Insights from Rev. Scott Sherman...
Recently, I had a marvelous answer to prayer. During a spiritual retreat, I had a powerful experience – a brilliant flash
of light that jolted me out of meditation. The words that followed this flash were simple: "Get it out there.
"
It took me only a few moments to realize what "it" was: The Sacred Meditation.
From 2003-2007, I’d shared the Sacred Meditation with over 200 Unity churches and 4,800 men, women and children –
plus a few family pets! I also trained about 150 others to share its loving power with friends, family and clients.
However, my ability to expand this marvelous ministry seemed limited by time & space – I clearly needed help.
To my delight, I soon discovered that several Unity congregations had already begun getting it out there – by
sharing the Sacred Meditation in their churches at regularly scheduled times with anyone who asked. Most
importantly, a variety of healings had already been documented: physical, emotional, relational and financial. The
ministers were even happier because these sacred meditation groups required little staff/administration time, used
volunteers proficient at Sacred Healing and produced love offerings for the church – some of them quite
generous. This was a "win-win" for everyone – especially the Sacred Meditation practitioners who had the
joy of sharing sacred healings with their fellow church members -- while creating additional income for their church.
Without much effort on my part, over 20 sacred meditation groups had already begun to serve.
Now, we have been acknowledged by the Unity movement with this recent article on
Unity.org:
Sacred Healing Meditation Offers Healing and Comfort
By Lysa Allman-Baldwin
For 26 years, Unity minister Scott Sherman has been using and teaching Sacred Healing Meditation - a spiritually-based healing
process that uses touch or near touch, unconditional love, guided meditation and prayer to connect the energy centers of
participants’ minds and bodies.
To date, Sherman has traveled to nearly 300 Unity and New Thought churches throughout North America, sharing this meditation
experience with more than 6,000 men, women and children. When teaching and training at Unity centers, Sherman uses the name
"Unity Sacred Healing Circles."
Healing Consciousness
Denise Wheeler of Unity of Fort Meyers in Florida experienced a remarkable physical healing as a result of a Unity Sacred
Healing Circle. Diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, she was preparing for surgery, chemotherapy and radiation
treatments when she heard about the Circles.
Wheeler described her experience in a radio interview with Sherman. "When I came to [you], I was doubled in pain in the
fetal position, and ... you picked me up and put me on the massage table. You asked me to straighten out. I was crying,
‘I can’t! It hurts too much!’"
What happened next, Wheeler says, is still difficult to put into words. "There was this moment, where I could feel what
I can only describe as unconditional love coming over me. I could sense that there was this presence in the room. It felt
Christ-like. I was being loved by the presence, but I was also feeling love for myself at the same time." According to
Wheeler, in that instant, she knew "there’s no way I could possibly have cancer."
In spite of previous medical tests to the contrary, Wheeler says the doctors "were as surprised as anybody" that
the cancer was gone. As a Unity student for nearly 20 years, Wheeler believes the experience moved her from a conceptual
understanding of Unity’s teachings, to a higher level of consciousness.
"What I think happened during the [Unity Sacred Healing Circle is that] ... I actually became the embodiment of this
knowing. The consciousness in me, who I am, became greater than the consciousness that was in [my] ego. ... I had to be open,
receptive, willing and loving of myself, and [the feeling has] never left me."
It is important to note that Sherman is not advocating participation in Unity Sacred Healing Circles over seeking medical
advice. "I urge each person to surrender to the experience, and to hold themselves as beloved, holy and whole, sacred
and divine ... so that they are surrendering to the experience from [a] place of their own divinity and their own love for
themselves."
Healing Experiences Expand
Sherman, currently the minister of EnVision Ministry in Jupiter, Florida, (an alternative member ministry of Unity Worldwide
Ministries) says the practice is becoming more widespread. As a result, he is now training others to teach the process.
"Hundreds of Unity [constituents] and other individuals have reported healings of physical, emotional, financial and
relationship issues soon after experiencing the Sacred Healing Meditation," he notes. "I fully expect [it] ... to
develop over the next few years. ... Hands-on spiritually based healing is becoming accepted even in some medical
settings."
The results have been very positive. Rev. Andrew Conyer of Unity of Sebring, Life Enrichment Centre in Sebring, Florida, says
Unity Sacred Healing Circles has breathed new life into his ministry. "We have found that after having Rev. Scott offer
his program, many people in our church community appear to have a deeper commitment to practicing Unity principles as a way
to complement wholeness in mind, body and spirit."
Unity of Louisville in Kentucky has held Unity Sacred Healing Circles for the past five years. "This continues to be a
successful ministry of aligning Spirit ... to extend divine energy, bring renewed life physically, mentally and emotionally,
" says Rev. Susan EngPoole. "I foresee this ministry continuing to grow as it contributes to the health and
harmony of all."
Please see the "Travel Schedule" and "Coordinator’s Workshop" sections.
Love and Blessings,
Rev. Scott Sherman
