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About Woodside Spiritual Center
Woodside
Spiritual Center's Pastor is Rev. Dr. Jaine Ryder. New Thought teaches that we live in a responsive, loving spiritual universe and that prayer produces definite results. It is a powerful, practical means of healing, of restoring harmony and balance to life, as well as of expressing joy and gratitude. The practice of prayer builds our faith in the goodness of life, and opens us to a continual awareness of the Presence of God. Our Practitioners are available to help you make positive changes in your life. For more information about Practitioners, click on the Practitioners link on the left. Our classes are available to help you learn to how to practice a more powerful spirituality in your life. For more information about our classes, click on the SOM Classes link on the left. What We BelieveReligious Scientists believe, very simply, that the Universe is fundamentally spiritual—it has intelligence, purpose, beauty and order. Whether we call it God, spirit, energy, or Universal Intelligence, every person, place and thing emanates from this spiritual universe. We believe this Universal Intelligence is within us, as well as around us, and that we are conscious of it. Our beliefs are in harmony with the basic tenets of all the world’s great religions. Religious Scientists believe that God is a loving Infinite Intelligence, operating through and in all of life, never separate from anyone or anything. Through classes and study we come to understand our oneness with this indwelling Divine Presence. The way of life we teach and practice is learning how to live in accordance with spiritual principles. These principles, or metaphysical laws, are as reliable as the laws of physical science. In the scientific aspect of Science of Mind®, we believe there is a body of knowledge about spiritual laws which operates in the Universe as Cause and Effect. We teach that "It is done unto you as you believe." Our thinking and our expectations create our reality. It is in studying and applying spiritual laws that we can change our unconscious beliefs and create improved conditions in our lives. Declaration of Principles When someone asks you, "What do you believe?", it sometimes seems easier to answer this question by listing all the things one does not believe. A reporter once asked our founder Dr. Ernest Holmes to put in his own words, briefly, what Religious Science teaches. His answer has become known as the Declaration of Principles. Religious Science or the Science of Mind® is all about awakening to our own inherent magnificence. The principles that follow have nothing to do with what we're against, for in truth, we're not against anything, but for something wonderful.
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