The Life of All Is God
Ernest Holmes

All People are not only a center of God Consciousness; they are immortal beings, forever expanding, forever spiraling upward, forever growing in spiritual stature. Not some people, but all people are immortal, for everyone will finally overcome or transcend any misuse of the Law which they have made in their ignorance. Complete redemption must come alike to all.

What transformations must ensue, what changes of consciousness must take place before that is finally brought about, the finite has not yet grasped, but through the whisperings of divine intuition, we know that even though we now see as through a glass darkly, we shall someday behold Reality face to face. We shall be satisfied when we consciously awake in the likeness of that Divinity which shapes our ends.

We are all in the process of spiritual evolution, but there is certainty behind us, certainty before us, and certainty with us at every moment. The Eternal Light will break through to wherever we permit It. Potentially, everything that is to be exists now, but our spiritual vision has not yet become completely in tune with the Infinite. This is the high task set before us; this is the deathless hope implanted in our mind by the Divine.

The trials and troubles of human experience; blind groping of the finite toward the Infinite; the sickness, poverty, death, uncertainty, fear, and doubt that accompany us constitute the cross upon which we must offer, as a sacrifice to our ignorance, that which does not belong to the Kingdom of Good. But from this cross something triumphant will emerge, for as Emerson said, “The infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.”

Shall we not, then, go forth with joy to meet the new day, endeavoring so to embody the Spirit of Christ that the Divine in us shall rise triumphant, resurrected, to live forever in the City of God? More could not be asked than that which the Divine has already delivered; less should not be expected.

Excerpted from What Religious Science Teaches by Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind Publishing.

Youth Perspective at Science of Mind Online

Science of Mind magazine is proud to announce that a new feature will be added to our online magazine. Starting with this April issue, a Youth Perspective column will present inspirational articles written by young people in our teaching. This month, Justine Volkman, a member of the Centers for Spiritual Living Youth Leadership Team, shares insights into the power of positive thought and the social media. Justine is a member of Mile Hi Church and attends Chapman University in Orange, California.

Click here to read Justine’s column.

Connecting in Oneness

Also online, Rev. Cynthia James and Dr. Jordan Paul share their reflections on the success of their online radio program Connections Radio. 

Click here to listen to uplifting programs from Connections Radio.

A Call to Conscious Evolution: Our Moment of Choice
From Evolutionary Leaders

The human family is in the midst of the most significant transformation of consciousness since its emergence in Africa over one hundred thousand years ago. Consciousness has been evolving for billions of years from the first cell to us. We are becoming aware that through our own consciousness the universe can know itself. This awareness reveals incredible new potential for our individual and collective humanity.

Simultaneously, we are the first species on this Earth aware that we can destroy ourselves by our own action. This may be the greatest wake-up call to the evolution of consciousness since the origin of Homo sapiens.

We now realize that we are affecting our own evolution by everything we do. This knowledge awakens in us the aspiration to become more conscious through subjective practices including meditation, reflection, prayer, intuition, creativity, and conscious choice-making that accelerate our evolution in the direction of unity consciousness and inspire us to deeply align our collective vision.

The Challenge
At this juncture in human history, urgent global crises challenge us to learn to live sustainably, in harmony and gratitude with one another and with the living universe. The changes required of humanity are broad, deep, and far reaching. Only by acting swiftly and creatively can we birth a planetary culture that will bring well-being to every form of life in the Earth community.

The good news is that a compelling new story of our potential as a whole human species is emerging—a story of collaboration, citizen action, dialogue, and new understandings propelled by unprecedented levels of democratic freedom, multicultural exchange, and access to communication technologies. It is nothing less than the story of our collective evolution.

Together, let us co-create a new narrative of conscious evolution that is a call to individual and collective action, birthing the most significant transformation of consciousness in history. Join in the Call to Conscious Evolution.

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