What We Believe - The Science of Mind Teaching
From Ernest Holmes, founder of Science of Mind...
"We believe that the Mind of God governs all things. We believe that there is a Divine Intelligence governing and guiding, counseling and advising, and causing us to know what to do under every circumstance and at all times, if we will only trust it. We believe that at the center of every problem is its own solution."
"There is a Mind in us that knows what to do under every circumstance. God has no problems. God is the Presence and the Power that knows all things and can do all things. There is no thought of doubt or limitation. We should feel that the answer is established in our consciousness and will make itself known to our mind, right now, in our present experience. In this way we seek to receive the answer instead of the problem. This can be done only as we let go of the problem, as a problem, and definitely expect its answer."
Treatment for Divine Guidance...
"Since the whole secret of Divine Guidance lies in my ability to accept it, today I affirm that I do accept Divine Guidance. I do believe that Spirit goes before me and prepares the way. I do know that every thought and act is governed and guided by a Superior Intelligence. There is something in me that knows what to do. Always there is an inner, quiet, persistent confidence, a nonresistant but complete acceptance, an inward flowing with the stream of life, knowing that it carries me safely and surely to my destination and to the accomplishment of every good purpose."
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES BY ERNEST HOLMES
WE BELIEVE IN GOD, THE LIVING SPIRIT ALMIGHTY, ONE, INDESTRUCTIBLE, ABSOLUTE AND SELF EXISTENT CAUSE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ONE MANIFESTS ITSELF IN AND THROUGH ALL CREATION, BUT IS NOT ABSORBED BY ITS CREATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE MANIFEST UNIVERSE IS THE BODY OF GOD. IT IS A LOGICAL AND NECESSARY OUTCOME OF THE INFINITE SELF KNOWINGNESS OF GOD.
WE BELIEVE IN THE INCARNATION OF THE SPIRIT IN MAN AND THAT ALL MEN ARE INCARNATIONS OF THE ONE SPIRIT.
WE BELIEVE IN THE ETERNALITY, THE IMMORTALITY, AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL, FOREVER AND EVER EXPANDING.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN MAN AND THAT WE EXPERIENCE THE KINGDOM TO THE DEGREE THAT WE BECOME CONSCIOUS OF IT.
WE BELIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE IS A COMPLETE EMANCIPATION FROM ALL DISCORD OF EVERY NATURE, AND THAT THIS GOAL IS SURE TO BE ATTAINED BY ALL.
WE BELIEVE IN THE UNITY OF ALL LIFE, AND THAT THE HIGHEST GOD AND THE INNERMOST GOD IS ONE GOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS PERSONAL TO ALL WHOM FEELS THIS INDWELLING PRESENSE.
WE BELIEVE IN THE DIRECT REVELATION OF TRUTH THROUGH THE INTUITIVE AND SPIRITUAL NATURE OF MAN, AND THAT ANY MAN MAY BECOME A REVEALER OF TRUTH WHO LIVES IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE INDWELLING GOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT, WHICH IS GOD, OPERATES THROUGH A UNIVERSAL MIND, WHICH IS THE LAW OF GOD, AND THAT WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THIS CREATIVE MIND, WHICH RECEIVES THE DIRECT IMPRESS OF OUR THOUGHT AND ACTS UPON IT.
WE BELIEVE IN THE HEALING OF THE SICK THROUGH THE POWER OF THIS MIND.
WE BELIEVE OF THE CONTROL OF CONDITIONS THROUGH THE POWER OF THIS MIND.
WE BELIEVE IN THE ETERNAL GOODNESS, THE ETERNAL LOVINGKINDNESS, AND THE ETERNAL GIVINGNESS OF LIFE TO ALL.
WE BELIEVE IN OUR OWN SOUL, OUR OWN SPIRIT, AND OUR OWN DESTINY, FOR WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIFE OF MAN IS GOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ONE MANIFESTS ITSELF IN AND THROUGH ALL CREATION, BUT IS NOT ABSORBED BY ITS CREATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE MANIFEST UNIVERSE IS THE BODY OF GOD. IT IS A LOGICAL AND NECESSARY OUTCOME OF THE INFINITE SELF KNOWINGNESS OF GOD.
WE BELIEVE IN THE INCARNATION OF THE SPIRIT IN MAN AND THAT ALL MEN ARE INCARNATIONS OF THE ONE SPIRIT.
WE BELIEVE IN THE ETERNALITY, THE IMMORTALITY, AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL, FOREVER AND EVER EXPANDING.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN MAN AND THAT WE EXPERIENCE THE KINGDOM TO THE DEGREE THAT WE BECOME CONSCIOUS OF IT.
WE BELIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE IS A COMPLETE EMANCIPATION FROM ALL DISCORD OF EVERY NATURE, AND THAT THIS GOAL IS SURE TO BE ATTAINED BY ALL.
WE BELIEVE IN THE UNITY OF ALL LIFE, AND THAT THE HIGHEST GOD AND THE INNERMOST GOD IS ONE GOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS PERSONAL TO ALL WHOM FEELS THIS INDWELLING PRESENSE.
WE BELIEVE IN THE DIRECT REVELATION OF TRUTH THROUGH THE INTUITIVE AND SPIRITUAL NATURE OF MAN, AND THAT ANY MAN MAY BECOME A REVEALER OF TRUTH WHO LIVES IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE INDWELLING GOD.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT, WHICH IS GOD, OPERATES THROUGH A UNIVERSAL MIND, WHICH IS THE LAW OF GOD, AND THAT WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THIS CREATIVE MIND, WHICH RECEIVES THE DIRECT IMPRESS OF OUR THOUGHT AND ACTS UPON IT.
WE BELIEVE IN THE HEALING OF THE SICK THROUGH THE POWER OF THIS MIND.
WE BELIEVE OF THE CONTROL OF CONDITIONS THROUGH THE POWER OF THIS MIND.
WE BELIEVE IN THE ETERNAL GOODNESS, THE ETERNAL LOVINGKINDNESS, AND THE ETERNAL GIVINGNESS OF LIFE TO ALL.
WE BELIEVE IN OUR OWN SOUL, OUR OWN SPIRIT, AND OUR OWN DESTINY, FOR WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIFE OF MAN IS GOD.
