What We Believe

"Change your thinking, Change your life..."

Dr. Ernest Holmes

As a Divine being, you are the master of your destiny.
This is the great message Science of Mind^® brings to people of all faiths. It is a fresh concept of religion as a life philosophy and a science. As a philosophy, Science of Mind^® presents a practical, down-to-earth way of thinking about the nature of the Universe and our relationship to it. As a religion, it presents a philosophy that is both mentally stimulating and emotionally satisfying. As a science, it presents specific and definite ideas which you can demonstrate for yourself and directly experience the benefits in your life.

In Science of Mind^®:

1. We see God as a presence that is everywhere, not a person.
 
2. We consider heaven to be a state of mind, not a place.
 
3. We believe that everyone's life is eternal and forever expanding.
 
4. We call God by different names such as Spirit or First Cause to help eliminate the gender prejudice associated with God The Father, and to see more accurately that there is One life back of everything that lives.
 
5. We practice, teach and use a form of affirmative prayer that we call Spiritual Mind Treatment. We do this to heal, improve and expand our experience of life.
 
6. We identify God's power as a loving and perfect intelligence from which everything is created.
 
7. We depend upon the goodness of God to internally guide and direct our actions with compassion, love and peace.
 
8. We believe evil is ignorance and that people can act in an evil manner because of their ignorance. We do not, however, believe evil is inherent in anything or a power separate from God.
 
9. We study the writings and lives of great spiritual thinkers/leaders such as Jesus, Moses, Emerson, Thoreau, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Buddha, Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Carl Jung, William James and more, in order to learn of Spirit's unlimited power for good.
 
10. We were founded by Dr. Ernest Holmes in the 1930's. He was a student and spiritual teacher who based his understanding of how life worked on the previously mentioned writers with a particular interest in the teachings of Jesus and Eastern Religions. He is the author of, The Science of Mind.
 
11. We see similarities in our teachings with distinguished contemporary writers such as Deepak Chopra, Joseph Campbell, Jean Huston, Matthew Fox, Wayne Dyer, Maya Angelou, Ophra Winfrey, and many others.
 
12. We consider ourselves a Spiritual New Thought approach to life, not New Age spiritualism. We emphasize and believe God to be a Universal Power for good that we can use to live peaceful, productive and creative lives. We believe that all of life is sacred, eternal and divinely guided.