"Lessons in Truth: A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity" is the core text on Unity Church teachings and it is one of the best representatives of New Thought philosophy. The spiritual models presented in Dr. Cady's lessons show us how to enhance our confidence and inner power, and improve our spiritual development. In the beginning of 1892, a series of articles titled Lessons in Truth by Dr. Cady were published in Unity magazine. This material later was compiled into a book and it was the first book Unity published. It is now the most widely read book in that movement and it has been translated into eleven languages and braille. Harriet Emilie Cady (1848-1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings. She was inspired and influenced by Biblical teachings and the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She was taught by Emma Curtis Hopkins, the New Thought «teacher of teachers» and a student of Christian Science. Cady associated with several prominent figures in the New Thought movement of the time and Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of Unity Church.
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H. Emilie Cady. Lessons in Truth: A Course of 12 Lessons in Practical Christianity
Lessons in Truth: A Course of 12 Lessons in Practical Christianity
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Table of Contents
Lesson 1. BONDAGE OR LIBERTY, WHICH?
Lesson 2. STATEMENT OF BEING
Lesson 3. THINKING
Lesson 4. DENIALS
Lesson 5. AFFIRMATIONS
Lesson 6. FAITH
Lesson 7. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUALITY
Lesson 8. SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING
Lesson 9. THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH
Lesson 10. FINDING THE SECRET PLACE
Lesson 11. SPIRITUAL GIFTS
Lesson 12. UNITY OF THE SPIRIT
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H. Emilie Cady
Lesson Two — Statement of Being
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23. Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power. No one can grow in either spiritual knowledge or power without it. Practice the presence of God just as you would practice music. No one would ever dream of becoming a master in music except by spending some time daily alone with music. Daily meditation alone with God focuses the divine presence within us and brings it to our consciousness.
24. You may be so busy with the doing, the outgoing of love to help others (which is unselfish and Godlike as far as it goes), that you find no time to go apart. But the command, or rather the invitation, is "Come ye yourselves apart . . . and rest a while" (Mk. 6:31). And it is the only way in which you will ever gain definite knowledge, true wisdom, newness of experience, steadiness of purpose, or power to meet the unknown, which must come in all daily life. Doing is secondary to being. When we are consciously the Truth, it will radiate from us and accomplish the works without our ever running to and fro. If you have no time for this quiet meditation, make time, take time. Watch carefully, and you will find that there are some things, even in the active unselfish doing, which would better be left undone than that you should neglect regular meditation.
