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.
Thanks for your share, I am interested in seeing how quickly Myrtle made the connection and link between physical healing and prosperity.
ReplyDeleteI always thought that Charles had made a ton of money and then Charles and Myrtle founded Unity. I thought since they had so much money it was easy for them to go on"The love offering" basis. But when I read a little about their past, it seems that the real estate industry went through roller coasters just as it does now. Sometimes Charles was up and sometimes his bank account was down. Unity was founded in the time when Charles and Myrtle or not flush with cash. So it took guts and faith to go on"the love offering" basis.
It will be interesting to see how quickly Myrtle saw the linkage.
Thanks Rick. Certainly something to think about. Perhaps once she saw first hand what she could achieve (her healing) through the power of faith she decided to extend that to all areas of her life; including prosperity. The "love offering" basis as you indicate, certainly took a lot of guts and faith!
DeleteI particularly liked the way you brought into the discussion the idea of "constant" order, harmony, health and so forth. One-time healing is one thing. Living a life that is always healed and whole is another! Thank you, Leah.
ReplyDeleteThanks Doug. While it is often difficult, we must be ever vigilant if we are to live our truth.
DeleteLeah, Your share has the feel of grace and calm. I look forward to being in classes with you!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of your post is: "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." It is so true that Myrtle was only sharing what she had come to know through experience and therefore wanted others to experience the power of affirmations and denials as well. She knew she hadn't "invented" it or that she was the first to discover it. She made no such claim. Only that it worked for her so it might work for others. Thank goodness she didn't stay quiet about it!
I really enjoyed your post. I believe you summed Myrtle up well in describing her passion for prayer, healing, Truth, affirmations, denials health and prosperity. You hit on all the highlights of Myrtle's passions. Ending in consciousness was perfect. Bravo!
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