OUR VISION
Awakening Humanity to its Spiritual Magnificence!
OUR MISSION
The mission of Religious Science International, as a world religion with world concerns, is to create an environment that nurtures and celebrates the individualized, authentic expression of Spirit through the principles of the Science of the Mind.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe in One God, One absolute Power and First Cause to all things. We believe that this Power is Perfect Love and that it creates out of a desire to express love. We believe all thought is creative and how we choose to think creates our personal experience. We believe in the Unity of all life and the immortality of the individual soul forever unfolding. We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving Kindness and the eternal Givingness of God to all.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLE
(by Dr. Ernest Holmes)
One God
I 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...
Everything Is Spirit
I believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in all beings and that every person is an incarnation of the One Spirit...
Personal Immortality
I believe in eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding...
Heaven on Earth
I believe that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us and that I experience that kingdom to the degree that I become conscious of it...
Personal Freedom
I 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...
Unity of All Life
I believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is the one God...
Personification of God
I believe that God is personal to all who feel its indwelling Presence...
Personal Revelation
I believe in the direct revelation of Truth through the intuitive and spiritual nature of humanity, and that any person may become a revealer of the Truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God...
Universal Law
I believe that the Universal Spirit, which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God, and that I am surrounded by this Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of my thought and acts upon it...
Spiritual Healing
I believe in the healing of the sick through the power of this Mind...
Personal Power
I believe in the control of conditions through the power of this Mind...
Goodness of God
I believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all...
Self Determination
I believe in my own soul, my own spirit, and my own destiny, for I understand that my Life is God.
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FAQ about Science of Mind
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 humankind 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: What does Science of Mind believe about the Bible?
Answer: It is one 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 can offer a useful path to spiritual freedom. And we also find truth in many of the world’s sacred texts.
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. This is, in part, our concept of God, but no person can fully explain what God is, since God is infinite.
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 whom we may turn for release from these difficulties. The choice is always ours.
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.
Question: Does Science of Mind believe in Heaven?
Answer: There are certain exalted inner states of consciousness which may be more like the “Kingdom of Heaven” than our everyday life on earth, but we must always realize that God is here and now, and to know this is to sense something of what heaven is.
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: Does Science of Mind believe in good and evil?
Answer: God is the Source of all, beyond good and evil. God simply is. But in human life, where our freedom allows us to make mistakes (so-called “sin”), our comparisons of actions to what would have been better lead 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 a “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 it than what this world contains. We do not, however, believe in sudden change in our whole nature when we leave this plane, for we retain our individual identity. 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 divine Cosmic Universe.