Final Exam Study Questions Flashcards
From what does the belief that we do not have the power to heal arise?
[LSOM 246.1]
From the mistaken idea that OUR power / intellect does the healing. There is but One.
What is the Consciousness that heals?
[WkBk 11-7,8. LSOM 247.1]
The prayer of faith.
Consciousness elevated to Oneness with Spirit/Truth.
On what does the possibility of spiritual mind healing rest?
[SOM 177.1]
That we are surrounded by Universal mind and the Practitioner’s ability to be in the Presence.
On the recognition of the Principle of Spiritual Causation that we are surrounded by Universal Mind.
What is the distinction between the process in healing and the process of healing?
[11.8. SOM 212.4]
Healing is not a process, it is a realization. The process in healing is the process of arriving at a realization of Truth.
{SOM 57.3}
There is no process of healing, but there is generally a process in healing. This process is the time and effort which e undergo in our realization of the Truth.
Healing is instantaneous once realized. There is no process OF healing, though realization is the process IN healing, taking place over time.
Process in healing is the realization of the perfection of the client.
What does Ernest Holmes mean when he says our word has the exact amount of power that we put into it?
[Creative Mind and Success, The Power of Words]
Our words are as powerful as is our connection with and faith in Source when we speak them.
The only limitation to our word is the limits we bring through limited belief. Our power is through absolute faith and conviction.
How do we develop the capacity to consciously use the law?
[Creative Mind and Success, Why so Many Fail]
Through practice, meditation and study.
(wkbk p 11.14)
Through prayer and meditation, stillness and silence, and practice.
Why is it not necessary to struggle with conditions?
[11.3]
Because conditions flow from an inner effect outwardly, and as in we change our inner state the expressed condition changes.
They are merely false beliefs appearing as reality. We need only know and accept the deeper Truth. We use Principles that create conditions.
According to Deepak Chopra, what is the ideal relationship between movement and stillness? How does Ernest Holmes express this same concept?
[11.3. Creative Mind and Success 40.2]
When stillness and movement are combined it allows a person to unleash their creativity in all directions. Wherever the power of their attention takes them.
Ernest Holmes expresses the concept as God can only do for us what we allow him to do through us. Intelligence gives us ideas, and in turn we work on them.
According to Deepak, they exist in combination. Stillness alone is potential for creativity; movement alone is creatively restricted to certain aspects. In combination, they allow unlimited creativity and creative expression.
According to Holmes, intelligence / silence gives us ideas; work / action allows us to manifest them.
Name five spiritual principles that can apply when doing spiritual guidance and treatment with clients with relationship challenges.
- We are all connected in spirit.
- Seeing the love in others.
- Our relationships are a reflection of ourself.
- It is done unto you as you believe.
- Life is for you, and never against you.
- Accepting the love, you are doing the best you can with the tools you have.
- We are one with God.
- Choice is our birthright.
- Opposing thoughts cancel each other out.
- We are responsible for our experience of life.
- The law manifests the mental equivalent of what we hold in our mind.
- All that God is I am.
- God is my source.
Explain these two statements: All life is the out-picturing of Consciousness. All life is relationship. Are they related?
All life is the pure manifestation of our beliefs. We are all individual expressions of the one.
Why can we not treat the other person when one partner reports conflict within that relationship?
The only consciousness you can change is your own. We don’t know the desires of another person. We don’t know if the other person wants to change. You are what you want. What do you need, this is your time?
We do not treat without permission. We cannot change others. We can’t know a third party is open to change. We treat for the person in front of us.
Relationships provide a rich “Spiritual Practice Arena.” Name three things we can practice through relationships.
Being love, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, patience, communication, unconditional love, gratitude, Joy, respect, freedom to be you but not at other people’s expense, Integrity, trust, generosity, tolerance, patience, forgiveness,
What is the solution when we find ourselves confronted by the problem of not knowing what to do?
Get quiet, pray / check in with higher power, get a practitioner session, listen, action
What does Butterworth say will be the consequence of “earning our wings at work every day?
[p. 107]
Will bring about a change in consciousness about the job, or a new job opportunity will open up.
[p. 108]
The affluence of heaven and earth will stream unto you.
Either consciousness will bring about a change, making you and a job right for each other OR a job change will occur.
What does Holmes mean when he says, “Words and affirmation… are not creative?”
[Creative Mind and Success, p.69.3]
It is the feeling behind the word that is creative.
Thoughts and the feelings behind them are creative. Words / affirmations are only expressions. Feeling is creative. The more feeling, the more power.
Holmes seems to present a dead end when he says, “We really affirm only that which we know to be true; we know that to be true which we have experience within ourselves. What is the solution?
[Creative Mind and Success, Mental Likeness p.74.1]
It is herein that we see the necessity of providing within a greater concept of life; a bigger idea of ourselves and a more expanded concept of the Universe in which we live, move and have our being. This is a matter of inner growth together with the enlarging of all lines of thought and activity.
Believe there is something bigger / better / more, and in doing so, open to it. We can choose to know something more.
Define Race Thought in your own words. Give 25 examples of how you regularly (if not daily encounter) race thought in your life.
[SOM Glossary]
Race-Suggestion (Thought) are the human beliefs operating through the mentality of the individual. The tendency to reproduce what the race has thought and experienced. The race-suggestion is a prolific source of disease. These accumulated subjective tendencies of the human race are operative through any person who is receptive to them.
[from practice exam] The accumulated, subjective tendencies and thoughts of the human race, which tend to show up as individual experience, unless other beliefs are consciously chosen. The beliefs held by a group, culture or the entire human race.
The way to protect oneself from it is by knowing that it cannot operate through him; by knowing that he cannot be affected by suggestion.
- Conversations with friends and co-workers
- Media
- Politics
- Laws and rules
- Money
- Prison
- Immigration
- Social media
What is the literal meaning of “affluence” according to Butterworth.
[p. 9]
Is “an Abundant Flow” and not things at all. It is the consciousness that attracts things.
What does Butterworth mean when he says, “The Universe owes you a living!”
[Ch.1, p.23]
You see the basis of entitlement is the startling assertion: The Universe owes you a living! Yes, we are saying owes you a living. Note: We are not saying the world owes you a living. Actually, the world owes you nothing. You are a creative expression of the Universe, with the responsibility to let your light shine. Thus you owe the world a life. But in many ways in which you apply yourself in the world, the Universe owes you complete support.
Law of Reciprocity.
Butterworth gives several definitions of faith. From these and other studies you have done, write your personal definition of faith.
Faith = Action in synchronicity with spiritual truth
[p. 40] All things are possible, your faith is the key to the kingdom of the power within you to apply the laws that transcend human limitation.
[SOM Glossary]
Faith is a mental attitude, so inwardly embodied that the mind can no longer deny it. Faith is complete when it is both a conscious and subjective acceptance. Faith may be consciously generated. In spiritual terminology, faith means a belief in the presence of an invisible principle and law which directly and specifically responds to us.
What is the relationship between gratitude and the experience of abundance in one’s life?
You get more of what you think about.
That which you appreciate, appreciates.
Since you get more of what you think about, when you focus on what you do have, you open to an even greater flow of abundance.
Where does Butterworth say we need to begin if we wish to reverse financial adversity?
[p. 118]
- We must begin with our thinking. Admit to yourself Consciousness create circumstances or at least set the climate in which they happened.
- “Consciousness is the key to all things which happened to us, certainly the key to personal Prosperity. The starting point in changing financial reverses to an experience of abundance is the realization that you can change your life by altering your thoughts. You begin by taking responsibility for your life.”
How, according to Butterworth, do we acquire the “rich mentality?”
[Ch. 8 Security in a Changing World, p.137]
Steady effort in the understanding that God is the source of your supply.
What is the “money enigma” to which Butterworth refers? (Chapter 9: The Money Enigma)
The confused dualism about money in the world. The mixed messages we get about money and the mixed meanings about it in our own life.
What is the relationship between forgiveness and prosperity, according to Edwene Gaines?
- Forgiveness shifts our Consciousness from being a victim to being a co-creative agent with God.
- It allows energy to flow freely and the spirit of God to flow abundantly.
- Forgiveness lets us go as far as we can on this spiritual journey and receive all the good the Universe has to offer.
Does God heal? If yes, how? If no, why not?
Yes: God has many modalities of healing. God heals by its presence but not by intentional action.
AND
No: God does not heal because God does not know anything but perfect health.
Explain the positive side of pain.
Pain is a signal of imbalance and can nudge us in a direction of healing. It is the physical expression of a mental disturbance, false belief, or suppressed emotion.
What does Ernest Holmes mean when he writes: “In treating, go beyond the disease and supply a spiritual consciousness?”
We replace fear with faith because the Consciousness is not the cause.
We do not give any more energy to the disease.
What is the role of illness in the life of humanity?
As a life experience to teach ourselves to be a more evolved being. Illness is the outer expression of inner imbalance, that an inner belief needs to be changed or evolved. Illness can draw us closer to God. Illness is not of God but can draw us closer to God.
