Prac 2 Term 1 Study Qs BJC Flashcards
What does the Client want from a practitioner/client session?
Calmness, peace, confidentiality. Practitioner’s undivided attention, compassion, understanding, non-judgment, respect, help advice, and assurance, something changed in the experience of their life: either something eliminated or something new added.
What does the Practitioner bring to a practitioner/client session?
Love, peace, compassion, understanding non-judgment, respect, intuition, awareness of “Oneness” of all life, knowledge and use of the law of cause and effect, understanding and the ability to use the creative process, wisdom and the ability to apply spiritual principles.
Explain what a practitioner/client session is to one not familiar with our philosophy.
A practitioner/client session is a one-on-one time of approximately one hour in which the client seeks help with something in their life, and the practitioner provides spiritual coaching and affirmative prayer for healing.
“It is the use of a creative power that man has control over, not the thing itself.” How does the practitioner assist another in doing this?
Through redirecting thought from beliefs of limitation to belief in the power of the law of mind; through teaching the power of thought; through spiritual mind treatment.
What the law of mind knows in one place, it knows simultaneously and instantly everywhere.” How does this relate to the work of the practitioner?
This is the basis of treatment for others.
How does the practitioner experience love and law in the work she/he does?
The practitioner draws inspiration, guidance and a sense of certainty from the Divine Presence, which is love, while speaking his/her conviction into action through the Divine Principle that is law.
How do the thoughts contained in the following quotations contribute to establishing rapport with the client?
” ( A ) The practitioner recognizes pure spirit at the center of his/her client’s being. It is God in that person.”
“ ( B ) No matter how impossible any situation may seem or how difficult the solution to any problem may appear, the practitioner holds to the idea that Spirit has no problem, there are no impossible situations.”
( A ) You see the truth in the client. You see the client is God the client is Good.
( B ) In god all things are possible and we will work together to bring a result
How would you expand on this statement in the light of establishing rapport?
“When deep calls unto deep, deep will answer deep.”
All wisdom is at the center of the client and the practitioner. One is as deep as the other. The depth of expression is the depth of perception. The practitioner can make clear to the client anything that is clear to him/her. As the practitioner works from a desire to establish good, sound rapport with the client, there is a response from the client at a corresponding level of understanding that contributes to this happening.
Is deep rapport always the aim of the practitioner?
Yes and no. Deep rapport establishes freedom and trust, however, carried too far, can lead to bondage; as the client depends on the practitioner, she/he will, “always be seeking external aid, which can become an actual evil.”
How can judgment destroy rapport? Give examples
“You are already perfect and the only thing wrong with you is your own false belief.” There is nothing “wrong” with a client and the practitioner should assume them of that, which brings comfort. To judge them as wrong creates separation and destroys rapport.
“You are suffering because you have done this or that or something else.” To set up guilt in the mind of the client creates separation and destroys rapport.
By criticizing the client, by blaming the client, by indicating there is anything “wrong” with the client, or the client’s actions.
In your own words, explain why spiritual mind healing is a revelation.
It is a revelation because it is a revealing of the real nature of the client.
Why must our search after (for) union with God eventually cease?
Because our unity with God is not absent. It never has been and never will be.
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While listening to the client, to what else should a practitioner be listening?
The practitioner should also be listening to the still small voice within; to the indwelling presence of God speaking Truth. ( intuition ) “Everyone should listen deeply to the Spirit which spontaneously flows through his/her own being. This is adding the Spirit of Truth to the letter of the law.”
What is the basis of the statement, “A practitioner speaks with authority”?
The practitioner speaks with authority based on ( two ) fundamental propositions:
(First) “Spirit is present in everything.”
(Second) “Thought responds to thought.”
The statements of the practitioner are spoken with calm assurance that nothing can obstruct the truth. This is not the authority of one mind exercising an influence over another, but rather, the authority of Truth Itself.”
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Beyond the human experience of compassion, empathy, comfort, respect, and so on, what is the role of listening in a client session?
The practitioner is also listening for the truth behind the condition the client has presented. He/she is listening for inspiration from the ever-present activity of the Divine Mind. “A case is won or lost in the consciousness of the practitioner . . . the law responds by corresponding to his/her consciousness. His/her use of the law is entirely independent of any existing condition whatsoever. It makes things out of itself. Fact and concept are one and identical.”
What is the difference of mental affirmation and spiritual realization?
Mental affirmation limits one to what can be consciously imagined as possible in form. Spiritual realization is a deep embodiment of the Truth that in Good all things are possible – one need not know how and one is not concerned about how it will look. “Mental affirmation readjusts consciousness to a new influx of Life, which spiritual realization opens the flood gates of consciousness and lets through that which knows only the joy of its own self-expression.
How does the following quote relate to asking questions in the client session?
“This law (cause and effect) operates on our beliefs as we believe them – not as we hope them to be, but as we actually believe them to be.”
Asking questions can uncover the client’s limiting or false beliefs. This is asking to clear out the rocks, roots, stumps, and debris to prepare a field for stilling and planting.
What is the basis of mental conflict?
Mental conflict arises because of the disparity between the original thought patterns in the Mind of God and the conscious and unconscious thought patterns of the individual. “Even though the (individual) is born in a state of spiritual perfection, because we each have a creative mind and because we are individual, we can think independently of the fundamental harmony in the universe.”
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How does the work of the psychologist and the practitioner differ? How would this difference affect the intended purpose of asking questions?
The psychologist asks questions to discover the event or experience that is a formation of a limiting belief and then works with the client at the level of the event or experience. The metaphysician is concerned only with the limiting belief so that he/she can reverse it and know the /Truth in his/her own consciousness . . .”if we assume there’s one Mind Principle operating though everyone, we shall see that a practitioner removing a block in his/her own consciousness will at the same time be removing it from the consciousness of is/her patient.”
From your resource book reading for the last three classes, how do rapport, listening and asking questions relate to each other?
Facilitating the sharing of information, thought, and feelings to the point where the practitioner is able to “separate the belief from the believer in order to reveal the Truth to the client and demonstrate healing.” This work (rapport, listening, etc., of the practitioner helps to break down race thought and subjective thought patterns because it leads to, thru treatment, a contradiction, a denial and realization of its opposite. The relationship arising from the listening skills sets up a confrontations and contradiction of the hypnosis of race thought, leading to a realization of spiritual Truth.
Name three Principles of Truth that serve as tools with which a practitioner works in a practitioner/client session?
- The Kingdom of God is an accomplished fact.
- Spiritual laws of life work automatically.
- It is actually done unto us as we believe
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Why is it important for the practitioner to keep his/her own consciousness in line with the affirmative side of life?
Because she/he is then able to see through the negativity and recognize the exact opposite, which is the truth about that situation.
Explain two ways the practitioner uses the law of cause and effect in spiritual counseling:
- When he/she recognizes something undesirable, not conditions imposed on his/her client, but as logical, sequential unfoldment of that life.
- Remembering that the client is immersed in effects, the practitioner only
works with cause.
Does the practitioner assume the responsibility for the healing of the client?
NO. She/he assumes the obligation to do his/her work earnestly, sincerely, and with deep conviction.
Does the practitioner have any good use for negativity in the process of spiritual counseling?
Yes, No matter how negative a condition is she/he sees it as a misinterpretation of, and guide to the truth.
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What three elements make treatment a dynamic entity? Explain
Words, Feelings and Intention. Words give form to feeling, Words with meaning have power. Conscious intention gives direction to the treatment. Specific intention is necessary in effective treatment.
What does the practitioner do when activity does not follow his/her treatment?
She/he must be willing to continue treatment until the demonstration is made.
When repeated treatments are necessary, are they always the same treatment?
No. Each treatment is part of the whole treatment, some part of gaining a complete realization.
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When is a treatment incomplete?
“Any individual treatment is incomplete until the one giving it accepts the verdict as present, final and perfect.”
“The practitioner treats himself first.” Explain
The first two steps of treatment are the greatest treatment the practitioner could ever do for him/herself.
In a powerful treatment, why does the practitioner never speak in the second person (to the client)?
To speak to the client instead of to God within the treatment diminishes the power of the treatment: the intimate connection to God as source is broken, and focus “drops” to the human level.
Why is it not in spiritual integrity to make the statement: “Mary is now at peace” in a treatment?
Spiritual integrity says that we cannot know what is happening in another’s consciousness, we cannot make something so in another’s conscious by declaring it, unless that person is willing to accept it; and, all the action during treatment takes place in the consciousness of the one treating.
How can the consciousness of the practitioner be empowered, when doing treatment, by the combination of technique and feelings?
This will be a subjective answer, but should include such things as:
• A well done, full (step one) treatment gives the practitioner a feeling of the magnificence of God.
• A clear (step two) that unites God and the practitioner give the practitioner a feeling of well-being, peace and power.
• When (step three) is done well and complete, the image of the desired results is complete and the feeling is one of fulfillment.
Each (step builds upon the one previous, and the practitioner’s consciousness is empowered in the process and she/he is confident of the forthcoming demonstration.
What does Ernest Holmes say constitutes spiritual mind practice?
“Spiritual mind practice calls for deep realization and conviction; it is the combination of spiritual up-reaching with conscious mental action for definite purposes.”
What is the “Vision” as stated by the code of a R.S. Practitioner?
As licensed Professional Practitioners we are the loving heart and healing presence of expanded consciousness revealing the wholeness and truth of all Life.
Names six requirements for licensing as a Professional Practitioner for the United Centers of Spiritual Living.
• Membership in a member church for at least 18 months prior to application for
license.
• Be an active, loyal and supporting member of that church.
• Practice the principles of SOM.
• Abide by the Practitioner Code and Church By-laws.
• Satisfactorily complete class work, test, and tuition payments.
• Give up any prior ordinations or licenses in any other spiritual organization.
(CODE)
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What is the process of becoming licensed as a practitioner?
• For the student who has met all requirements.
• The Core Counsel of ( UCSL ) approves and grants the license.
• GEMS (Growth Education and Ministries) issue the license – the license is
valid for two years before renewal.
What is a practitioner entitled (and required) to do after licensing?
- Entitled to practice the art and spiritual mind treatment.
- Entitled to teach, hold workshops, seminars related to SOM.
- Entitled to be a director of an authorized study group.
- Shall establish and charge a fee for his/her services.
- Shall provide the means to be readily reached by clients.
- Shall report earned income to the IRS. (CODE)
What is the core function of the practitioner?
Spiritual Mind Treatment – (CODE)
How does the practitioner Code describe a practitioner/client relationship?
The practitioner/client relationship is one of utmost confidence, integrity and trust and shall be held inviolate. ( safe from violation )
What does the client’s fee pay for?
The client is not paying for prayers or treatments but for the practitioner’s time and skill in the use of the law of mind.
Who constitutes the “healing arm” of the United Centers of Spiritual Living?
The R.S. Practitioners and Ministers.
What should a practitioner do if a potential conflict or disagreement arises between a practitioner and a minister, another practitioner, local church group or Church Board of Trustees.?
- Enter into spiritual mind treatment!
- Talk to the minister in question (practitioner, board member)
- Refrain from spreading the matter to others.
- Seek assistance from a practitioners, or ( UCSL), GEMS department. (CODE)
What is the definition of a treatment?
Treatment is clearing the thought of negation of doubt, fear and causing it to perceive the ever-presence of God.
