I Believe

I believe in God: as Universal Presence, Infinite Spirit, whole, perfect and complete creative energy. This spirit energy, this essence, is pure love, pure joy, pure peace. It flows through and surrounds Its creation.

I believe God has called out a portion of Its creation as Its Chosen People and has given them a Promised Land. The Promised Land is called Planet Earth. God’s Chosen People are every human being on Earth.

I believe all people are incarnations of the Infinite Spirit and that each person is united forever with God at birth.

I believe I make God personal to the degree that I acknowledge and partake of Its presence within and around me.

I believe that feelings of separation from God are caused by my own limited thinking, and that spiritual entities often blamed for human problems —such as Satan — are illusions.

I believe God expresses Its truth through all religions, spiritual practices and holy writings and that all are unique expressions of the same universal truth.

I believe I am the embodiment of the pure love, joy and peace of God as I willingly partake of the revealed truth.

I believe in the Creative Mind of God through which God manifests Its thoughts and desires, as well as my thoughts and desires, into form. This Mind, or Law, always guides, heals and transforms as I allow it a channel to create through me.

I believe in the inexhaustible, loving abundance of God during my life on the physical plane and on the unknown levels of creation after my physical existence ends.

I believe my soul and spirit will continue to evolve forever in unity with God.

— Jim Bacon
March 29, 2004