The Divine Ideal
Ernest Holmes

Divine Ideas are the ideas of God. The Divine Ideal is the perfect image held forever in the Mind of God. The perfect body, the spiritual body, is the fulfillment of the Divine Ideal and is the Real Man which all of us hope to manifest. This is the pattern by which we try to bring out perfection in our lives. In each one of us, there exists the Divine Image of ultimate perfection, for God indwells everything which He creates.

Excerpted from The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, Tarcher/Penguin publisher.

Meditation
Ernest Holmes

I know there is a Power for Good which is responding to me and bringing into my experience everything that is necessary to my unfoldment, to my happiness, to my peace, to my health, and to my success. I know there is a Power for Good that enables me to help others and to bless the whole world.

So I say quietly to myself: There is one Life, that Life is God, that Life is perfect, that Life is my Life now. It is flowing through me, circulating in me. I am one with Its rhythm. My heart beats with the pulsation of the Universe, in serenity, in peace, and in joy. My whole physical being is animated by the Divine Spirit, and if there is anything in it that does not belong, it is cast out because there is One Perfect Life in me now. 

Excerpted from Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, DeVorss and Company publishers.

Happy Mother’s Day!

The second Sunday in May is fast approaching—the day designated by Presidential Proclamation in 1914 as a holiday in which to honor mothers. This year, we celebrate Mother’s Day on May 12. Beloved frequent Science of Mind contributor Margaret Stortz, a mother herself, has some thoughts on what it means to be a mother, and she shares her thoughts here, with our readers, and in a delightful new book Essays on Everything—From the Sublime to the Ridiculous with a Little in Between.

Click here to read “On Mothers” by Margaret Stortz and enjoy a delightful preview of her newly published book.

Finding True Refuge
Tara Brach

Readers who enjoyed Tara Brach’s feature “Beyond the Veil of Beliefs,” Science of Mind May 2013, won’t want to miss this video in which she shares her own story of how meditation helps her to move beyond limiting beliefs to find peace and refuge every day as she learns to live with a genetic condition that affects her mobility.

Click here to learn more about Tara Brach’s personal journey.

Click here to experience a guided meditation led by Tara Brach and discover your own true refuge.

Acclaimed Songwriter Julian Lennon
Releases First Single in Fifteen Years.

Julian Lennon turned fifty on April 8, 2013. On April 9, he released a new single “Someday,” the debut single from his upcoming album Everything Changes. “Someday” has a timeless message: “We’re all in it together / One love, now and forever.” Listeners will find themselves drawn to the song’s mystical Eastern influence, compelling lyrics, and elegant strings. In “Someday,” Julian teams up with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and the result is a powerful blend of haunting strings and soothing harmonies. In reflecting on his newest creative effort, Lennon comments, "2013 highlights another year of inspiration for me in regards to music, photography, and philanthropy, and ‘Someday’ is a reflection of that.”

Click here to see the stunning video for “Someday.”