A Truth seeker, Myrtle Fillmore placed God at the
forefront of her life. She believed that
God is the Source of all good and through God all things are possible. As a result, she incorporated prayer and spending
time in the Silence as part of her daily spiritual practice. She believed that it
was through prayer that one could change one’s thoughts, and thereby open one’s
heart to God’s omnipresent good. Further, she believed that it was imperative to
spend quiet time in contemplation each day.
She saw this quiet time as an opportunity to center oneself,
to be an inexhaustible supply of life and substance.
That critical source or substance played an equally important
part in Myrtle’s life as it pertains to healing. It was her contention that in order to be
truly healed one had to first forget whatever limitations one had previously
harbored or embraced and change one’s thought processes. Further, one had to have complete faith in
God if healing was to take place.
Myrtle’s faith in the healing process appears to have extended
to her belief in prosperity. She believed
that to be prosperous, one must first
comply with laws that are revealed by the Spirit of truth within; such rich
consciousness leads to continuous healing as well as prosperity and abundance. Further, she felt that if one lived a Christ life
then one could expect to attract blessings of all sorts, and there was no need
to worry about financial matters or anything that could have an adverse impact
on one’s life.
As Myrtle became more entrenched or centered in her theology,
denials coupled with affirmations were central in all aspects of her life. She denied the existence of sin, of evil,
and of hell. Instead, she embraced truth
as she knew, and used it. She did not embrace
the doctrine of Methodism to which her parents were staunch believers, nor did
she embrace the concept of hell or of a vengeful God. What Myrtle did embrace and affirm,
however, was the truth that anyone could use, practice and get similar
results. It is the same today or
tomorrow; no matter when used. She
embraced wholeheartedly a God of love, an omnipresent, omniscience God.
In order to know constant harmony, constant order,
constant success, and constant health, Myrtle believed that one had to keep one’s
mind in tune with God Mind. Further, she
believed that to know the word of God is a cause for individual rejoicing
because the person is now embracing truth, and words of Truth should be
spoken and received with joy and with love.
That is its power. God is Truth, and we are an expression of that Truth;
we are children of God.
Finally, Myrtle believed that to make daily declarations
of unity between both the spiritual and physical life is to express harmony in
the ideas of the Christ Mind. Moreover,
she believed that development of the twelve powers inherent in the body would
lead to Christ consciousness.
