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Unity arouses interest in our spiritual
nature. It whets our desire to find
out what our true relationship with God
is. It poses questions to which we must
seek understandable answers.
Each of us is a unique spiritual
creation, a divine original with his
or her own special God-given spark,
capable of becoming a channel for God's
love to pour forth into the world. That is
God's plan. It is up to us to get into
harmony with it.
Unity says that other spiritually
illumined persons - ministers,
priests, or religious teachers - can help
one get started on the right path to
finding God, but ultimately each person
must find God individually.
Unity believes that there is good in
every religion, and that we should
keep our minds open so that we may find
that good when the opportunity is
presented. In keeping with this attitude,
people of various religions the world over
find good in the practical Christian
principles taught and advocated by
Unity.
Unity has no strict creed or
dogma. One might describe Unity as a
religious philosophy with an open end,
seeking to find God's truth in all of
life, wherever it may be.
Unity has grown almost entirely by
word-of-mouth. Individuals who have
been helped by its ideas have told others.
Unity has been an interesting religious
phenomenon, a religion that has spread
throughout the world with no missionaries.
A powerful agent in spreading the Unity
ideas has been Silent Unity, the prayer
ministry of Unity School. It began in 1890
and is probably the largest group of
people united in prayer in the world.
Unity has ministers and teachers in many
cities and many countries. They are there
because people in those cities and
countries read the literature and became
so interested and excited about it that
they insisted on forming groups to study
Unity.
Yes, life can become a thrilling
adventure. Unity helps us on this
magnificent journey by arousing our
curiosity about our spiritual nature; by
telling us how to be open and receptive to
our good; by helping us to learn to pray
successfully; and by making God a
full-time partner in our living
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