A Unity Point of View

NATURE OF GOD
God is not a person that is somewhere. God is Spirit that is everywhere present and only good. God expresses as the life, love, intelligence and power which permeates all creation.

NATURE OF MAN / WOMAN
There are three aspects to the nature of man/woman. We are spirit (our Divine Christ identity), soul (the sum of our thoughts and feelings), and body (the physical expression of our souls).

JESUS CHRIST
In Unity, Jesus is recognized as our Wayshower. He understood His own divine nature, which is the Christ, and He provides for us the true example of how each human being is capable of becoming more Christlike.

MEDITATION & PRAYER
Meditation is the process of listening to the 'still small voice' of God within us. Prayer is the process of aligning our daily thoughts and attitudes with the positive revelations that come in our quiet times of meditation.

THE BIBLE
The Bible was written over an extremely long period of time, by different authors who were expressing various degrees of spiritual understanding. Although the writings were, no doubt, divinely inspired, they were not written with the intention that they would become sacred scriptures; the authors were influenced by the cultural circumstances and needs of the times. Clearly this collection of writings reveals the unfolding nature of man's understanding of God. Embodied in the Bible are universal principles which can provide inspiration and guidance for living. The written word, however, should not be mistaken for the teachings of the inner Spirit of Truth, which Jesus said "will teach you all things.' (John 14:26) In Unity, we do not interpret the Bible literally-, instead we study the deeper meanings and messages that can be found in these historical writings, and we look for ways that these meanings can be applied in our daily lives.

HEAVEN
Jesus taught that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us (Luke 17:21). Heaven is an experience which is immediately available to us whenever we align our souls (thoughts and feelings) with the awareness of our divine inner nature and our oneness with God,

HELL
Hell, like heaven, is an experience which is always "available" to us. When we allow circumstances or appearances to interrupt our awareness of our oneness with God, then our lives begin to reflect a sense of separation. Hell is the experience of "not-at-one4 with God.

SIN AND EVIL
Sin can be best understood as error thinking. Any thought that does not reflect our oneness with God or the divine nature of man/woman is an error thought. Error thinking can lead to conditions of lack or limitation in our lives, such as sickness or poverty. These "evils" (limiting conditions) can be erased from our lives through correct thinking.