Science of Mind Principles
Oneness
There is One Infinite Reality
We call it by many names, including but not limited to God, Life, Universal Spirit, Infinite Intelligence, First Cause, The Universe, Spirit, the Thing Itself or the One. This One Infinite Reality is undivided, complete, and whole within Itself. This Oneness creates everything out of Itself, and therefore includes both the absolute and relative, tangible and intangible, physical and metaphysical aspects of reality.
Love
Love is the self-giving of Universal Spirit
Love is the self-giving of Universal Spirit through its desire to express itself in terms of creation. Love is the impulse and Law is the way of creation.
Spirit is a transcendent, perfect whole that contains and embraces all seeming opposites. As human beings, we have free will and can choose what we experience, whether it be positive or negative. The same Principle that brings freedom, prosperity, and joy also allows us to experience bondage, lack, or misery, according to our consciousness.
Creation
Creation is an expression of the One
The physical universe is the manifest body of The One Infinite Reality, and the One is more than the physical universe. Creation is an expression of the One. It is inherently Good and is ever-evolving toward greater expression of Good.
Our human thinking process therefore is a reflection of the Divine Creative Process.
Threefold Nature
The One expresses Itself as Spirit, Soul, and Body
The One Infinite Reality expresses Itself in three aspects: Spirit, Soul, and Body. Each individual is made in the image and likeness of the One Infinite Reality and has the same three aspects.
Thus, there is God as macrocosm, human beings as microcosm.
Creative Process
Universal Law is impersonal, automatic, and intelligent
The One Infinite Reality operates through the Universal Law of Cause and Effect. The Universal Law receives the direct impress of Spirit’s impulse and acts upon it, bringing it into form.
Individuals having the same threefold nature, use the Creative Process to shape our human experience in alignment with the whole, perfect, and complete Reality.
Spiritual Laws
Universal Spirit maintains harmony through Spiritual Law
Universal Spirit maintains harmony, equilibrium, and balance through Spiritual Law. There are various expressions and uses of Spiritual Law, for example, the law of correspondence, the law of attraction, the law of giving and receiving. Spiritual laws are impersonal, consistent, and intelligent, and are always operating. Consciously, individuals can learn to use these laws to create or change conditions.
Spiritual Beings
The One is transcendent and immanent
The One Infinite Reality is both transcendent and immanent. Individual human beings are spiritual beings living in a spiritual universe having a human experience. This is our True Nature.
Freedom
Freedom and Abundance is your birthright
Freedom is the birthright of every individual. We are free to choose and create our experience of life. All that anyone will ever need, or desire is already provided by Universal Abundance. This applies to everybody, not just some people. Every person is heir to the riches of Creation, without regard to merit.
Heaven
The state of awareness of our True nature.
We experience our True nature to the degree we become conscious of it. We actively seek to know the True Nature of every individual and celebrate each individual’s unique expression of it. This experience of our True Nature is sure to be attained by all.
Eternal Life
The One Infinite Reality is eternal
We believe in the eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual, forever and ever expanding. The Universal Truth about life is that life never ends. What we call death is simply the changing of one form of life for another. Death, the belief and perception that life must come to an end, is a human concept. As in birth the invisible becomes visible, so in dying the visible again becomes invisible. Life continues on another plane when the body has outlived its usefulness.