Prac 2 Term 2 Study Q's

Question 1

From what does the belief that we do not have the power to heal arise?

Answer 1

The mistaken idea that our power or the intellect does the healing.

False belief we have the power to heal. (LSOM 246.1)

Question 2

What is the consciousness that heals?

Answer 2

Consciousness that heals is the recognition of and the faith in the Principle and the conviction that “IT” will always respond. And knowing IT can only respond according to our mental attitudes. (LSOM 250.5)

Question 3

On what does the possibility of spiritual mind healing rest?

Answer 3

Spiritual Mind healing rests entirely on the theory we are surrounded by a Universal Mind, which reacts to our thought and always according to Law. (SOM 177.1)

Question 4

What is the personal responsibility of the Practitioner in healing?

Answer 4

There is no personal responsibility of the Practitioner in healing. The Practitioner directs the Power and lets it work.

(SOM 179.1) and (SOM 202.4)

Question 5

What is the distinction between the process in healing and the process of healing?

Answer 5

There is no process of healing. The process we may go through to arrive at a realization of Truth is the process in healing. Healing is a revealing of an idea which is already perfect through the thought of the Practitioner to the thought of the client.

(SOM 212.4)

Question 6

What does Ernest Holmes mean when he says “our word has the exact amount of power that we put into it?”

Answer 6

Our words have the same amount of power through absolute conviction and faith, not power through effort or strain.

(Creative Mind and Success, p. 27.1)

Question 7

How do we develop the capacity to consciously use the law?

Answer 7

Practice and by willingness to learn and utilize whatever we know so far as we have gone.

(Creative Mind and Success, p. 31.2)

Question 8

Why is it not necessary to struggle with condition?

Answer 8

We do not have to overcome any condition because conditions flow from within, and not from without in. Practitioners deal with causes. (Creative Mind and Success 34.3)

Question 9

According to Deepak Chopra, what is the ideal relationship between movement and stillness? How does Ernest Holmes express this same concept?

Answer 9

The combination of movement and stillness enables you to unleash your creativity in all directions - wherever the power of your attention takes you.

(The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, p. 21.3)

God Goddess can do for us only as we will allow Him Her to do through us. Intelligence gives us ideas and in our turn we work on them. We must comply with the Law of Activity. We must be willing to take the way of outer activity.

(Creative Mind and Success, p. 40.2,3)

Question 10

From a spiritual point of view, what three ways do relationships contribute to our lives?

Answer 10

Relationships can be a path of awakening, a path of healing, and/or a path of fulfillment.

Question 11

Name five spiritual principles that can apply when doing spiritual counseling and treatment with clients with relationship challenges.

Answer 11

All of life is the out picturing of consciousness.
We are totally responsible for our own experience of life.
It is done unto us as we believe.
Choice is our eternal birthright
We can only change our own consciousness.
As we give love we attract love.
A Law manifests the mental equivalent we hold in mind
Opposing thoughts cancel each other in the Law
God Goddess is my Source
All that Goddess God is I AM

Question 12

Explain these two statements: All life is the out-picturing of consciousness. All life is relationship. Are they related?

Answer 12

Consciousness is cause in everyone’s life. Life can only manifest from the thoughts one holds in his/her consciousness. ( You are your thoughts ) All experiences are the result of the One seeking greater awareness therefore, we attract others into our life to experience more of the One. Consciousness is the motivating element. And yes, they are related.

Question 13

Why can we not treat “the other person” when one partner reports conflict within a relationship?

Answer 13

We can never influence another person’s consciousness unless they are open to accept the change. Everyone is responsible for their own experience of life, therefore, the one who needs treatment is the one who came with the problem.
Technically we must have the individuals permission to treat.

Question 14

How can real moments enhance any relationship?

Answer 14

Real moments happen in the present, which enhance life wherever we are.

Question 15

What is the solution when we find ourselves confronted by the problem of not knowing what to do?

Answer 15

PRAY! Be quiet and listen. Trust that the same power that started all things will also start us in the right road.

(Creative Mind and Success, p. 65.3)

Question 16

What does Butterworth say will be the consequence of “earning our wings at work every day?

Answer 16

Spiritual well-being; a raise in consciousness.

Question 17

What does Holmes mean when he says “Words and affirmations are not creative?”

Answer 17

Words and affirmations give shape to thought; they are not creative. Feeling is creative and the more feeling that is put into the word the greater power it will have over conditions.
(Creative Mind and Success, p. 69.3)

Question 18

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 experienced within ourselves.” What is the solution?

Answer 18

No matter what big thing happens, we should still be expecting more and more. No matter how large the picture that you hold in mind, make it larger. Never stop growing in mind. Life is always limitless, and the only thing that limits us is our inability to conceive mentally, and we should draw more and more from that limitless source.

(Creative Mind and Success, p. 74.1 see also p. 81.3)

Question 19

Define Race Thought in our own words. Give twenty five examples of how you regularly (if not daily) encounter Race Thought in your life.

Answer 19

This is an individual answer.

Race thought is a collective of all society’s thoughts and beliefs creating the worlds conditions.

(Examples: conversations with friends, co-workers, radio, newspapers, one’s own thoughts, laws, rules, etc.)

Question 20

What is the literal meaning of “affluence” according to Butterworth.

Write a paragraph on what impact this meaning would have on your life if you were to fully accept it.

Answer 20

It’s literal meaning is “free flow.”

(Spiritual Economics, Introduction p. 3.2)

Second part of question is individual!
An abundant flow of supply.

Question 21

What does Butterworth mean when he says, “The Universe owes you a living!”

Answer 21

Being a creative expression of the Universe, you are entitled to the support of God-Goddess-substance in everything to which you give your mind or hands. ( The world is yours )

Question 22

Write a paragraph connecting, in your own thinking, Butterworth’s reference to 1) the distinction between demonstration in life vs. deeper sense of life, 2) kismet and luck of the draw, and 3) treasure mapping.”

Answer 22

The essential message here is that what is important is that we turn our attention to purifying our thinking and our consciousness; that we center ourselves in an unshakable knowing that we are one with God Goddess and therefore with the Abundance of the Universe. Having done so, we achieve a deeper sense of life in which fate and luck play no part, and in which the “magnetic force” of our consciousness will draw to us that which we desire.

Question 23

List ten thoughts or beliefs that you have that limit your experience of the Abundant Flow of the Universe in your life. For each, write a belief that would attune you to the Flow of Abundance.

Answer 23

This will be a personal response.

(Some examples: Life is tough; Life isn’t fair; I never get back what I give, etc.)
I am unlovable.
I have to work harder than others to survive.
I am way different.
I am a toy taken out used then placed back on the shelf
* You are endless Love.
* You are Love You are Loved.
*!You are a unique expression of God Goddess.

Question 24

Butterworth gives several definitions of faith. From these and other studies you have done, write your personal definition of faith.

Answer 24

It’s comes from within and deeper than a belief.

Faith is Life Life is Faith. It’s a sister to intuition.

Question 25

What is the relationship between gratitude and the experience of abundance in one’s life.

Answer 25

The grateful heart will always attract to itself in one way or another, through human hands, or through wonder-working ways, the great things needed to solve the particular situation. it is an outworking that you can stake your life on. ( Abundance starts with a grateful Heart )

Question 26

Where does Butterworth say we need to begin if we wish to reverse financial adversity.

Answer 26

Begin by taking responsibility for the condition of our life and realize that by changing our thoughts we can change our lives. Consciousness is the key to all things which happen to us.

Question 27

How, according to Butterworth, do we acquire the “rich mentality?”

Answer 27

It comes by the steady effort to know God Goddess as your supply; by working diligently to establish yourself in the consciousness of the divine flow of substance.

Question 28

What is the “money enigma” to which Butterworth refers?

Answer 28

It is the confused dualism and erroneous thinking that money is the root of evil and yet, it pervades every aspect of our lives. It is the love of money and the consciousness in which you use money, that is the cause of much limitation.

Question 29

Summarize Butterworth’s main points about tithing in your own words.

Answer 29

This will be a personal response.

Tithing is a disciplined practice of giving back and thus raising our awareness and creating a consciousness of spontaneous giving.

Question 30

Does God Goddess heal? If yes, how? If no, why?

Answer 30

Yes and no.

No, in that God Goddess doesn’t know anything but perfect health.

Yes, in that God Goddess heals by Its presence, not by intentional acts.

Question 31

Explain the positive side of pain.

Answer 31

Pain is a messenger, a wake up call to alert us to false beliefs that we are holding in consciousness. The purpose of pain is to rearrange consciousness so that there is an opening for greater expression of God Goddess.

Question 32

What does Ernest Holmes mean when he writes: “In treating, go beyond the disease and supply a spiritual consciousness?”

Answer 32

We do not treat the disease. Look past the disease upon the Spiritual Truth and sense the Divine Presence in and through the client at all times.

(SOM 205.2)

Question 33

What is the role of illness in the life of humanity?

Answer 33

Illness is the outer expression of a inner imbalance, turmoil or disharmony. It is a signal that a inner belief needs to be changed.
To nudge us to take the next step in evolution.

Question 34

What is the Practitioners role in healing?

Answer 34

The Practitioners role is to reveal the Truth. To realize woman / man as perfect, not needing to be healed of anything.

Question 35

How do emotions affect our growth and evolution?

Answer 35

Positive emotions can motivate us to great heights in spiritual awareness and fulfillment in life.

Negative emotions point us to distorted beliefs. Suppressed emotions (negative or positive) can create illness.

Question 36

Are positive and negative emotions good and bad?

Answer 36

No, all emotions are good and the negative ones can be used to move us in our spiritual awareness and growth.

Question 37

Why is it that to change a pattern of anger, or other limiting emotions, we cannot accomplish it by simply treating to eliminate the pattern?

Answer 37

Anger is an effect which cannot be treated, only the underlying belief or underlying emotion can be uncovered and treated.
We treat cause not effects.

Question 38

What spiritual principle would you use when counseling a client who is substance addicted?

Answer 38

God Goddess is your source and sufficient unto any need. All that you need is within you.

Question 39

Explain in Science of Mind terms Deepak Chopra’s statement: “all disease results from disruption of the flow of intelligence”.

Answer 39

All disease results from a sense of separation from Goddess God Spirit.

Question 40

How do you finish business with someone who has made his/her transition? What was Stephen Levine’s answer?

Answer 40

By simply opening one’s heart in love. It is an opening into the oneness beyond the need to settle any unfinished business.

Question 41

Explain what Suzuki Roshi meant by “One should live their life like a very hot fire, so there is no trace left beind.

Answer 41

One should live their life so fully and so completely that there is nothing left to do but be.
My spin … a Life with no regrets.

Question 42

Is grief a part of our divine expression?

Answer 42

Grief can be an opening to divine freedom; an opening to touch and understand the hearts of others. Levine says: “tragedy often holds the seeds of grace.” Yes.

Question 43

“The client was healed, the client died.” Is this and incongruous statement?

Answer 43

This is not an incongruous statement. The client can be healed in consciousness and still shed the body in this life.

Question 44

What does it mean to be non-resistant to life? the benefits?

Answer 44

Non-resistance comes out of the awareness of Oneness and Wholeness of all life. It is a state of being that accepts life as it unfolds, in a knowingness that all is good, that all has a reason for being.
* In the flow of Life *

The great benefit is that we are open to receive our full measure of Divine Goodness.

Question 45

What resources are available for use with a client at risk of suicide?

Answer 45

Many…. Suicide Prevention Hotline 1 800 273-TALK
A local mental health professional.
A local hospital.
A crisis center.

Question 46

What are some of the warning signs that to someone may be at risk of suicide?

Answer 46

Talking about hurting or killing oneself.
Talking about feelings of hopelessness, guilt,sadness….
Saying everyone will be better off without me.
Lack of interest in appearance.
Giving away their possessions.
Withdraw from, family, friends, work ….

Question 47

What might you talk about or ask to determine whether a client is thinking about killing himself/herself?

Answer 47

Directly ask - Are you thinking of killing yourself?

Are you thinking of suicide?

Question 48

Are there any ways that suicide survivor grief may be different from grief after other deaths? If yes how?

Answer 48

Yes, there can be Anger, Blame,Guilt, Shame, a whole host of feelings.
The feeling why wasn’t my Love enough?
How did I not see the signs? Etc..

Question 49

What Spiritual Principles relate to suicide issues?

Answer 49

Divine Presence is always for us.

Continuity of the soul.