Declaration of Principles

 

by Dr. Ernest Holmes
Founder of Religious Science

The Universe is the body of God! 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 are one! We Believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in everyone and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit.
Eternal growth! We Believe in the eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.
Paradise here and now! We Believe that heaven is within us and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of IT.
Freedom from discord! 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.
God is all! We Believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God.
God as you! We Believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling Presence.
Reveal the Truth! We Believe in the direct revelation of Truth through the intuitive and spiritual nature of the individual, and that any person may become a revealer of Truth who lives inclose contact with the indwelling God.
Consciousness in control! 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 the Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of our thought and acts upon it.
Perfect health! We Believe in the healing of the sick through the Power of this Mind.
We are in the driver's seat! We Believe in the control of conditions through the Power of this Mind.
Eternally abundant life! We Believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all.
God is life, life is God! We Believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that the life of all is God.
What We Believe
by Ernest Holmes
was published in the first issue of
Science of Mind Magazine
October, 1927