from an apparent activity or longing of so-called human nature and seen to be the natural, normal expression of man's true being, which is God, in whom he lives and moves.
