Opportunity viewed from the world's standpoint, is often considered a thing of chance and change, elusive and uncertain. Supply is looked upon as unstable and undependable. This is because the human mind, with its changeableness and inconsistency, regards opportunity as material, and measures supply according to material possessions. The belief in matter as substance is directly responsible for any lack or limitation in human experience. Moreover, the discord one accepts as real, either in his own case or in that of another, may appear in one's experience, in some phase of discord.
In direct contrast to the world's viewpoint, Christian Science teaches that all good, all supply, comes from God, divine Mind, and is therefore spiritual, continuous, and changeless. It teaches also that supply is not measured by material possessions; in fact, that real supply contains not one element of materiality or limitation, for it is wholly spiritual and abundant.
Opportunity and supply must be seen as spiritual, limitless, and eternal, in order that the abundance of good may be realized. When one has grasped this spiritual fact, the barrier of fear, which has seemed to separate him from his heritage of good, is broken down; and as spiritual understanding increases, nothing remains to obstruct his receptivity to the blessings which are rightfully his as the likeness of God, good. In Christian Science one does not demonstrate material possessions; one demonstrates spiritual-mindedness. This lifts one's thought above the fears, doubts, and worries that attend human experiences, and breaks the so-called law of limitation. Then everything that is right and necessary for one's well-being is found to be just at hand.
