True resources are spiritual realities, which exist in the realm of Spirit, God. They are inherent in man, God's expression. God being All-in-all, there cannot be anything that is not included in this allness. Because people don't understand this, they often think of themselves as isolated individuals in a world mainly unsympathetic to their needs. But the lesson of the elder brother in the Bible parable teaches us the reality: man never cut off from his birthright of good. God, the Father, already knows this and is saying, "Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine." Luke 15:31;
So are we all—each one of us—ever with God, and endowed through Love with unlimited and inexhaustible good. This truth is the basis of true resourcefulness: having resources and knowing how to use them.
Too often, however, we mistakenly accept that we live in the realm of matter, and are subject to chance, limitation, and lack. This false belief is externalized in our everyday affairs in such conditions as lack of inspiration, companionship, worthwhile interests, constructive ideas. Fear that world shortages can outstrip men's ability to cope with them claims to upset the stability and balance of society. Coupled with this is the disquieting evidence that excessive emotion does not always yield to reasonableness and that we are often reluctant to control waste. Thus personal feelings and sensitivities can become dominant in human affairs, whether personal or national. Claiming to be able to retard progress and achievement, all this has a stagnating or disruptive effect.
