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The Power Of Your Word

In Charles Fillmore's metaphysical classic The Twelve Powers, he delineates twelve inner creative faculties with which each one of us is divinely endowed. Among these are the powers of love, faith, imagination, understanding, wisdom and will. We also have powers of strength, order, renunciation, zeal and life. The last of these twelve powers is the power of power itself, which is associated with the creative power of your word. No, that is not a misprint. As Fillmore sees it, you and I have a...

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These Truths Are Made For Walking

This is the ninth and final installment in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series exploring how to live the Unity Principles in our lives. In this article, we conclude with an exploration of Unity’s Fifth Principle, which I style as the call to action principle. Living the fifth principle is how we demonstrate the truth we know and how we express our creative power and spiritual potential. What Does the Fifth Principle Actually Say? As with the previous articles, I have been using two different...

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Affirmative Prayer & The Power of Yes

In this 8th installment in the "Walking the Unity Talk" series, we conclude our exploration of Unity Principle #4, which focuses on the creative power found in silent meditation and affirmative prayer. In this week's installment, we focus on the value of using affirmative prayer as a vehicle for creative thinking, and the means for demonstrating our divine creative power. Through meditation and affirmative prayer, we enhance our awareness of our fundamental oneness and connection with...

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The Power of Silent Meditation

In this 7th installment of the "Walking the Unity Talk" series, we begin exploring Unity Principle #4, which focuses on the creative power found in silent meditation and affirmative prayer. In this week's installment, we highlight the value of time spent in silent meditation. Next week, we will conclude our look at the Fourth Unity Principle with a similar exploration of affirmative prayer. Two Different Statements of One Universal Truth As a reminder, in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series, I...

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Teach Only Love

It could be said that the main purpose of A Course In Miracles [ACIM] is to teach the lessons necessary for us to learn how to teach only love. ACIM does not aim to teach the "meaning of love," which it maintains is "beyond what can be taught." However, it does aim to teach us how to "remove the blocks to the awareness of love's presence" in order that we may know the love we are. It achieves this aim through a combination of both theoretical and practical lessons. However, ACIM repeatedly...

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What Are Emotional & Spiritual Intelligence?

In this 6th installment of the “Walking The Unity Talk” series, we continue exploring Unity Principle #3, while linking it to the popular ideas of emotional and spiritual intelligence that are increasingly influencing Unity and New Thought teachings. This particular installment owes a debt of gratitude to Bonnie Gale, LUT and Spiritual Leader of Unity of Lake Travis, for her contributions in inspiring the idea on emotions and the role they play in our spiritual development. Unity Principle #3...

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As We Think and Feel, So Are We

In this fifth installment in the "Walking the Unity Talk" series, we explore the historical origins of Unity Principle #3, which focuses on the creative power of the thoughts and feelings we hold in mind. By "creative power," I mean the power and influence that our thoughts and feelings have in creating the reality we experience, whether it be positive or negative. As A Man Thinketh In 1903, James Allen first published his influential, pocket-sized book, As a Man Thinketh. Written in the style...

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Do You Really Believe?

This is the fourth installment in the “Walking the Unity Talk” series exploring Unity Principles. In this week’s article, I review and summarize the first and second principles, while setting the stage for the exploration of Unity’s third principle. In the introduction to this series (which you can read here), I stated that the entire series is guided by two fundamental questions: Do I really believe Unity's Five Principles are true? If yes, then what am I going to do to live that truth? Do...

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In The Image and Likeness

This week, I continue the blog series "Walking the Unity Talk" with this third installment titled "In The Image And Likeness," which explores Unity Principle #2. As before, I will compare UCOH's statement of this key truth principle with the one articulated by Rev. Ellen Debenport in her book, The Five Principles: A Guide To Practical Spirituality. We will continue exploring the deeper truth implied by Unity principles, and offering some thoughts on how to more fully live the power...

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One Power, One Presence

Last week, I introduced a new blog series I am calling "Walking the Unity Talk." In this second installment of the series, I explore Unity Principle #1, which states, "There is only One Power and One Presence in the Universe and in my life. God the Good, Omnipotent." Specifically, we will take a look at what it means to really believe the truth implied by this principle, and explore what it might look like to fully live its truth in the world. A Brief Reminder About Unity Principles Before we...

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