Core Concepts (Practitioner Studies Appendix A)

Question 1

Core Concept 1

One Cosmic Reality

Answer 1

The nature of God and the Spiritual Universe

There is One Cosmic Reality Principle and Presence in the Universe - God. All creation originates in this One Source. God is. God is all there is.

Question 2

Core Concept 2

God is triune

Answer 2

God is triune or threefold in nature, having three aspects or modes of Being within the one:
  Spirit
  Soul
  Body. 
This is God as macrocosm.

Question 3

Core Concept 3

Spirit is the great Causative Power

Answer 3

Spirit is the great Causative Power of the Universe. The Word, or thought of God eternally initiates the Divine Creative Process. In this process, Law is continuously set in motion to create, from the Unformed Substance, innumerable forms which follow the thought-patterns of Spirit.

Question 4

Core Concept 4

The Infinite nature of God

Answer 4

In the Infinite nature of God, all conceivable Good is eternally available, ready to flow into human experience. Through some Cosmic Process, this flow of Good is activated, and/or increased by human belief, faith, and acceptance. The expression of the essential belief, faith, and acceptance is prayer.

Question 5

Core Concept 5

Universe is whole, inclusive

Answer 5

This is a Universe of Wholeness, Allness, Oneness. Spirit is a transcendent, perfect Whole that, in its Infinite Inclusivity, harmoniously embraces all seeming opposites.

Question 6

Core Concept 6

Infinite abundance

Answer 6

This is a Universe of infinite abundance, spiritual, mental, and physical. this bounty of Spirit, this Allness of Good, is limitless and can never be exhausted or depleted.

Question 7

Core Concept 7

Reciprocity

Answer 7

This is a reciprocal Universe. For every visible form, there is an invisible counterpart. Everything in nature tends to equalize itself, to keep its balance true.

Question 8

Core Concept 8

Universal Harmony

Answer 8

The universe exists in the Eternal Now, each moment complete and perfect within itself. In this Universal Harmony, justice without judgement is always automatic, an infallible Universal Principle. There can be no place for Divine anger, unforgiveness, or punishment.

Question 9

Core Concept 9

Immortality

Answer 9

Immortality is a Universal Principle, not a “belief” or bargain made with the Universe for good behavior. God knows only Life, its eternal continuity, evolution, and expansion.

Question 10

Core Concept 10

Cosmic Christ

Answer 10

The mystic concept of the Cosmic Christ is not that of a person, but of a Principle, a Universal Presence…the Universal Image of God present in all creation…the “pattern that connects.”