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 it 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 everyone and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit. We believe in the eternality, the immortality, the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding. We believe that Heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it. We believe that the ultimate goal of life is 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 the individual, and that any person who lives in close contact with the indwelling God may become a revealer of Truth.

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 the 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 all is God.

Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science

It is our belief that the teachings of the great Masters, such as Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, and Ghandi, as applied through the principles of the Science of Mind, will bring health, happiness, and success into your daily living.

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Science of Mind: A Modern Philosophy for Modern People

In its practice and teaching (commonly referred to as Science of Mind), Religious Science endeavors to include the whole life. It is not a dreamy, mystical cult, but the exponent of a vigorous message, applicable to the everyday needs of Creative Life. Indeed, this is the one distinctive tenet of the many teachings of Religious Science that accounts for its rapid growth. Men and women find in it the message that fits in with their personal needs and desires.

The conventional idea of a future life, with its teaching of rewards and punishment, it not stressed. The message is good news for the here and now. Religious Science says that religion, if it means anything, means right living. Right living and right thinking wait upon no future, but bestow their rewards in this world. This results in better health, happier homes, and all that makes for a well-balanced, normal life.

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Science of Mind

Science of Mind is a philosophic study of humankind, our purpose in being here and our relationship to Life, to our families, work, fellow-men, environment, and our Creator.

Science of Mind teaches that we control the course of our lives – our success or failure, health or sickness, happiness or misery – by mental processes which function according to a Universal Law.

Science of Mind teaches that we are all creating our own day-to-day experiences (each according to his or her understanding) by the forms and procession of our thoughts.

Science of Mind teaches that everything in the Universe operates by Law and Order, cause and effect. It shows us how we can use these Laws for our own good.

Science of Mind teaches that the originating, supreme, creative Power of the Universe, the source of all substance, the Life in all living things, is a cosmic Reality Principle which is present throughout the Universe and in every one of us.

Science of Mind teaches that we are physical, mental and (most important) spiritual beings, and each one of us is a unique individualization of the one Universal and Supreme Being.

Science of Mind is a Way of Life. It proffers techniques devised to expand our conscious awareness of Spiritual Laws and shows us how to use them. Thus it creates the experience of wholesome living for all who follow its principles.

Science of Mind is a correlation of laws of science, opinions of philosophy, and revelations of religion, applied to human needs and the aspirations of man.

There is a power for good in the universe greater than you are and you can use it (Ernest Holmes, Founder of Religious Science).  Change your thinking – Change your life!

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Questions and Answers About Science of Mind

Question: What does Science of Mind believe about God?
Answer: God is that transcendent and beautiful Mystery: the Origin of all; the Sustainer of all; the Truth of all that is. Presence and Principle; Love and Law; Life Itself, and the substance of all form – that is, in part, our concept of God, but no person can fully explain what God it, since God is infinite.

Question: What does Science of Mind believe about the Bible?
Answer: If is among many sacred scriptures, all of which were inspired by the One Mind and presented through various spiritual teachers. We believe that for Western people, the Judeo-Christian scriptures offer an appropriate path to spiritual freedom.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe in the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Yes, for we affirm the validity of this wise and useful code of conduct, this intelligent and loving life pattern.

Question: What is the Science of Mind belief about Jesus?
Answer: We accept his example and teachings. We do not deny the divinity of Jesus, but rather we affirm the divinity of all people, because God is the Creator of us all. We think of Jesus as an example, not an exception.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe Jesus is our Savior?
Answer: Any world-teacher who helps human-kind to be free from material, intellectual, or emotional bondage is a spiritual “savior”. Jesus showed us a way to be free, perhaps the most effective way ever known, and it can indeed release mankind from bondage.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe in good and evil?
Answer: God is the Source of all, beyond good and evil. God simply is. In human life, our freedom allows us to make mistakes (so-called “sin”). Our comparison of action to what has been better, leads us to ideas of good or evil. However, they are human inventions, for ultimately there is only God: Infinite Love and Truth.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe in the “Hereafter”?
Answer: We believe in the eternal now, which includes both here and hereafter, for life is an ever unfolding experience of God’s Self-Expression. There is much, much more to Life that what this workd contains. We do not, however, believe in the sudden change in our whole nature when we leave this plane, for we retain our individual identy. And so it is that “immortality” is not something awaiting us in the future, because we are immortal now! In other, yet unseen dimensions of life, there are new fields to conquer, new challenges, new and beautiful Truths to discover in an unlimited and diving Cosmic Universe.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe in Eternal Damnation?
Answer: No, we do not. God does not create life and then destroy or condemn it. As free individuals, we may bring great difficulties upon ourselves, but that is as near as we come to so-called damnation. Then it is God, as perfect Law, Love, and Truth, to who we may turn for release from these difficulties. The choice is always ours.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe in Heaven?
Answer: There are certain exalted inner states of consciousness which may be more life the “Kingdom of Heaven” than our everyday life on earth, but we must always realize that God is here an now, and to know this is to sense something of what heaven is.

Question: Does Science of Mind believe in Hell?
Answer: Heaven and hell are states of mind, and neither is a literal geographical place. Modern science has demonstrated that there is no actual “up” or “down” in this universe, where heaven or hell might be. Both are in our minds.

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