This is a great book that can help everyone in their life in one way or another. It is the textbook for the classes that I am taking at my church and it has helped me to get closer to God in many ways. I am sure that this book, in conjunction with other religious books (i.e. the bible) are going to help me to lead a productive and happy life. I would highly recommend reading this book, however it must be done with an open mind that is serious about learning.

I won't get into a lengthy explanation of Science Of Mind. You can go to the great SOM website for that. As some reviews pointed out there are many roads to Mecca. Science of Mind just happens to be mine. This particular book is meant to be a text book on SOM. It's not exactly a great introduction to read on your own. I would suggest buying it and taking a Foundation class in your are or on line. For an introduction to SOM try one of his shorter more conversational books like "Can We Talk to God," "This thing called You" or "This thing Called Life." As for the reviews advising to try another religion or philosophy, I just don't get it. If this is not for you, cool. But what kind of person would I be if I went to Hindu or Muslim books and slammed them for not being SOM? I think it would be odd behavior. And yes, he wrote in the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s so the writings reflect the lingo of the times. But that doesn't bother me, I like Emerson too.

Ernest Holmes defines what faith is. For all you people who think it is a method of getting what you want ,this is a must read for you. Is saving your soul worth $17.00 ?
To me this book is the best interpretation of what faith is, I thank you Ernest Holmes for bringing hope into my life again, I live in a world where people use deceptions and illusions of faith,religion,and ideas of God to get what they want. There is a need for defining true faith in this world and this book is it for me. People who use deceptions of faith,religion,and ideas of god are like an emerging global virus. I can bring peace to my soul everytime I read from this book, this book is the anti-virus.

I first bought the Science of Mind textbook about 14 years ago. I had already been studying spirituality and metaphysics for a few years prior and got the book from the advice of a friend.

Let me get this straight from the outset, this was not an easy read, at first. The style it was written in felt awkward and cumbersome. (I usually like reading my books outloud as it tends to have a deeper impact on me as the reader) I actually felt a little intimidated by Holmes' style so I put it aside and actually used it to hold my door open when my house got drafty and blew the doors closed.

A few years later I started going to a Religious Science Church and I, rather innocently, asked the minister if the Science of Mind book was in any way related to Religious Science and he said, "Yes, SOM is the text we use for all of our classwork..."

So I rushed home and began to read it again and somehow during those three years that book changed into something incredibly breathtaking. I was and I am still amazed at the depth it was written. If anyone says that it's just more of the same 'ol mind stuff, tell the person 'thank-you very much' and then walk away. I am a firm believer that if words that point to a Higher Level of awareness don't excite you in some way then you really don't fully understand what you're reading.

Just to realize with 'real eyes' that I am an aspect of the Whole leaves me feeling so incredibly wonderful; that the Infinite loves me enough to create and re-create me anew in each and every moment of creation is humbling and makes me understand on a deeper level what Jesus meant when he said, "I, of myself can do nothing...it is not me, but the Father within that doeth the works..."

We, in our ignorance as well as our arrogance like to think that we can do things without God, but can we? Do you know how to beat your own heart, or heal a wound, or take the food that you ate today and make it into bone, and muscle, and living tissue? I sure don't. I KNOW that the Innermost God and the Outermost God is One God and and that this Divine Intelligence is guiding and directing every atom of creation through the Power of Love and it is this same power that I use in each and every moment; it is this Power that I can consciously use to make my life better and better. Not that I can change the True Reality of my life, but I can become more and more aligned with what Spirit has ALREADY given me to EXPRESS, EXTEND, and EXPERIENCE.

This book is brilliant in so many wonderful ways. I now own five copies of this book and one of them is a beautiful leatherbound edition with goldleafing that some very dear friends gave to me one Christmas.

I am now a licensed Religious Science Practitioner in the city of Covina, California and I get the opportunity to practice this wonderful philosophy in my daily life as well as give practitioner sessions and teach classes based on this teaching.

No, I'm not a perfect human being. I still make mistakes and do a lot of things wrong, but I know deep within that the One God that is Love Itself that is within and around me now has never been hurt or damaged in any way and at any time I can go within to that "secret place of the Most High" and realign my thoughts once again to the thoughts of God...thoughts of Love...thoughts of Peace...thoughts of Abundance, etc.

Do not let yourself be intimidated by this book like I first was, give it a chance and I promise you, your life will transform itself in some way because of it.

Know that you are blessed and a blessing.

John P. Morgan, RScP

I've studied the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes since 1980. It shows a way of living that enriches us. Using the Science of Mind has changed my life. I am now a Minister teaching from this book.

Using the Science of Mind works to simplify our lives. It says, "There is a power for Good in the Universe and we can use It." Yes,using it empowers a person.