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 the 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 who feel this Indwelling Presence.
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 in the control of
conditions through the power of this Mind.
We believe in the eternal
Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, 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.
~By Dr. Ernest Holmes.
Published in the first edition of the Science of Mind
magazine in October 1937 under the title "What I believe."
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