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Membership In Unity

I'm glad to inform you that in recent weeks more people have made a decision to become members of our church family. I think it's a good thing that people took time to think about membership in Unity in Silver Spring before rushing blindly into membership.

A New Member's Ceremony is scheduled for September 18th.

Sermon Summary #3--Are You The Only One In This Truth?

Over the years I've heard it time and time again: "It would be nice if my husband (or wife) was into this Truth as well." Sometimes I hear it like this: "My brother is having such a hard time...if only he was into this things would be so much better for him."

BE THE PRINCIPLE How do you get those you care about to be interested in these spiritual principles? One sure way is for you to BE the PRINCIPLE in your daily living. This will cause your friends to say, "What is it that you are doing? I want some of that." There's your open door for discussion. But that's the lightweight stuff.

ONLY ONE MIND Reader, you know one of the basic principles is that there is only ONE MIND--just one. This Mind is Truth Itself. This Mind is spiritual illumination. But more than that, this Mind is the Mind of everyone that you know and even those that you don't know. It is the ONLY MIND.

If you would stay with the Truth that EVERYONE KNOWS THE TRUTH OF GOD'S ALLNESS; EVERYONE LOVES THE TRUTH OF GOD'S ALLNESS; EVERYONE ENJOYS THE TRUTH OF GOD'S ALLNESS, you will be surprised at how friends and relatives begin to take a sudden interest in Truth. And those of you reading this that are a part of our congregation, if we all held to this daily, we would see the church bursting at the seams with new visitors and members.

Sermon Summary -Truth Not Working

I hear it all the time, particularly before folk leave the church: "I've stayed with Truth for many years but I don't get any results. What's happening here?"

It's not possible. Anyone who claims to have stayed with Truth (for any amount of time) without getting results never started with Truth. Let's start with our Lessons In Truth textbook. What does it say? "We must learn to lose sight of results that are the 'loaves and fishes'...and let results take care of themselves." Yes, this goes against the grain of a lot of metaphysical mumbo jumbo that has made folk demonstration-drunk in recent years . Nevertheless, you must take your mind off of the results. Why? What is the basic premise of Truth? God (Absolute Goodness or Perfection) Is All. Absolute Perfection is EVIDENCE. Anyone focused on getting results is starting with the problem and hoping Truth can eliminate it. It never works. You can go to as many classes, in as many churches as you want, but as long as your focus is on the problem (to do anything with it) nothing will work. Okay...maybe for a few weeks, and then you are facing the same ol problem again. To end right, you have to start right. Instead of starting with the problem, be it lack, pain, sickness, or ignorance, start with God's Allness as All that there is. Yes, even right where the problem seems to be. If you start with God's perfection, you end with God's Perfection. Start with a seeming problem, and it never seems to go away.

Summary #1 (One Mind)

Rather than sum up last Sunday's sermon (July 31) in one posting, I am sending out one summary point each day for the remainder of this week.

Perhaps you are feeling, "Had someone exposed this Truth to me as a child, I would not be spending my adulthood trying to disbelieve in the make-pretend powers of disease, lack, limitation, etc." Now, you want to make sure your child (or grandchild) gets this Truth as soon as possible. What can you do? The basic teaching in Unity is that there is only one Mind--the Divine Mind. This Mind knows that God (absolute Goodness) is the only Presence and Power. Your job is to know that this Mind is your child's only Mind right now. Stop believing that she/he has an undeveloped child's mind that must "get" this Truth. There is no such Mind. DAILY praise the all-knowing Mind as your child's only Mind right now. This will do wonders.