The power of people united is indisputable. The greatest unity is found when people are united in positive purpose. An erudite individual with insight into a broad spectrum of cultural and religious understanding can easily observe that some religious beliefs can inhibit the power of prayer. It is essential for our work that we discover and utilize higher thought which yields better results.

We are blessed to have access to the insights of those who came before us and by maintaining a clear vision we come to deeper insights and thereby attain higher wisdom. This is the meaning of the phase: "standing on the shoulders of giants."

The genius of Ernest Holmes, who did not have the advantage of formal education, was his ability to stand on the shoulders of the giants that came before him. We have a decided advantage because of his ability to synthesize their insights into his Religious Science version of Science of Mind.

Humanity is a wonderful tapestry of peoples and cultures. Each has passed crucial gifts to us. Today we have the decided advantage of access to knowledge that Holmes and his contemporaries did not have. Bascom's initial Science of Mind teachings provided the essential seeds to begin this mighty form of New Thought. When we combine Bascom's initial insights with the Holmes brother's hybridized Religious Science version of Science of Mind, we have a more powerful vehicle