I live the truth i know

​I live the truth I know – putting our principles into practice
 
Unity’s five principle invite us to:

• Know that God is Absolute good, without opposite and everywhere present
• Human beings are also spiritual beings. Our very essence is of God and so we, too, are inherently good
• Human beings create their experiences by the activity of their thinking (conscious and sub-conscious thoughts and feelings that dictate our response to events happening around and to us)
• Prayer and meditation heighten our connection with God-Mind to bring forth everything good (for everyone everywhere)
• Knowing and understanding these principles is not enough – we must live the truth we know

 
One or more of these principles is always covered when we share any Unity discussion, study class, meeting or talk, as each one is core to our teaching and practice.
 
For me personally, I relate so much with Jesus’ statement, ‘I and the father are one’ (John 10:30). To live life remembering this as my truth as well, invites me to let go of personal burdens or needs; invites me to rest, abide, in God-experience. This sets me free.
 
However, I also know that if I am to engage with this as a truth statement, I must live my life in response to this. This is quite a claim and to be honest, quite a feat.
 
To know my oneness with God is also to know your oneness with God. If we live in oneness with God and each other, there can be no opposition, no blame, no judgement; no form of attack. How can there by when we know we are one? I would only be hurting myself.
 
This is truly a daily practice – I am a work in progress!
 
For I recognise that the daily practice of living these principles calls me to let go of my human responses and connect with the spiritual Self that knows only oneness.
 
Therefore, my daily practice has become one of letting go – of blame, resentment, condemnation, criticism when things do not go the way I want. Even when I witness the tragedy of war, with so many innocent people hurt or killed.
 
In Silent Unity, our prayers and hearts go out to everyone impacted by the conflict between Israel and Gaza and indeed any conflict. At the same time, my response has to be – how can I bring peace into the world instead of conflict? The answer must be, by living peace, being peace and responding as peace: living the truth I know.
 
This is why I write, living the truth is perhaps the hardest thing to do. Yet as we make this our practice, it does get easier, I promise. We start to live in a new way that brings blessings of peace, life and love, which can only be good for everyone.