THE FIVE BASIC PRINCIPLES
These Principles encompass the five basic ideas of Unity teachings, and are intended to reflect the universal spiritual principles taught in most of the world's religions.
God is all good, and active in everything, everywhere.
God is Absolute Good, and omnipresent. God is not an external entity — God is the Spark within us all. This Spark is an infinite resource of inspiration and guidance.
According to Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore: “God is not a person who has set creation in motion and gone away and left it to run down like a clock. God is Spirit, infinite Mind, the immanent force and intelligence everywhere manifest in nature. God is the silent voice that speaks into visibility all the life there is.”
We are naturally good because God’s Divinity is in us and everyone.
We have a spark of divinity within us, the Christ Spirit within. Our very essence is of God, and therefore we are also inherently good. Jesus’ one commandment was to love. Therefore, we embrace God as divine love within each of us. We are the Light, Life, and Love of God in expression.
We create our life experiences through our way of thinking and believing.
We create our experiences by the activity of our thinking. Everything in the manifest realm has its beginnings in thought. Our thoughts are prayers, and we are always praying. We do not manifest every thought we have – only those thoughts that we hold onto and focus our energy on.
Through affirmative prayer and meditation, we connect with God
and bring out the good in our lives.
Prayer is the most creative form of thought; prayer heightens the conscious connection with God-Mind and therefore brings forth wisdom, wholeness, prosperity and everything good. Prayer is not a way to bargain with God, but a way to connect with the Divine Mind within ourselves for insight.
We do and give our best by living the Truth we know. We make a difference.
Knowing and understanding the laws of life, also called Truth, are not enough. We must also live the Truth that we know. This is the basis of practical Christianity – the ability and willingness to live our beliefs, not just speak them.