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The ideal that the Renaissance inspired, has been for a nation to create its own resources. Unfortunately, whenever this has been done, the oligarchy screamed with all its might, in response to having lost one of its opportunities for looting. The oligarchy's response, traditionally, has been to wage war at such a point, openly or subliminally, until society relents and re-enables the looting practice. A whole new dimension of thinking (and acting) is required in this arena for the needed breakthrough to be made by which mankind can protect itself.
A wholly new and higher dimension of justice is also required. Mankind needs to break up cliques, level wealth with honesty, and judge worth according to wisdom on order to gain a clearer view of humanity.*(see: Mary Baker Eddy - Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures 239:8) The potential exists to achieve this breakthrough. Indeed, this breakthrough would have already been achieved were it not for a few technical mistakes by which mankind has limited itself, and still limits itself.
The question is, why? Is there a new breed of human being required as a prerequisite for opening up the horizon to a higher dimension, such as that which Mary Baker Eddy points out, where the realization of the human potential is a natural goal? One would have to say, no, to that. No new breed of human beings is required to grasp the infinite goal. Mankind lacks nothing in itself. It has proven itself fully capable to master the most infinite tasks. It has conquered space, which is no longer a limit, it has made tracks on the moon and explored the universe to the extend of billions upon billions of galaxies. It has probed into inner space, into the minutes fragments of an atom. Mankind also understands that which the eye cannot see, such as love, truth, honor, principle, etc.. The human being has no limit except the limits it creates for itself. In real terms, man is an infinite being.
Animals cannot make this claim, even if they could speak. They lack this higher dimension that we find so richly in our human culture, manifest as music, art, science, technologies, wisdom, and healing. No animal has ever stood on the moon by the strength of its own resources, or composed a symphony and performed it in great theatres, or created food resources in abundance were no such resources existed. Mankind does all these things. It takes this capability for granted, and so it should, for it is part of its nature as infinite beings.
The consequences are undeniable. The places of the human domain are infinitely rich. Have you ever sat in a concert hall and listened to the swell of the music of a great symphony that pours forth with mathematical precision for the self-appreciation of the listener as a human being? And as you sat there, have you ever wondered how far you would have to travel above the ceiling of that hall that embraces this marvel to find another place in the universe where living beings have created for themselves so rich a culture? The distance may be counted in billions of light years. You look at the instruments with which the music is performed, and you wonder if they have an equal anywhere in the universe outside of the human world. After the theatre or concert you may choose to celebrate the event in the intimacy of a small cafe. Here, a new rich dimension unfolds where you find art in food and in the environment in which it is served.
By considering the strength of mankind's capability, it must be said that man's native place is in "the fourth dimension, of Spirit," because the major qualifications that define the human being are spiritual in nature. Out of mankind's spiritual strength all of its physical resources have been created. In this context, the capacity for scientific spiritual healing, as Christ Jesus has pursued it, or Mary Baker Eddy had pioneered it anew in the 19th century, is not miraculous, but is a natural capacity that occurred at the end of a long period of cultural and spiritual development. The subsequent loss of this practice does not reflect a diminished capability, but a loss of focus, a regression in commitment, a fascination with poverty, austerity, and riches that have no substance.
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