What Are You?


Based on the Unity Classic book by Imelda Shanklin.
Discussion group with Paul will meet in the balcony after service.

This remarkable book describes what life is like if it is lived from the point of view of directly knowing our true nature, our oneness with God. This spiritual maturity then shapes how we think and what we choose to think about and what we consider real and worthy of our time and energy.

In January, 1907 Unity School of Christianity had a working staff of four people, Imelda Octavia Shanklin was one of them. Myrtle Fillmore was editor of Wee Wisdom Magazine and Miss Shanklin wrote many articles for Wee Wisdom. On September 8, 1918 she was ordained a Unity minister by Charles Fillmore.

In August, 1919 she became Editor of Wee Wisdom and continued as editor in chief of all Unity publications as well as editor of Wee Wisdom until February, 1930 when she resigned her position in order to devote her entire time to writing along metaphysical lines. During her editorship, Wee Wisdom expanded its circulation until it was being read in all foreign countries where English is spoken.

In 1930 she devoted her time for several years in the preparation of a metaphysical study called The Cosmic Adventure. This is an analytical study of the Bible, of which a qualified commentator has said the “conception of the Dweller, the soul, and the Adventure is both clear and illuminating, added something important to the understanding of the symbology of the Bible.”

She wrote many, many articles for all Unity perodicals such as WEEKLY UNITY, UNITY, NEW., PROGRESS, YOUTH, and GOOD BUSINESS.