Here are some writings on Healing and Love,
by Ernest Holmes, the Founder of Science of Mind
January 21, 1887 - April 7, 1960

One Healing Agency

Spiritual mind healing has long since passed the experimental stage. There are now millions of people all over the world who bear witness to this fact. But in dealing with the Power greater than we are, and the Law of Good which we can use, we do not deny that people are sick or that they often need medical attention. Spiritual mind healing should in no way seek either to criticize, obstruct, or deny the benefits of medicine, surgery, proper diet, or sanitation.

There is but one final healing agency in the universe. The medical doctor employs this healing power through surgery to remove an infected area or medications to heal conditions which prevent the patient from being healthy. The psychoanalyst delves into the subconscious mind of the patient in order to align the patient's mental condition in such a way that a universal healing power can do its work without interruption.

The physician and the psychotherapist know they do not heal people; they simply assist, and nature does the healing. This healing power exists at the center of everyone's being and therefore is always available. Just as the physician and the psychotherapist have developed certain techniques for using this healing agency effectively, so there are definite techniques for using the healing power of Spirit.

There are spiritual techniques of healing that can be added to every known system of therapy. These techniques are simple, easy to understand, and anyone can apply them for oneself or others.

The Only Reality

Love is a language which is universal, interpreted through every living soul and understood by all. Love will find the solution to every problem, will answer every question, and will ultimately vanquish every foe. Love begets tolerance; tolerance begets understanding, and understanding which is able to put itself in the other person's place.

Love is unity, understanding, harmony. It is as necessary to the well-being of the soul as food is for the strength of the body. A life which is starved of love, which knows no affection, is unnatural and abnormal. Love would sit within every person, flowing through and permeating one's entire being. We truly live in its atmosphere when we meet people through whom love radiates. A unity is formed, harmony is created, and we desire to be in their presence.

Love is a synonym for God; and God is love, the universal outpouring of the Spirit through law, wisdom, life and action. God knows us in love: we know God only through love. When we love humanity we are loving God, in and through others.

It is impossible to enter a state of peace without love. Love is the only reality there is.