Rev. Robin Volker

Millions of viewers tuned in to watch Oprah's last show.   On this show, Oprah talked about how common it is for people to make bad choices.   Her early shows were about people making bad choices and then blaming others.   She said she began to learn what not to do in life by watching others.  "When you know, you do better," she said.  She continues, "Nobody but you is responsible for your life.  It doesn't matter what your mama did or what you daddy didn't do.  You are responsible for your life.   What is your life?  What is every flower?  Every rock?   Every tree?  It's all energy – and you are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself."  

Oprah talked about her interview with Dr. Jill Belle Taylor, who wrote the book, My Stroke of Insight. Dr. Taylor suffered a stroke that affected the left side of her brain.  She couldn't communicate, even though the right side of her brain was working.   She was trapped inside her own mind.   She could intuit, using the right side of her brain, who was on her side, who really want to help her.  In her thoughts, she communicated with those attending to her needs.   "I'm in here come find me."    She could feel the energy that everyone brought into her room.  She gave Oprah a sign that Oprah uses in her corporations and in her home.  It reads:  Please take responsibility for the energy that you bring into this space.

We learn in Unity how to create our concept of God – There is one  presence and one power active in this Universe – God – and we call it Good – the Omnipotence.  We learn who we are.  We were created after the image of God.  The higher self of humankind is a piece of God – a chip off the old block.  Our higher self is divine, and it is this higher self that is the Divine Mind's perfect idea of man.   We call it the inner Christ.

We learn who we are in relationship with God. We are co-creators with God, creating reality through thoughts held in mind. We believe in the co-creative power thoughts and words.  "As a man thinketh within himself, so is he."   All progress in our lives has its beginning in thought.   When our attention is directed to the spiritual realm, our thoughts partake of that nature of the divine and are constructive,  and they make for happy, healthy conditions – not because we cure everything or eliminate all lack, but because we learn to live from a place of Oneness  with that which knows no disease, death, or poverty.   In relationship with God, we grow in our understanding of the world beyond form, and that understanding makes living in the world of form a better place, an easy journey, an experience worth living.

Thoughts find expression in words.   Words are powerful.   We use affirmative words to create our prayer experience so we are affirming in prayer that which is the Truth of any situation or circumstance.   It is through prayer that we make conscious connection with the Divine Mind of God.  

What is left for us to do?  The directive of our fifth Unity principle is then to take all of this that we have learned and incorporate it into our lives.  It is the "taking it to the street."  It is living the "way of life."

Every person is responsible for his/her own evolution. We take the message of UNITY, and we live it.   "Please take responsibility for the energy that you bring into this space." Similar words are found in Eric Butterworth's teachings.   Oprah said it this way in that final show – "All life is energy, and we are transmitting it in everything we do."

Live what you know and be 100% responsible for your life.