Divine Science Its
Principle and Practice
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Chapter 2 - Story of
Progress
“Science is exact knowledge, truth
ascertained, systematically arranged and
showing the operation of general
laws.”
--Webster
It is a well-known fact that an exact
science is based upon a universal,
unchanging principle with exact relations
and methods by which the principle is
expressed and proved. All conclusions
must be in harmony with the premise upon
which the science is based.
In general, the term science has not been
applied to religion, but with the growth
of the race, many are now demanding that
something as important as religion should
have as firm a foundation as the sciences
which men have learned to use and to
trust. Many no longer accept religion as
a family “hand-me-down” or as
something which is primarily of the
emotions. Religion must be dependable; it
must “work”; it must have an
absolute, unchanging principle with laws
that can be proved under every
circumstance and by which man can learn
to solve the problems of life and produce
correct and harmonious results.
Chapter
2
Basics
of Divine Science
One God
and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all. Eph.
4:6
Questions to direct your study
1. Why is Divine Science a
logical name for this teaching?
2. What advantage will the
student of Divine Science gain?
3. What is the fundamental
truth of Divine Science?
4. Explain “new
understanding brings new habits of
thought.” Illustrate.
5. How is evil to be
accounted for?
An organized teaching pertaining to God
and His manifestation in creation would
be known as divine knowledge, knowledge
of Truth. And when this knowledge is
based upon eternal God-Principle as the
source of all that is, it become a
science. Thus we have a divine science;
a science of unity of the Creator and
His creation; of God action and the
results; of existence proceeding from
God or Being. Hence the teaching of
Divine Science is classified knowledge
of Being manifesting in existence. It
is God expressing in creation. It is
the Creator revealed in the creature.
Its study will assure the individual a
true spiritual education and will
provide real advancement for the race
since society is a community of
individuals.
The foundation truth of Divine Science
is that limitless Being, God, is
equally present everywhere and is the
ALL of everything. God is pure Spirit,
absolute, changeless, eternal,
manifesting in all creation. “God
is everywhere, therefore God is here.
What God is is everywhere, therefore
what God is is here.”—Nona
Brooks. The logical conclusion is that
there can be no other presence than
God-presence; no other power than
God-power; no other knowledge than
God-knowledge. Therefore it is a
statement of truth to declare:
God is omnipresent.
God is omnipotent.
God is omniscient.
Omnipresent means all-presence; one and
only presence, all-enveloping presence
being everywhere at the same
time.
Omnipotence means all-power; one and
only power, almighty or infinite in
power.
Omniscience means all-science; one and
only knowledge, infinite
knowledge.
That which is omni-present fills all
space. That which fills all space
cannot be limited to form, but must
contain all form within itself and be
the substance of all form. Omnipresence
shows that all things live and move
within it; that their true Being has
neither beginning nor end of days, and
cannot be limited by either time, space
or conditions. Hence in reality it must
be eternal; it must be what has always
been and will always be; it must be
substance of all that is created.
Substance must be what God is, Spirit,
all good, for God omnipresent means God
everywhere present, as the principle
and source of all. All is good and can
be naught but good, for as changeless
as God Himself is His eternal
goodness.
Divine Science accepts the infinite
nature of God; accepts the one and only
substance, Spirit; accepts the one and
only presence, God, infinite Good;
accepts only one knowledge and power.
The acceptance of another substance
than Spirit would be the acceptance of
another presence, and if another
presence, then another knowledge and
power, all of which suppositions are
contrary to the fundamental principle
of the science that the one Being is
infinite Spirit and Changeless Good,
omnipresent, omnipotent, and
omniscient.
Since Spirit is omnipresent and
absolutely fills all and is infinite,
there can be no power of evil anywhere.
The consciousness of the supremacy and
changelessness of God, the Good,
excludes the belief in any opposing
presence or power, for opposites cannot
be in the same place at the same time.
Light and darkness, heat and cold,
sound and silence cannot fill the same
place at the same time; no more can
good and evil exist together.
Heretofore we may have thought that
evil had its place, for we have spoken
of good and evil as counterparts and
have given place in our thinking to
both of them. Now science leads us into
a more perfect understanding based not
upon past or future but upon the
Eternal. This understanding compels new
thinking and new speaking.
If Good is omnipresent, what become of
evil? What happens to the darkness
which fills a room when the light is
turned on? The darkness does not move
out and go somewhere else, it simply
does not exist in the presence of
light. Darkness is not a reality, it is
merely the absence of light. In the
same way when the individual thought is
centered upon the omnipresence of good,
evil thought does not move out and
continue to exist elsewhere; it simply
becomes nonexistent. Evil has no
reality within itself; it can have
existence only so long as an individual
supports it by his belief in it.
The belief in evil is a misconception
as to God’s being infinite, All
in All. It is a supposition of what
might be, were not God or Good, All.
Evil, therefore, cannot be real or
permanent; its foundation cannot be
Truth. Evil can never be a living
presence, a creation, or anything to
Spirit or God. It is nothing but a
belief that “misses the
mark,” “falls short of
truth.” To believe that a
knowledge of good and evil is an aid to
wisdom is to believe that the Source of
the universe is a contradiction. If the
Source and Cause of the universe, or
the expression of any quality of God is
composed of opposite, we may expect to
have contradictory experiences, no
peace on earth and no good will among
men. The supposition that there are two
powers, the reverse of each other, is
the underlying error of all errors.
This false claim is at the bottom of
all belief in separation from God the
Good. All incorrect judgment relative
to Supreme Being and man’s
subjection to all conditions of belief
is traceable to this untruthful
claim.
But since the nature of the Supreme
Being is Oneness, to think and believe
in this oneness is to exercise dominion
and have no contradictory experiences,
is to enjoy peace, and exercise good
will. We may have varied experiences,
but they will not be at cross-purposes;
they will all combine to constitute one
perfect and harmonious result. All
things will work together for good in
the consciousness of Truth.
Our next step is to fill our thoughts
and feelings with awareness of the One
Presence, One Knowledge, and One Power.
New understanding that brings new
thinking must result in new
realizations. “Because thou hast
made the Lord . . . . thy habitation
(habit of thought), there shall be no
evil befall thee.” Ps. 91:9, 10
We can learn how to make to Lord our
habitation; how to form the habit of
continuously thinking of the presence,
power, and knowledge of infinite Good
to the exclusion of every other
opinion. This awareness eliminates evil
from our thinking and dissipates every
false belief.
To realize that One is All is to know
that the unity of Good is the basis of
knowledge, health, happiness, and
satisfaction. The nature of Divine
Being can be realized only giving it
expression and embodying it in our
thoughts, words, and deeds. We think
and make manifest only as much Truth as
we acknowledge. It follows then that
with faith each individual may start
from where he is a present and
gradually come to realize that perfect
satisfaction for which he hungers and
thirsts.
Statements of
Truth
God the Good is omnipresent.
God omnipresent means Good everywhere
present.
My good is ever-present.
The knowledge that God is all in all
eliminates all fear.
A mind entered upon good has no false
beliefs.
Since God is infinite there is no place
for anything contrary to God. ALL IS
GOOD.
Questions for Review and
Discussion
1. Give clear explanations
of omnipresence, omnipotence, and
omniscience.
2. How does the
omnipresence of God prove the unreality
of evil?
3. Divine Science accepts
the infinite ____________.
Divine Science accepts the one and only
substance, __________.
Divine Science accepts the one and only
presence, __________.
4. Why has man had such
contradictory experiences?
5. What is the proof that
one has accepted Divine Science
principles?
Chapter 3
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Divine Science - Its
Principle and Practice from the writings
of Nona Brooks and Malinda
Cramer
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