What
We Believe
The
following was written by Dr. Ernest Holmes, our founder in 1927 as "What
I believe." It later became the declaration of principles adopted
by United Centers for Spiritual Living as, "What We Believe."
We believe in God, the Living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible,
absolute, and self-existent Cause.
This One manifests itself in and through all creation but is not absorbed
by its creation.
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 people and that all 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 us and that we experience
this kingdom to the degree that we become conscious of it.
We believe the ultimate goal of life to be 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 mankind, and that any person 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 change 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 all is God.