What We Believe

It is done unto you as you believe.

Religious Scientists believe, very simply, that the Universe is fundamentally spiritual—it has intelligence, purpose, beauty and order. Whether we call it God, spirit, energy, or Universal Intelligence, every person, place and thing emanates from this spiritual universe. We believe this Universal Intelligence is within us, as well as around us, and that we are conscious of it. Our beliefs are in harmony with the basic tenets of all the world’s great religions.

Religious Scientists believe that God is a loving Infinite Intelligence, operating through and in all of life, never separate from anyone or anything. Through classes and study we come to understand our oneness with this indwelling Divine Presence. The way of life we teach and practice is learning how to live in accordance with spiritual principles. These principles, or metaphysical laws, are as reliable as the laws of physical science.

In the scientific aspect of Science of Mind®, we believe there is a body of knowledge about spiritual laws which operates in the Universe as Cause and Effect. We teach that "It is done unto you as you believe." Our thinking and our expectations create our reality. It is in studying and applying spiritual laws that we can change our unconscious beliefs and create improved conditions in our lives.

Declaration of Principles

1. We believe―in God, the Living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute and self-existent Cause.
   

2. This One manifests Itself in and through all creation but is not absorbed by Its creation.
   

3. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God.
   

4. We believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in humankind and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.
   

5. We believe in the eternality, the immortality and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.
   

6. We believe the Kingdom of Heaven is within us and that we experience this Kingdom to the degree that we become conscious of it.
   

7. 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.
   

8. We believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God.
   

9. We believe that God is personal to all who feel this Indwelling Presence.
   

10. We believe in the direct revelation of Truth through our intuitive and spiritual nature and that anyone may become a revealer of Truth who lives in close contact with the Indwelling God.
    

11. 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.
    

12. We believe in the healing of conditions through the power of this Mind. We believe in the control of conditions through the power of this Mind.
    

13. We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness and the eternal Givingness of Life to all.
    

14. We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that the life of humankind is God.
    

First published by Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind® Magazine, October 1927, “Gender Neutral Update.”

"THERE IS A POWER FOR GOOD IN THE UNIVERSE,

GREATER THAN YOU ARE AND YOU CAN USE IT!"