Each of us has 12 creative powers that are fundamental to us. These are aspects of the nature of the Divine.
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Understanding the true potential of these creative energies and how to engage their power leads to living a richly blessed life.
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Unity co-founder Charles Fillmore, who was strongly influenced by the Transcendental movement, went on a committed spiritual search. It led him to Eastern spirituality, which he integrated with the Christianity of his upbringing. He created the 12-power system more than a century ago.
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The 12 powers provide a system for soul growth. They are spiritual tools for creating a life that is, as the apostle Paul said, no longer storm-tossed by difficulties and challenges to your faith.
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Our minds can be a link to God through these 12 capacities: wisdom, love, strength, faith, imagination, order, understanding, will, power, zeal, release, and life itself.
Affirmation: Faith blesses my day and paves my way.
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Faith—The ability to believe, intuit and perceive.
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The disciple Peter represents faith in things spiritual, faith in God.
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The corresponding color is blue and the location is the center of the brain.
Affirmation: I have the strength to accomplish all that is mine to do.
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Strength—The ability to endure, stay the course, persevere.
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The disciple, Andrew, represents the stability that lies at the foundation of every true character.
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The corresponding color is light green and the location is the small of the back.
Affirmation: I am guided by divine wisdom in every thought, word and action.
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Wisdom—The ability to evaluate, discern, apply what you know.
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The disciple, James, son of Zebedee.
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The corresponding color is yellow and the location is the pit of the stomach.
Affirmation: I am a radiating center of love.
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Love—The ability to attract, unify and desire.
The disciple is John. He represents unconditional acceptance and forgiveness.
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The corresponding color is pink and the location is the back of the heart.
Affirmation: I have the power to create my world.
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Power—The ability to master, have dominion and control.
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The disciple is Philip. He represents power over our thoughts and feelings.
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The corresponding color is purple and the location is the root of the tongue.
Affirmation: I envision good unfolding in every area of my life.
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Imagination—The ability to image, picture, conceptualize, envision, dream.
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The disciple is Bartholomew. He represents positive thoughts held in mind.
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The corresponding color is light blue and the location is between the eyes.
Affirmation: My understanding of Truth deepens and directs my life.
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Understanding—The ability to know, perceive, comprehend and apprehend.
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The disciple is Thomas. He represents the ability to see beyond appearances to reality.
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The corresponding color is gold and the location is the front of the brain.
Affirmation: My life is in balance and in order, and all is well.
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Order—The ability to organize, balance, sequence, adjust.
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The disciple is James, son of Alphaeus. He represents the harmony and balance available through centering our awareness.
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The corresponding color is olive green and the location is the navel.
Affirmation: I enthusiastically accept my good and go forward to achieve my purpose.
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Zeal—The ability to be enthusiastic, be passionate, start, motivate.
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The disciple is Simon the Canaanite. He represents motivation and the desire to accomplish great things.
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The corresponding color is orange and the location is back of the head.
Affirmation: I release anything and everything that no longer serves my unfolding good.
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Release—The ability to release, remove, denounce, deny, let go.
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The disciple is Thaddeus. He represents the expulsion of negative thinking.
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The corresponding color is russet and the location is the abdominal region.
Affirmation: I am filled with life, sweet life.
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Life—The ability to energize, vitalize, enliven, animate, and invigorate.
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The disciple is Judas. He represents the cleansing of selfishness, allowing the life force to flow to every part of the body.
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The corresponding color is red and the location is the generative organs.
