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PPS Vocabulary Flashcards

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Belief

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Conviction or feeling of the truth of a proposition or condition. It may go no farther than intellectual assent; faith embodies a trust and confidence.
Concept Group:
Knowledge – Belief – Faith

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Christ Within

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The idea of Sonship, the Perfect Man as He must be held in the Mind of God.
Concept Group: The Christ – Christ Within – Holy Ghost

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Conscious Mind

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Spirit; the Self-knowing Mind in God or man. The Intelligence in the Universe which reveals Itself in all Its Creation. We cannot conceive of Universal Consciousness but we can glimpse it through our use of “the One Mind common to all individual men.”
Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Consciousness

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Mental awareness. Both objective and subjective.

Concept Group: Consciousness, Objective Consciousness, Subjective Consciousness

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Cosmic Conception

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The Divine Mind giving birth to its idea.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Cosmic Consciousness

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Perception of the Whole. Supreme, intuitive knowledge of the divine order, beyond intellectual comprehension.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Cosmic Mind

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The Mind of God.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Cosmic Purpose

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The ideas of Spirit propelling themselves into outer expression. The desire of Spirit executing Itself.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Cosmic Stuff

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Undifferentiated Substance. Pure Spiritual Substance from which all things are made.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Cosmic Urge

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The desire of Spirit to express itself.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Cosmos

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The Universal World, visible and invisible. Any self-inclusive system, characterized by order and harmony.
Concept Group: Cosmic, Cosmic Conception, Cosmic Consciousness, Cosmic Mind, Cosmic Stuff, Cosmic Purpose, Cosmic Urge, Cosmos

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Creation

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The giving of form to the substance of Mind. Always was and will be. To be conscious is to create, because Spirit has to be conscious, and therefore must have something of which to be conscious. God making something out of Itself by becoming the thing It creates. Not making something out of nothing, but the passing of Substance into form, through a Law which is set in motion by the Word of Spirit.
Concept Group: Creation, Creator, Creative Medium, Creative Mind

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Creative Medium

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Universal–the World-Soul; Impersonal, having no personality of its own. Individual–subjective state of a man’s thought. Do not think of Soul and Spirit as separate; they are two parts or aspects of the same reality.
Concept Group: Creation, Creator, Creative Medium, Creative Mind

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Creative Mind

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The Universal Soul or Subjectivity. The Feminine Principle of the Universal Life.
Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Creative Mind

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The Universal Soul or Subjectivity. The Feminine Principle of the Universal Life.
Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Creator

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God. The immutable, inexorable, unchangeable Principle back of, and responsible for, all existence. The impersonal, Father-Mother God. The Limitless. The Whole.
Concept Group: Creation, Creator, Creative Medium, Creative Mind

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Deductive reasoning

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That process of reasoning which follows an already established premise. Reasoning from whole to part. God can only reason deductively. That which is Infinite does not have to inquire into Truth.
Concept Group: Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Trinity of Being, Triune Man

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Demonstration

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Spiritual demonstration is manifestation of Reality. We can demonstrate only at our ability to know. Treatment which leads to the demonstration is not for the purpose of making something happen, but is to provide an avenue, within ourselves, through which things may happen.

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Disease

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An impersonal thought force operating through people which does not belong to them at all. While in every case disease is an effect and must first have a subjective cause, nine times out of ten it is not conscious in the thought of the person who has it. Man if [is?] fundamentally perfect. Our whole premise is Perfect God, Perfect Man, Perfect Being.

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Divine Ideal

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Divine Ideas are the ideas of God. The Divine Ideal is the perfect image held forever in the Mind of God; the Perfect Body/Spiritual Body is the fulfillment of the Divine Ideal and the Real Man we hope to manifest. The pattern by which we try to bring out perfection in our lives.

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Ego

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The I Am of the Bible, the Christ, the perfect idea of God. In metaphysical terms, the Real Consciousness of man. In psychology, an organization or system of mental states.

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Emotion

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Mental energy set in motion through feeling. Consciousness attendant upon other forms of consciousness (as perception or ideation) to which it gives their feeling tone. Emotion uncontrolled produces chaos; unexpressed it produces confusion, conflict, and complexes, for energy will have an outlet.

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Evil

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That which seems destructive. An experience of the soul on its journey toward the realization of Reality. A problem as long as we believe in it. Of itself, it is neither person, place nor thing, and will disappear in exact proportion that we cease using destructive methods. Exactly as long as we make mistakes shall we be automatically “punished.”

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Evolution

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Passing of Spirit into form. The logical result of the outpush of Life into self-expression. Coming forth of Spirit into manifestation. Unfoldment of First Cause. Since the idea is still in an unfolding state, it appears as though we live in an imperfect universe. The time and process through which an idea unfolds into a higher state of manifestation; will go on forever. Concept group: Involution, Evolution

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Faith

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Spiritual conviction. A mental attitude so inwardly embodied that the mind can no longer deny it. Complete when both conscious and subjective acceptance. May be consciously generated. A belief in the presence of a n invisible principle and law which directly and specifically responds to us.
Concept Group:
Knowledge – Belief – Faith

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Form

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Any definite outline in time and space, visible or invisible. The result of a definite idea. Real as form, but not self-conscious; subjective to the power that created it. Temporary. It is necessary that Spirit should manifest in some kind of form, in order that It may come into Self-expression through Self-realization. Unconscious Form, or Mirror of Matter, means that the material world reflects the forms of thought which the Soul holds before it. Form, or matter, has no volition and is not creative.

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Freedom

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Man is created in the image of perfection and let alone and allowed to make the discovery for himself. Freedom of will means the ability to do, say and think as one wishes; to express life as one personally desires. The understanding of Truth—Infinite Principle—is the emancipator (ye shall know the truth). WE ARE BOUND BY OUR VERY FREEDOM; OUR FREE WILL BINDS US. THE UNIVERSE, BEING DEDUCTIVE ONLY, CANNOT REFUSE US ANYTHING.
Limitation is not a thing, not an entity, but a belief. Freedom is a Divine Reality.

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God

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The First Cause, the Great I Am, the Unborn One, the Uncreated, the Absolute or Unconditioned, the One and Only, Spirit, Creative Energy, Love, Wisdom, Intelligence, Power, Substance, Mind, Great Actor. The Truth which is real, the Principle which is dependable.
Concept group: God – God Consciousness – I Am

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God consciousness

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Man’s self-knowing mind is his Unity with the Whole, his perception of Reality. This Unity with God, on the conscious side of life, is the guarantee that man is a center of God-Consciousness, that he is some part of the Consciousness of God. Concept group: God – God Consciousness – I Am

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Grace

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Grace is the givingness of Spirit to Its Creation and is not a special law, but a specialized one. Grace is, but we need to recognize it. It is the logical result of the correct acceptance of life and of a correct relationships to the Spirit. We are saved by Grace to the extent that we believe in, accept, and work to embody, the Law of Good, for the Law of Good is ever a Law of Liberty.

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Habit

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Any act which has become a part of the subconscious mentality. Formed by first consciously thinking, then unconsciously acting. What one thinks today will tomorrow be part of his memory; and since memory is active, what he thinks today as a conscious thought will tomorrow be a submerged but active thought – habit. Concept Group: Memory – Habit

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Healing

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Mental healing means Mind healing. To make whole. To heal men’s mentalities, knowing that the bodies shall also be healed. Belief in duality has made man sick and the understanding of Unity will heal him. The substitution of Truth for sense-testimony, restoring man to a condition of wholeness.
MENTAL TREATMENT IS A DIRECT STATEMENT IN MIND OF WHAT WE WISH TO HAVE DONE AND A REALIZATION THAT IT IS DONE.
Concept Group: Healing, Treatment

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Heaven

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A state of happiness. Heaven is within; it revolves about us; the result of that atmosphere of conviction which our thought awakens within us. The Kingdom of Heaven is unformed, unlimited, unconditioned. It is eternal Reality. A good Place in which to live, if we abide in the Father and He in us.
Concept Group: Heaven, Hell, Kingdom

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Hell

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A discordant state of being. A belief in duality. A sense of separation from God. A belief that our good is always TO BE, and never is.
Concept Group: Heaven, Hell, Kingdom

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Holy Ghost

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The third Person of the Trinity. The Servant of the Spirit. Used in the sense of the World—Soul or Universal Subjectivity.
Concept Group: The Christ – Christ Within – Holy Ghost

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I Am

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The “I Am” is both individual and universal. The individual “I” is part of the Universal “I Am.” The “I am consciousness” means that part of thought, both conscious and subjective, which not only affirms its unity with God, but which also understands the meaning of its affirmation. Concept group: God – God Consciousness – I Am

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Idea

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A mental concept. Any object of the mind existing in apprehension (?), conception, or thought. The Ideas of God are the Divine Realizations of His Own Being. The real Ideas are eternal. No two ideas are alike, so no two things/realizations are alike.
Concept Group: Idea – Image – Prototype

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Image

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The mental likeness of anything. The soul or subjective mind contains all of our thoughts as mental images or pictures.
Concept Group: Idea – Image – Prototype

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Imagination

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Imagination is superior to will. Will is an assumption, pure and simple; we do not will to live, but live because we have life and cannot help living. We did not make Life and we cannot change It, but we can use It, and the use of Life is through the imagination. It carries feeling and conviction, i.e., life and action. Will power may be necessary as a directive agency, but as a creative agency it is non-existent. To feel that we have to will something to happen casts doubt into the face of Creation, and presupposes that Life is not Self-Existent and Self-Propelling.
Concept Group: Imagination – Will

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Individuality

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The Real Idea of man, as distinguished from the outer personality. Each one is a separate entity in Mind and no two are alike. Each is an individualized center of God-Consciousness. We are born with our individuality.
Concept Group: Individuality, Personality

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Inductive reasoning

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An inquiry into Truth; a process of analysis. Reasoning from effect to cause.
Man can reason both inductively and deductively—from the Whole to the part, or the part to the Whole.
Concept Group: Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Trinity of Being, Triune Man

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Insanity

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A temporary or permanent control of the conscious mind by the unconscious or subjective. We are all insane in such degree as we entertain wrong conclusions about life. Broader, a temporary or permanent loss of the objective faculties. The real mind cannot be deranged; a complete mental treatment for insanity is to know there is but One Mind, now functioning, perfectly.

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Intellect

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Mental quality of analysis. That part of the mentality concerned with the acquisition and retention of knowledge as distinguished from the emotions and the will. When we combine thought with feeling, intellect with emotion, and add to this a recognition of the Father within, we have a power which is irresistible.

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Intuition

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God in man, revealing to him the realities of Being.

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Involution

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Invoking the Law, setting the Law in motion. Treatment.
Relationship: Involution precedes evolution, and evolution follows involution, with mathematical certainty. Involution is the creation of the concept. Evolution is the time or process it takes for the concept to become manifest. Involution is a conscious act. Evolution is purely mechanical.
Concept group: Involution, Evolution

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Judgment

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“Judge not that ye be not judged, for with what judgment ye hudge, he shall be judged.” Merely the law of cause and effect operating. We are judged by our own acts. “Karma is the law that binds the ignorant and frees the wise.” – Annie Besant. Concept group: Judgment, Karma

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Karma

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The subjective law of tendency set in motion by the individual. The mental law acting through him, the use man makes of his mentality. Both individual and collective. Not inevitable retribution. At any time we can change our thinking and set in motion new creative thoughts into the Law.

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Kingdom

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Within our deepest thought.
The Reality of our individual awareness, the Reality of Universal Mind. Recognition of our Oneness with the Divine.
Concept Group: Heaven, Hell, Kingdom

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Knowledge

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That which will bear the test in the light of Truth. Conscious awareness of the indwelling Father, the certainty that God abides at the center of our being, as perfect health, complete joy, power, wisdom, and goodness. Metaphysically, we can only know that which is true. If we believe that which is false, it may seem to operate as truth, because it is done unto us as we believe. Concept Group:
Knowledge – Belief – Faith

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Law

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Mind in action. The Creative Medium of Spirit is the great Mental Law of the Universe, the Law of the Spirit. The Universal Law of Mind. The Laws of Mind and Spirit must be understood if they are to be consciously used for definite purposes. There is no limit to the Law, but there appears to be a limit to man’s understanding of it. The thing that makes us sick is the thing which heals us. We need not look for a law of sickness and a law of health. The Law is a blind force.

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Law of Correspondence

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Works from the belief to the thing. The demonstration we make corresponds with our ability to provide a mental equivalent of our desire.

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Life

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The animating Principle of Being . . . that Inner Something that makes everything live. Life and Power are necessary attributes of a Limitless Being, and go hand in hand to complete a Perfect Being. Life is That Which Lives, and Power is the Energy with which It operates. In the objective world, Life is the Power that binds everything together. It appears to manifest at different levels—mineral (unconscious), plant (without volition to move), animal (increasing power to move), man (Volition and Self-Will, Self-Consciousness). Unconscious State, Simple Consciousness, Self-Consciousness, and Cosmic Consciousness.

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Memory

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The subjective retention of ideas. Thoughts today dropped by our conscious mind into subjective mind, tomorrow become memory. The soul, or subjective mind, is the seat of memory, and retained within itself everything the individual has ever said, thought, seen, heard, felt, read, or been told, everything that has happened to him. Also contains race memory. Concept Group: Memory – Habit

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Mind

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No one has seen Mind or Spirit. The only proof of it is that we can think. There is not my mind and God’s Mind. There is just Mind, in which we live, move, and have our being. Potential energy.
Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Objective consciousness

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Conscious awareness, equipped with will, decision, and discrimination. Reasoning is both inductive and deductive, therefore it has self-choice. Spirit (whether in God or man).
Concept Group: Consciousness, Objective Consciousness, Subjective Consciousness

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One Mind

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All of Truth.

Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Personality

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That which constitutes distinction of person. The result of man’s experience, the sum-total of all he has said, done, felt, thought, hoped for and believed in; the result of his reactions to the events of life. The objective evidence of individuality. The use we make of our Divine Individuality. We should choose which materials we use to create our personality out of our individuality.
Concept Group: Individuality, Personality

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Prototype

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The original idea of any form.

Concept Group: Idea – Image – Prototype

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Subjective consciousness

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Entirely a reaction to this objective volition. Creative but not discriminative. Conscious but not self-conscious. Creative without awareness of creating. No reflective, deductive, or discriminating factors. Compelled by its nature to accept and create. Universal Subjectivity, also subjectivity of man. Soul; unconscious.
Concept Group: Consciousness, Objective Consciousness, Subjective Consciousness

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The Christ

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The Word of God manifest in and through man. In a liberal sense, the Entire Manifestation of God, thus the Second Person of the Trinity. Christ is Universal Idea, and each one “puts on the Christ” to the degree that he surrenders a limited sense of Life to the Divine Realization of wholeness and unity with Good, Spirit, God.
Concept Group: The Christ – Christ Within – Holy Ghost

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Thought

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The movement of consciousness. The dynamic force which produces the activity for manifestation (from Mind’s potential energy).
Concept
Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Treatment

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The art, the act, and the science of consciously inducing thought within the Universal Subjectivity, for the purpose of demonstrating that we are surrounded by a Creative Medium which responds to us through a law of correspondence.
The time, process, and method necessary to the changing of our thought.
Clearing the thought of negation, of doubt and fear, and causing it to perceive the ever-presence of God.
Concept Group: Healing, Treatment

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Trinity of Being

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Can reason deductively only, Spirit and Soul.

Concept Group: Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Trinity of Being, Triune Man

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Triune Man

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Man’s spirit or conscious mind can reason inductively and deductively, soul or subjective mind can reason only deductively.
Concept Group: Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Trinity of Being, Triune Man

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Unconscious Mind

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The law of conscious Mind acting, therefore subjective or subconscious.
Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Unconscious Thought

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Unconscious subjective thought. Can be causative without our awareness of it.
Concept Group: Mind, Unconscious Mind, Thought, Unconscious Thought, One Mind, Our Mind, Conscious Mind, Creative Mind

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Will

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Decision coming into executive. To determine by an act of choice. Volition, choice and will must be attributes of Spirit—they mean practically the same thing. Do not thing of them, though, in terms of human or limited thought. That which Spirit chooses, it simply announces. Spirit does not have to will to make things happen; things happen because it is the will of Spirit that they should be.
Concept Group: Imagination – Will

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Spiritual Perfection

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  • Perfection is about consciousness.
  • Consciousness lacks nothing and contains everything.
  • It is the true nature of our being.
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Spiritual Guidance and Support

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  • The term used to describe the work of assisting the client through the process in healing.
  • Moving the client from effect to cause.
  • Teaching Universal Spiritual Truths.
  • Assisting the client to open the path of receptivity.
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Community Service

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We dedicate our time, talent, treasure, and expertise to the healthy and joyful evolution of our spiritual community, the community in which we live and the greater community of the world.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Accountability

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We account for our activities, disclose them in a transparent manner, and accept responsibility for our actions and the obligations entrusted to us.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Safety

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We create a community wide climate conducive to honest reflection and deep and direct communication.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Compassion and Caring

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We express interest in and support for the well-being of ourselves and others. We express unconditional love when observing the suffering of others and do what we can to give aid and show compassion.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Diversity and Inclusivity

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  • We value, embrace and celebrate the individual uniqueness and contribution of all people as they express through differences of gender, ethnicity, culture, history, experience, talents and sexual orientation.
  • We include representatives from all our organizational constituencies in leadership, sacred service and decision making.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Education

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  • We walk a path of awakening, growth, and spiritual deepening through classes, workshops, seminars, and spiritual practices that allow us to embrace education as a lifelong endeavor.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Transformation and Evolution

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We do deep inner personal work of self-discovery and healing to reveal the greater truth of our divinity, wholeness, and freedom.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Creativity

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We allow the ongoing activity of Spirit into our hearts, minds and activities to bring forth new forms and expressions to inspire and guide.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Continuous Improvement

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We consistently welcome more and more of the Divine Nature to be realized within us and revealed through our relationships, our decisions and our contributions to the world.

ODM - Section 6 - Shared Values

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Active

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  • Frequently attends services and participates in the life of the Member Community by assisting & supporting the programs and activities of the Member Community.
  • When frequent attendance is challenging, the Licensed Practitioner uses initiative in finding creative outlets for their sacred service in the community and works with their Senior Minister to develop such outreach.
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Loyal

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  • Holds the best and highest interests of the Member Community.
  • Encourages and acts to promote harmony and oneness within the community of Minister(s), fellow Licensed Practitioners, and members.
  • A Licensed Practitioner’s loyalty is healthy, balanced, grounded in Truth, and congruent with the Shared Values and Guiding Principles of Centers for Spiritual Living.
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Supporting

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  • Gives financially, in an identifiable manner, to the Member Community with a tithing consciousness.
  • Asking, “What can I do for my Member Community?” to assure its harmony, growth and spiritual integrity.
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What is meant by Active, Loyal, and Supporting Licensed Practitioner?

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They:
* Are enthusiastically involved in the events of the Member Community both as a Licensed Practitioner and as fellow member of the community.
* Appreciate and honor the leadership of their community.
* Understand their role as a model of Science of Mind principles in action.
* With a loving heart and a commitment to the Highest Good offers time, talent, creative expression and verifiable financial support to their Member Community.
* Endeavor to maintain harmonious and respectful relationships with all they serve.
* Have relationships characterized by open communication and willingness to collaborate for mutual growth and understanding.

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Emeritus Practitioner

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An Emeritus Practitioner status is an extraordinary honor granted by the Organization to recognize a Practitioner as being in good standing for life, with:
- All the rights and privileges of a fully Licensed Practitioner and without the necessity of fulfilling standard CEU and CLU renewal requirements or payment of a renewal fee.
- Practitioners who have been granted Emeritus status will still renew their license every two (2) years, but without the necessity of fulfilling standard CEU and CLU renewal requirements or payment of a renewal fee (refer to Section 8.3.I.3).
- To achieve Emeritus Practitioner status, one must:
1. Be in active service as a Practitioner in an affiliated CSL community for twenty (20) years or longer.
2. Have provided exemplary service to their Member Community and/or Centers for Spiritual Living.
3. Be nominated by a Minister in their community or member of local leadership council/board.
4. Submit an Emeritus Practitioner application.

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Outreach Practitioner

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  • An Outreach Practitioner is an active Practitioner who has moved to or resides where there are no Member Communities in their local vicinity and whose license is held under the supervision of the Senior Minister in a Member Community.
  • The Outreach Practitioner is to perform sacred service and undertake activities that serve the larger community and their member community, and represent Science of Mind at work in the world.
  • The Outreach Practitioner designation shall be approved by the Manager of the Field Services Department.
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Intern Practitioner

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  • In the absence of a Senior Minister, Professional Practitioner candidates may not be licensed until their Member Community has a Senior Minister.
  • An Intern Practitioner may support a center with service duties and other responsibilities, but may not accept payment for Practitioner sessions until they are licensed.
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Retired Practitioner

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  • A voluntary status that can be chosen by a Licensed Practitioner who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and has served a minimum of ten continuous years.
  • A Retired Practitioner releases the rights and privileges of a fully Licensed Practitioner and shall not charge a fee for Practitioner sessions.
  • A Retired Practitioner may reinstate their license by following the reinstatement procedures in Section 8.3.J.
87
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Define Abundance

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Synonyms
1. copiousness, plenteousness. See plenty. 2. generosity.
Antonyms
1. scarcity.
1. an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply: an abundance of grain.
2. overflowing fullness: abundance of the heart.
3. affluence; wealth: the enjoyment of abundance.

88
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Define Balance

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Synonyms
3. poise, composure. 6. See remainder. 13. See symmetry.
Antonyms
difference
disproportion
imbalance
inequality
unevenness
instability
noncomposure
1. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.
2. something used to produce equilibrium; counterpoise.
3. mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calm behavior, judgment, etc.
4. a state of bodily equilibrium: He lost his balance and fell down the stairs.
5. an instrument for determining weight, typically by the equilibrium of a bar with a fulcrum at the center, from each end of which is suspended a scale or pan, one holding an object of known weight, and the other holding the object to be weighed.
6. the remainder or rest: He carried what he could and left the balance for his brother to bring.
7. the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one’s strength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or the other.
18. to bring to or hold in equilibrium; poise: to balance a book on one’s head.

89
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Define Beauty

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Synonyms
1. loveliness, pulchritude, comeliness, fairness, attractiveness. 2. belle.
Antonyms
1. ugliness.
1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
2. a beautiful person, especially a woman.
3. a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.
4. Often, beauties. something that is beautiful in nature or in some natural or artificial environment.
5. an individually pleasing or beautiful quality; grace; charm: a vivid blue area that is the one real beauty of the painting.
6. Informal. a particular advantage: One of the beauties of this medicine is the freedom from aftereffects.

90
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Define Clarity

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Synonyms
1. intelligibility, exactness, simplicity.
Antonyms
- inaccuracy
- dirtiness
- obscurity
- unintelligiblity
  1. clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
  2. the state or quality of being clear or transparent to the eye; pellucidity:
    the clarity of pure water.
91
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Define ease

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Synonyms
1. repose, contentment, effortlessness. Ease, comfort refer to a sense of relaxation or of well-being. Ease implies a relaxed condition with an absence of effort or pressure: a life of ease. Comfort suggests a sense of well-being, along with ease, which produces a quiet happiness and contentment: comfort in one’s old age. 2. tranquillity, serenity, calmness, peace. 5. naturalness, informality. 6. comfort, relieve, disburden; tranquilize, soothe. 7. alleviate, assuage, allay, abate, reduce.

Antonyms
1. discomfort, effort. 2. disturbance. 5. stiffness, formality, tenseness.

  1. freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one’s ease.
  2. freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind: to be at ease about one’s health.
  3. freedom from difficulty or great effort; facility: It can be done with ease.
  4. freedom from financial need; plenty: a life of ease on a moderate income.
  5. freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality; unaffectedness: ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry.
92
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Define Flow

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Synonyms
1. Flow, gush, spout, spurt refer to certain of the movements characteristic of fluids. Flow is the general term:Water flows. A stream of blood flows.To gush is to rush forth copiously from a cavity, in as large a volume as can issue therefrom, as the result of some strong impelling force:The water will gush out if the main breaks. Spout and spurt both imply the ejecting of a liquid from a cavity by some internal impetus given to it. Spout implies a rather steady, possibly well-defined, jet or stream, not necessarily of long duration but always of considerable force: A whale spouts. Spurt implies a forcible, possibly sudden, spasmodic, or intermittent issue or jet: The liquid spurted out suddenly when the bottle cap was pushed in. Spout applies only to liquids; the other terms apply also to gases. 7. run. 9. teem.

Antonyms for flow
end
few
finish
lack
little
need
scarcity
stop
stoppage
want
trickle
  1. to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
  2. to circulate: blood flowing through one’s veins.
  3. to stream or well forth: Warmth flows from the sun.
  4. to issue or proceed from a source: Orders flowed from the office.
  5. to come or go as in a stream: A constant stream of humanity flowed by.
  6. to proceed continuously and smoothly: Melody flowed from the violin.

noun

  1. an act of flowing.
  2. movement in or as if in a stream.
  3. the rate of flowing.
  4. the volume of fluid that flows through a passage of any given section during a unit of time: Oil flow of the well was 500 barrels a day.
  5. something that flows; stream.
93
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Define Freedom

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Synonyms
1. Freedom, independence, liberty refer to an absence of undue restrictions and an opportunity to exercise one’s rights and powers. Freedom emphasizes the opportunity given for the exercise of one’s rights, powers, desires, or the like: freedom of speech or conscience; freedom of movement. Independence implies not only lack of restrictions but also the ability to stand alone, unsustained by anything else: Independence of thought promotes invention and discovery. Liberty, though most often interchanged with freedom, is also used to imply undue exercise of freedom: He took liberties with the text. 9. openness, ingenuousness. 12. license. 16. run.

Antonyms for freedom

impotence
inability
incompetence
responsibility
weakness
extreme
restraint
captivity
communism
confinement
difficulty
government
imprisonment
incarceration
limitation
reserve
restriction
servitude
slavery
subjection
subordination
suppression
  1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
  2. exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
  3. the power to determine action without restraint.
  4. political or national independence.
  5. personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.
  6. exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually followed by from): freedom from fear.
  7. the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
  8. ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
  9. frankness of manner or speech.
  10. general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation.
  11. the absence of ceremony or reserve.
  12. a liberty taken.
  13. a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes.
  14. civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
  15. the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
  16. the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend’s library.
  17. Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.
94
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Define Harmony

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Synonyms
1. concord, unity, peace, amity, friendship. 2. consonance, conformity, correspondence, consistency. See symmetry. 3. Harmony, melody in music suggest a combination of sounds from voices or musical instruments. Harmony is the blending of simultaneous sounds of different pitch or quality, making chords: harmony in part singing; harmony between violins and horns. Melody is the rhythmical combination of successive sounds of various pitch, making up the tune or air: a tuneful melody to accompany cheerful words.

Antonyms for harmony
disagreement
discord
dislike
hatred
incompatibility
cacophony
clash
disproportion
fighting
imbalance
jangling
  1. agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
  2. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.
  3. Music.
    - any simultaneous combination of tones.
    - the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blended into chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
    - the science of the structure, relations, and practical combination of chords.
  4. an arrangement of the contents of the Gospels, either of all four or of the first three, designed to show their parallelism, mutual relations, and differences.
95
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Define Joy

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Synonyms
1. rapture. 4. bliss. See pleasure.

Antonyms
depression
melancholy
misery
sadness
seriousness
sorrow
unhappiness
discouragement
dislike
mourning
vocation
work
woe
  1. the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation: She felt the joy of seeing her son’s success.
  2. a source or cause of keen pleasure or delight; something or someone greatly valued or appreciated:
    Her prose style is a pure joy.
  3. the expression or display of glad feeling; festive gaiety.
  4. a state of happiness or felicity.
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Define Life

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Synonyms
13. vivacity, sprightliness, vigor, verve, activity, energy.

Antonyms for life
abstract
apathy
dullness
idleness
inactivity
indifference
laziness
lethargy
death
inanimacy
  1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  2. the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, especially metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.
  3. the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual: to risk one’s life; a short life and a merry one.
  4. a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul: eternal life.
97
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Define Light

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Synonyms
bright
luminous
rich
shiny
sunny
burnished
clear
flashing
fluorescent
glossy
glowing
polished
shining
ablaze
aglow
brilliant
cloudless
lambent
lucent
lustrous
phosphorescent
radiant
refulgent
resplendent
scintillant
unclouded
unobscured
vivid
well-lighted
Antonyms for light
cloudy
dark
dull
gloomy
obscure
unhappy
black
brunette
darkened
difficult
dim
dusky
grave
heavy
laborious
serious
solemn
weighted
  1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination:
    All colors depend on light.
  2. Physics.
    - Also called luminous energy, radiant energy. electromagnetic radiation to which the organs of sight react, ranging in wavelength from about 400 to 700 nm and propagated at a speed of 186,282 mi./sec (299,972 km/sec), considered variously as a wave, corpuscular, or quantum phenomenon.
    - a similar form of radiant energy that does not affect the retina, as ultraviolet or infrared rays.
  3. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of sight.
  4. an illuminating agent or source, as the sun, a lamp, or a beacon.
  5. the radiance or illumination from a particular source: the light of a candle.
  6. the illumination from the sun; daylight: We awoke at the first light.
  7. daybreak or dawn: when light appeared in the east.
98
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Define Love

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Synonyms
1. tenderness, fondness, predilection, warmth, passion, adoration. 1, 2. Love, affection, devotion all mean a deep and enduring emotional regard, usually for another person. Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause. 2. liking, inclination, regard, friendliness. 15. like. 16. adore, adulate, worship.

Antonyms for love
animosity
dislike
enmity
hate
hatred
ill will
indifference
neglect
apathy
coolness
disloyalty
misery
sorrow
treachery
unhappiness

noun
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?
6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.
7. sexual intercourse; copulation.
8. (initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.
9. affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one’s neighbor.
10. strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books.
11. the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love.
12. the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.
13. Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.
14. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.
verb (used with object), loved, loving.
15. to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her.
16. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).
17. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.
18. to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.
19. to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.
20. to have sexual intercourse with.

99
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Define Omnipotence

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Synonyms
2. powerful, mighty, supreme.

Antonyms for omnipotence
inefficiency
weakness

noun

  1. the quality or state of being omnipotent.
  2. (initial capital letter) God

adjective

  1. almighty or infinite in power, as God.
  2. having very great or unlimited authority or power.

noun

  1. an omnipotent being.
  2. the Omnipotent, God.
100
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Which quality is this:

Synonyms
1. present everywhere at the same time: the _______ God.

Antonyms
absence
agitation
confusion
distance
distress
reality
upset

_____, ubiquitous refer to the quality of being everywhere. ____ emphasizes in a lofty or dignified way the power, usually divine, of being present everywhere at the same time, as though all-enveloping: Divine law is omnipresent. Ubiquitous is applied to that which seems to appear in many and all sorts of places, or in an undignified or humorous way is “all over the place,” often when unwanted: A bore seems to be ubiquitous.

A

Omnipresence

101
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Define Omniscience

A 
Synonyms
all-seeing
almighty
infinite
knowledgeable
pansophical
preeminent
wise
adjective
1. having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
noun
2. an omniscient being.
3. the Omniscient, God
102
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Define oneness

A 
Synonyms
individuality
unanimity
wholeness
accord
concord
harmony
identity
integrity
sameness
singularit
uniformity
union
unity
indivisibility
Antonyms for oneness
difference
disagreement
discord
dissimilarity
fighting
opposition

noun

  1. the quality of being one; singleness.
  2. uniqueness.
  3. sameness; identity.
  4. unity of thought, feeling, belief, aim, etc.; agreement; concord.
  5. a strong feeling of closeness or affinity; union: He feels a oneness with God.
103
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Define Order

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Synonyms
1. ukase, ordinance, prescription, decree, injunction. 5.regularity. 21.degree. 23.fraternity,community. 37.instruct,bid,require,ordain. See direct. 41. run,operate,adjust,arrange,systematize.

Antonyms for order
disorganization
disagreement
discord
disorder
disproportion
fighting
imbalance
keeping
mismanagement
retention
answer
confusion
lawlessness
liberty
license
mess
muddle

noun

  1. an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  2. a command of a court or judge.
  3. a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops, sailors, etc.
  4. the disposition of things following one after another, as in space or time; succession or sequence: The names were listed in alphabetical order.
  5. a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement: You must try to give order to your life.
  6. formal disposition or array: the order of the troops.
  7. proper, satisfactory, or working condition.
104
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Define Peace

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Synonyms
2. armistice, truce, pact, accord. 3. rapport, concord, amity. 6. calm, quiet.

Antonyms for peace
disagreement
hate
hatred
discord
agitation
disharmony
distress
fighting
frustration
upset
war
worry

noun

  1. the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
  2. (often initial capital letter) an agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic nations, groups, etc., to end hostilities and abstain from further fighting or antagonism: the Peace of Ryswick.
  3. a state of mutual harmony between people or groups, especially in personal relations: Try to live in peace with your neighbors.
  4. the normal freedom from civil commotion and violence of a community; public order and security: He was arrested for being drunk and disturbing the peace.
  5. cessation of or freedom from any strife or dissension.
  6. freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, anxiety, an obsession, etc.; tranquillity; serenity.
  7. a state of tranquillity or serenity: May he rest in peace.
105
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Define Perfection

A

Synonyms

  • accomplishment
  • evolution
  • excellence
  • fulfillment
  • ideal
  • integrity
  • precision
  • purity
  • quality
  • superiority
  • supremacy
  • transcendence
  • virtue
  • acme
  • arete
  • completion
  • consummation
  • crown
  • ending
  • entireness
  • exactness
  • excellency
  • exquisiteness
  • faultlessness
  • finish
  • finishing
  • idealism
  • impeccability
  • maturity
  • merit
  • paragon
  • phoenix
  • realization
  • ripeness
  • sublimity
  • wholeness
  • achieving
Antonyms for peace
disagreement
hate
hatred
discord
agitation
disharmony
distress
fighting
frustration
upset
war
worry

noun

  1. the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
  2. the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.
  3. a perfect embodiment or example of something.
  4. a quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.
  5. the highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait.
  6. the act or fact of perfecting.
106
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Define Power

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Synonyms
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1. capacity. 3. energy. See strength. 4, 5. sway, rule, sovereignty.

Antonyms for power
impotence
inability
incapacity
incompetence
lack
weakness
failure
inaptitude
loss
uselessness
debility
disability
impairment
inefficiency
infirmity
subservience
surrender
yielding

noun

  1. ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  2. political or national strength: the balance of power in Europe.
  3. great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force.
  4. the possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy: power over men’s minds.
  5. political ascendancy or control in the government of a country, state, etc.: They attained power by overthrowing the legal government.
  6. legal ability, capacity, or authority: the power of attorney.
  7. delegated authority; authority granted to a person or persons in a particular office or capacity: the powers of the president.
107
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Define Truth

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Synonyms
1. fact. 2. veracity. 7. sincerity, candor, frankness. 10. precision, exactness.

Antonyms
falsehood
falseness
flaw
imperfection
imprecision
inaccuracy
inexactness
dishonesty
disloyalty
invention
lie
misrepresentation
untruth

noun

  1. the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
  2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement.
  3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like: mathematical truths.
  4. the state or character of being true.
  5. actuality or actual existence.
  6. an obvious or accepted fact; truism; platitude.
  7. honesty; integrity; truthfulness.
108
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Define Unity

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Synonyms
1. singleness, singularity, individuality. See union. 5. concert, unison.

Antonyms
1. diversity, variety.

Antonyms for unity
disagreement
fighting
antagonism
denial
difference
discord
dissension
disunion
division
divorce
opposition
refusal
separation
partiality

noun, plural unities.

  1. the state of being one; oneness.
  2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.
  3. the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification.
  4. absence of diversity; unvaried or uniform character.
  5. oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; concord, harmony, or agreement.
  6. Mathematics.
    - the number one; a quantity regarded as one.
    - identity (def 9).
  7. (in literature and art) a relation of all the parts or elements of a work constituting a harmonious whole and producing a single general effect.
109
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Define Wholeness

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Synonyms
1. undiminished, integral, complete. 5. unimpaired, perfect. 8. totality, aggregate. Whole, total mean the entire or complete sum or amount. The whole is all there is; every part, member, aspect; the complete sum, amount, quantity of anything, not divided; the entirety: the whole of one’s property, family. Total also means whole, complete amount, or number, but conveys the idea of something added together or added up: The total of their gains amounted to millions.

Antonyms
1. partial. 8. part.

adjective

  1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
  2. containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: We have a whole set of antique china.
  3. undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole.
  4. Mathematics. integral, or not fractional.
  5. not broken, damaged, or impaired; intact: Thankfully, the vase arrived whole.
  6. uninjured or unharmed; sound: He was surprised to find himself whole after the crash.
  7. pertaining to all aspects of human nature, especially one’s physical, intellectual, and spiritual development: education for the whole person.

noun

  1. the whole assemblage of parts or elements belonging to a thing; the entire quantity, account, extent, or number: He accepted some of the parts but rejected the whole.
  2. a thing complete in itself, or comprising all its parts or elements.
  3. an assemblage of parts associated or viewed together as one thing; a unitary system.

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