Frequently Asked Questions

We encourage you to explore and apply Unity teachings based on your own spiritual understanding. We believe this spiritual understanding is enhanced through reflective prayer and meditation.

First: God, Divine Mind, is the Source and Creator of all. The nature of God is absolute good; therefore, all manifestations partake of good. What is called "evil" is a limited or incomplete expression of God or good. Evil's origin is ignorance.

Second: We are spiritual beings, ideas in the Mind of God, created in God's image and likeness. The ideal expression for every human being is the pattern every person is seeking to bring forth. Each individual manifests the Christ in his or her own unique fashion, different for each person.

Third: Jesus was a special person in history who expressed perfection and thereby became the Christ, or Jesus Christ. He was a Teacher who demonstrated the importance of thoughts, words, and deeds in shaping the life and world of the individual.

Fourth: Jesus' teaching was based on prayer, conscious communion with God. Use of the spoken word, the creative power of God, is made practical through denials and affirmations. 

Unity teaches that repeated use of statements of Truth (denials and affirmations) while one is aligned in the Spirit of the Christ, establishes right patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. In this way, we aim to use the creative power of God to take dominion over mind, body, and affairs.

Yes, Unity teaches that the spirit of God lived in Jesus, just as it lives in every person.

Every person has the potential to express the perfection of Christ as Jesus did, by being more Christlike in everyday life.

 The Bible is Unity's basic textbook.  Unity finds deep significance in the Bible through its metaphysical interpretation, wherein names of places and people and their experiences symbolize the unfoldment of human consciousness.

Through the study of Unity, the Bible comes alive when it is understood as a clear and helpful guide for today's experiences. The Bible reveals the spirit of Truth and the word of God. Holy Spirit, working individually through those who study Scripture and listen within, is the final authority in spiritual awakening.