What We Believe, by Ernest Holmes

We believe in God, the Living Spirit, Almighty; One, Indestructible, Absolute, and Self-Existent Cause. This One manifests Itself in and through all creation, but is not absorbed by Its creation. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outvome of the self-knowingness of God.
We believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in us, and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit. We believe in the eternality, the immortality, and continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding. We believe that heaven is within us, and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
We believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete emancipation from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be obtained by all.We believe in the unity if life and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. We believe that God is presonal to all who feel this indwelling Presence.

We believe in the healing of the sick through the power of the Mind. We believe in the control of conditions through the power of the Mind. We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all. We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that our life is God.