The quest for fulfillment concerns everyone. In human terms fulfillment means many things to people—health, money, recognition. Above all, it means being loved. The contemporary world offers many external solutions to the individual's search for happiness. From social welfare programs on the one hand to computer matchmaking on the other, many people are mistakenly looking outside themselves for fulfillment. An advertisement in a recent newspaper reads, "Shopping for a date?" And it offers a computer to do the job.
Obviously such methods lack the priceless ingredient of individualism and self-government. They are mass palliatives, many of which prolong or divert one's quest and lead to disillusionment and sadness. The current use of chemicals as a crutch to creativity is a case in point.
Christian Science takes a brave and original look at mankind's search for fulfillment. It shows that beneath the restless striving and moral upheaval of our times is a great and promising fermentation. Simply put, human thought is finding no resting place in its own conditions. Inevitably it must turn to higher goals and higher modes of attaining fulfillment. Those who have studied and applied the teachings of Christian Science feel with certainty that they have in their hands the key to true fulfillment.
