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An animal acts in this fashion out of ignorance, even though fear should alert it of the imminent danger. Mankind, in contrast, cannot claim this excuse. Mankind knows about the imminent dangers of its hyper-inflated world-financial system, with values growing exponentially while at the same time the productive economies contract. People can see this. The human society is not stupid. It is perfectly aware that no value is produced outside the processes of the productive economy, but it cannot let go of its cherished plumb of speculative windfalls even if this threatens the disintegration of the entire system. Mankind has been trained to live in a monkey sphere of perception, or an even lower dimension of intelligence. As a consequence of this denial of reality, the people who are trapped into this lower dimension loose the most precious they have without ever tasting the fruit that they are grasping for.
Monkeys, of course, cannot help themselves, but not so human beings who are the brightest 'star' in the unfolding of life - endowed with a grand and most capable intellect that sets the human being apart from any other species on the planet.
The prevailing failure to act wisely seems to indicate that a portion of the highest dimension of mankind has been eroded, or that it is actively denied, that it needs to be specifically reclaimed. This may be the dimension that Mary Baker Eddy had in mind when she presented the proposition of the existence of a "fourth dimension, of Spirit."
The just presented examples of society's failures, of course, lay still far in the future when Mary Baker Eddy referred to that "fourth dimension, of Spirit." Still, she understood the principle, and the consequences that arise from ignoring this principle, neither of which the public was ready to deal with. This may also have been the reason why her development structure that opens the door to the higher dimension could not be announced to the world; why it had to remain obscured until it was brought to light through mankind's own processes of discovery. It may also have been obscured for the simple fact that the world was not ready to deal with the power that this structure has the potential to unleash.
Just imagine the vast potential that lies at mankind's feet right now, financially and economically. The vast developments that are going on in China merely hint at what man is truly capable off in terms of development. The principle of infinite economics (introduced in Volume 1a), powered by the vast resources of nuclear energy and advanced technology, have the potential to 'open the doors of heaven' for humanity and pour forth a blessing that there may not be room enough to receive it. Mankind's potential to generate new resources appears to be always many times greater than the human need, unless it is being denied. Here, we begin to touch upon a whole new dimension, indeed.
Like Mary Baker Eddy's outline for her structure for scientific development had remained hidden, the infinite potential of mankind remains also largely unrecognized and unacknowledged! The two appear to be linked. If mankind's true potential becomes realized the whole world becomes transformed with riches that even the most daring visionaries fail to grasp at the present. This is evident by the fact that no one speaks about them, even in the realm of science fiction. However, for this potential to be realized, it appears essential that organized structures for scientific development become established as supporting spiritual infrastructures.
Touching Infinity
The "fourth dimension, of Spirit,"*(Miscellaneous Writings 22:12) is the dimension of infinity. It cannot be anything else. Infinity is the final frontier. The final frontier isn't space, nuclear science, oceanography. It is divine Science that get us to the portal where we stand face to face with infinity, the divine nature, and the true identity of man, - even the true idea of God - and were we step beyond that portal and find our home in infinity.
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