Unity of LO Lesson

The Prayer Way to Health, Wealth & Happiness

By Lowell Fillmore

The Unity of All Things

 Unity in Spirit is the goal that all men are seeking to attain. Few of us realize that this is our ultimate divine goal in life, although most of us do agree that there is strength in unity and that: "United we stand, divided we fall." The principle underlying the strength that is found in unity applies also to the unification of the departments of an individual's being as well as to the harmonious unification of the people in a nation.

 There is more to man than we perceive with our senses, for he is really a threefold being made up of spirit, mind, and body. When these three departments of a man's being are united in purpose and understanding, he will be able to understand and profit by the full and deeper meaning set forth in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

 Even the disciples of Jesus sometimes found His sayings difficult to understand, because spiritual experiences cannot be clearly described in worldly language. Jesus therefore often used parables to help make the meaning of His teachings clearer.

 The following words, which Jesus spoke to His disciples concerning their spiritual nature and their relationship to God, were hard for them to comprehend intellectually. "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you." Here Jesus was referring to the spiritual nature of man's unity with the Father. Words are inadequate to describe such things. 

 Jesus explained that His teachings could be successfully applied by all persons who would comply with the spiritual laws of being. He did not limit their application to His disciples, for He said; "Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me; and I in thee, that they also may be in us."

 He described a spiritual state of unity between God and man that is beyond the understanding of the worldly minded individual. Jesus spoke in the following words of the glory of Christ, who is the perfect spiritual man, created in the image and likeness of God: "And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we are one.... for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."

 Jesus is often referred to as our Elder Brother, and so He proved Himself to be, for He set an example before us to show us how we may also reach the divine goal of unity. He did this by lifting up His mind and body and unifying them with His spiritual Christ self in God. All men must eventually follow Jesus' example and demonstrate their oneness with Christ in God. Our goal is to become spiritually aware of our oneness is spirit, soul, and body in our own being and also aware of our oneness with God and Christ, as Jesus did. The Christ, speaking through Jesus, said; "I and the Father are one."

 Jesus came to show us that we are also one with God and His perfect Son, Christ, and that we can become aware of our unity by believing that we do live in spirit and in truth with Christ in God. 

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Weekly Quote

"As is the human body, so is the cosmic body,

As is the human mind, so is the cosmic mind. 

As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm

As is the atom, so is the universe."

By: Upanishads 

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