Learning As We Go - Growing in Unity Group

Since I started here, there hasn't been a day that goes by that the phrase "Remember Who You Are" hasn't gone through my mind numerous times a day. It is such a powerful statement. I don't know about you all. But, I feel like that kind of language would have been very powerful for me growing up. It presupposes that we are valuable, that we are loved, and that we belong. But more than that--at least for me--it offers the added idea that I am remembered. It suggests that I am known. So remembering who I am is also relational. If I remember who I am, I can also remember who others are, and I can remember Who I am known by. How powerful is that?

As the Christmas season approaches, I am thinking about what a gift to the world remembering who we are is. There is so much that tells us that we are less than or not enough. We are trained to believe that there is something outside of us that can add to our fullness. But, part of remembering who we are is remembering that we were born complete. How would the world be bettered by communities of people who knew this about ourselves?

It is a core teaching of Unity that innate divinity is our essential unchangeable reality. That is a huge difference from the idea that we were born in sin and that we have to earn the love of God.

One of the things I recently learned about in Unity are the 12 Powers. One of those powers is imagination. I love that. Imagination is definitely a power. And I can only "imagine" what people could do with this power if they knew themselves as complete as opposed to believing that they are deficient. My hope is that as we learn, we will encourage one another to know ourselves as we are known. This Christmas all I desire is to remember who we are at all times and embody an invitational presence that encourages people to feel confident in their remembering.

Happy remembering,

Unity 12 Powers

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