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Question—What do we mean by involution and evolution?

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ANSWER—Before anything can evolve it must first be involved. Before the seed can produce a harvest it must first fall into the ground. The planting of the seed is an idea specializing in the law, having a definite purpose, that of producing its own type. The act of involution is a conscious one. The gardener consciously invokes the law. As soon as the seed is planted the natural processes of creation begin. Everything that happens from seed to harvest is intelligent but unconscious, hence a mechanical process. When we study evolution we are studying a mechanism and not spontaneity. Involution precedes evolution in the creative sequence.”

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What is The Thing Itself, how does it work, what does it do, how can we use it?

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God and the Creative process,

it works the Law/Creative Medium acts upon our thoughts manifesting them,

It turns thoughts into things and conditions,

we use it by consciously choosing our thoughts.

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Explain what Science of Mind teaches to someone unfamiliar with Religious Science. (25 words or less, no jargon)

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  • God is All there is
  • We are One with God
  • We choose the thoughts and beliefs that create our reality individually and collectively
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Explain what Spiritual Mind Treatment is to someone unfamiliar with Religious Science. (25 words or less, no jargon)

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  • Prayer that recognizes God is All there is
  • I am One with God, all that God is is mine
  • I am Grateful and receptive
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How does Spiritual Mind Treatment work?

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*We speak with the voice of God and the Law responds

1*In recognition we remember that God is everything

2*In unification we remember we are One with Godand thus the Creative Process is ours to use

3*In realization we speak our word of Truth in to the Law with conviciton and feeling

4*Gratitude keeps the flow moving

5*Releasing to the Law allows it to work on our behalf

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What is a Practitioner?

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A Practitioner is a person who is trained in the art, science and skill of Spiritual Mind
Treatment. One who works in his/her own consciousness to reveal the Truth.

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What is the purpose of being a Practitioner?

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To deepen one’s own consciousness and connection with God.

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What is Cause?

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That which produces an effect. The Life back of things.

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What is Affirmation?

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To affirm anything is to state that it is so, and to maintain this as being true in the face of all evidence to the contrary.

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Define Consciousness.

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Mental awareness.
Objective = conscious awareness; its reasoning is both inductive and deductive, therefore it has self-choice.
Subjective = reaction to objective volition.

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What is Duality?

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The belief in more than one Power back of all things. That there is God and something else.

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What is Effect?

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That which follows cause.
It did not make itself, but which must have a power back of it causing it to be.
All manifestation is effect.

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Define Faith.

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Faith is a mental attitude, so inwardly embodied that the mind can no longer deny it. A belief in the presence of an invisible principle and law which directly and specifically responds to me.

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What is Intuition?

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Intuition is God in man. The ability to know without any process of reasoning.

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What is Metaphysics?

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The science of being. That which is beyond the known laws of physics.

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Define Mind.

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Mind is that in which we live, move and have our being.
Conscious Mind is Spirit, either in God or man.
Unconscious Mind is the law of conscious Mind acting and is, therefore, subconscious or subjective.
Mind is potential energy, while thought is the dynamic force which produces the activity for manifestation.
The One Mind is all of Truth.

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What is a mystic?

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A mystic is one who senses the Divine Presence; one who intuitively senses Reality.

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What is the purpose of an Invocation?

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To set the tone by recognizing the inspiration of Spirit in the event about to take place.

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What is the purpose of a Benediction?

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To express gratitude for what has been received by recognizing the inspiration of Spirit in the event.

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What is a Psychic?

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A psychic is one who is able to see that which is pictured in the subjective either in the past or in the present moment.

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What is Spiritual Principle?

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A fundamental truth.

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What is Race Thought or subjective consensus?

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Human beliefs operating through the mentality of the individual.

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Explain what Science of Mind teaches to someone unfamiliar with Religious Science. (25 words or less)

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There is only one power, the power of LOVE which is the power of God; there is an all-powerful LAW that responds to our thinking.

OR

SOMAS teaches how to live in accordance with Spiritual Principles for greater peace, happiness and joy. The consistent application of which results in good health, satisfying relationships, enhanced creativity and prosperity

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Explain what Spiritual Mind Treatment is to someone unfamiliar with Religious Science. (25 words or less)

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A recognition of our Oneness with all of life and an affirmation of the Truth of our beingness.

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How does Spiritual Mind Treatment work?

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SMT works by the recognition of Perfect God, Perfect Man, Perfect Being thus being whole, perfect and complete as is. Nothing needing to be added.

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What is the key to powerful treatments?

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Expanded consciousness to accept; Faith and conviction.

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Explain how life gets to be the way it is.

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  • All thought is creative.
  • Life is the out-picturing of what is going on internally in the mind.
  • It happens to us as we believe.
  • God can only do through us to the degree of our acceptance.
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Describe the Creative Process.

maybe in 25 or 50 words

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Thought (the seed) decends or is planted into the Universal Subjective or Law of Mind (soil), which manifest form (plant).

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Thought (the seed) is planted into the subjective mind (the soil) and out-pictures an effect (the plant).

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Explain the Science of Mind teaching symbol.

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The circle represents Oneness or Wholeness. The three sections represent the triune nature of Being; the upper section is Spirit, the middle section Soul and the lower section Body. The “V” represents the universal creative process. The point drawn down represents the movement of spirit through the creative medium of Soul (mind) into body (form). It is necessary that Spirit be manifested in order to express itself. The word Unity on the descending line shows that all come from the one. The ascent of the “V” represents body (form) returning again to Spirit, the invisible realm.

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What is the Law and how do we use it?

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The Law is the unchangeable, immutable, impersonal mind in action that mirrors the vibratory equivalent of our thoughts. By thinking correctly and by a conscious mental use of the law of Mind, we can cause It to do definite things for us, through us.

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What are mental equivalents?

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Greater vision of our desired experience results in a greater demonstration in our experience.
We cannot demonstrate beyond our ability to mentally conceive that which we desire to experience. “Whatsoever a man soweth, he shall reap.”

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On the Metaphysical chart, where would you place the following? (top, middle, or bottom)

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Soul (middle); Body (bottom); Creative Medium (middle); Feminine (middle); Absolute (top); Spirit (top); The Word (top); Things (bottom); Plastic (middle); Time (bottom); Karma (middle); Maya (middle); Choice (top); Law (middle); Space (bottom).
Top: Absolute, Spirit, The Word, Power/Choice/Will, Active, Conscious Idea, Conscious Mind, Decision, Volition, Purpose, Changeless
Middle: Soul, Law, Creative Medium, Subjective, Subconscious, Unconscious, Feminine, Plastic, Karma, Maya, Action, Race Suggestions.
Bottom: Body, Things, Time, Space, Results, Form, Vocation, Conditions

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What did Jesus teach?

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It is done unto us as we believe.

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What are the parts of a Practitioner/Client session; give the purpose of each.

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Welcome/Invocation - Sets the tone for the session and is the first step to building rapport.
Dialogue - To ascertain the effect that needs to be healed and the mental cause of that effect.
Client Participation - Practitioner suggests a spiritual practice for the client to do that will assist in clearing the way for the change in consciousness necessary for the healing.
Spiritual Mind Treatment - At the end of the session SMT is given for the desired healing. This allows for the heart opening and movement in consciousness.

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What is the importance of rapport in a Practitioner/Client session?

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Rapport helps the client build trust in the Practitioner, thereby allowing for more in depth questioning to get to the false or limiting belief.

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What is spiritual guidance and support?

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Spiritual counseling is assisting a client through a process of healing and revealing Truth by asking compassionate questions, actively listening and using the art and science of spiritual mind treatment.

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What are the responsibilities of a Professional Practitioner maintaining a private practice?

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Professional Practitioners are self-employed.
Responsible for: establishing the legal entity of the business; any business license requirements; paying taxes; financial and client record keeping; establishing client fees; insurance; office space; and our personal and spiritual growth.

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Name 10 ways a Professional Practitioner can teach the Truth in the world.

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Definition

  1. Hold Study Groups
  2. Conducting commitment ceremonies, funeral and memorial services
  3. Facilitating CSL Study Groups
  4. Teacher’s Assistant for SOMAS classes
  5. Writing books/magazine articles aligned with SOMAS principles.
  6. Teaching CSL classes, workshops, seminars.
  7. Developing a ministry of public speaking
  8. Holding vigil or high watch for events, meetings and services of our local spiritual community.
  9. Holding ecclesiastic offices within local spiritual communities within CSL.
  10. Conducting group or individual meditations, visioning sessions and spiritual retreats.
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Give one statement of identification for the following: Phineas Parkhurst Quimby;
Mary Baker Eddy; Charles & Myrtle Fillmore; Emile Cady; Nona Brooks; Emma Curtis Hopkins; Ernest Holmes; Thomas Troward; Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Definition
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby - The founder of New Thought and the first to grasp the idea that “mind” had something to do with the healing of the physical body.

Mary Baker Eddy - Established the Christian Science church.

Charles & Myrtle Fillmore - The founders of Unity.

Emile Cady - Wrote the book “Lessons in Truth” for Unity.

Nona Brooks - Co-founder of Divine Science.

Emma Curtis Hopkins - Known as the teacher of teachers.

Ernest Holmes - The founder of Religious Science.

Thomas Troward - Author of the Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science. Expanded idea of cause and effect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essayist that wrote “Self Reliance” and “The Over-Soul” and who led the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century.

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What is Christ Consciousness?

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Awareness of our Divinity; That God lives, moves and has its beingness in us.

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What is the difference between counseling and what a Practitioner does.

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A psychologist treats effects and asks questions that reveal more of the underlying behaviors, while the Practitioner treats cause and asks questions that reveal more of the mental cause of the false or limiting beliefs so the Spiritual Truth can be revealed.

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Who influenced Ernest Holmes studies and writings?

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Thomas Troward

43
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Who was the founder of Christian Science?

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Mary Baker Eddy

44
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Who founded the Unity Church?

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Charles and Myrtle Fillmore.

45
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Name the three pillars of New Thought.

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Divine Science
Religious Science
Unity

46
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What year did Ernest Holmes make his transition?

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1960

47
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Who was known as the “Father of New Thought”?

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Phineas Parkhurst Quimby

48
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Who was respected with the title of “Teacher of Teachers”?

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Emma Curtis Hopkins

49
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What was one of the many famous essays that Ralph Waldo Emerson was known for?

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Self-Reliance
The Over-Soul
Circles

50
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Name two New Thought leaders that were directly influenced by Quimby?

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Warren Felt Evans and Julius Dresser.

51
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In what year was the Institute of Religious Science begun?

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1927

52
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What makes Christian Science different from Science of Mind?

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Christian Scientist believe prayer heals all. Science of Mind believes in prayer and the pill. God is in it all!

53
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The term New Thought refers to the modern metaphysical movements whose philosophy teaches what?

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1) We are living in a spiritual universe here and now. 2) Based on the theory that the Universe is a system of intelligence, the movement of which is Law, the Intelligence being personal and the Law impersonal.

54
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What is the basic premise upon which all mental work is based?

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Perfect God; Perfect Man; Perfect Being

55
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What is the Christ Principle in Religious Science?

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Perfect God; Perfect Man; Perfect Being

56
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What is Spiritual Mind?

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The atmosphere of God.

57
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How does the SOM textbook define “The Science of Mind?”

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SOM is the study of life and the laws of thought; the conception that we live in a spiritual Universe; that God is in, through, around and for us.

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What is The Thing Itself? How does it work? What does it do? How can we use it?

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The Thing Itself is First Cause; Spirit; Truth; that Invisible Essence; that Ultimate Stuff and Intelligence from which everything comes - the Power back of creation.
It works through Absolute Law. What it does is manifests through us according to our beliefs. We use it by being aware and consciously creating our life through right-thinking.

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What is The Thing Itself, how does it work, what does it do, how can we use it?

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Definition
• The “Thing Itself” is God, the Creative Process
• It works because the Law, or creative medium, acts upon our thoughts, manifesting them
• It turns thoughts into things and conditions
• We use it by consciously choosing our thoughts

60
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Explain what Science of Mind teaches to someone unfamiliar with Religious
Science. (25 words or less, no jargon)

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  • God is all there is
  • We are one with God
  • We choose the thoughts and beliefs that create our reality, individually and collectively
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Explain what Spiritual Mind Treatment is to someone unfamiliar with
Religious Science. (25 words or less, no jargon)

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• Prayer that recognizes God is all there is, I am one with God, all that God has is mine, and I am grateful and receptive.

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How does Spiritual Mind Treatment work?

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  • We speak with the voice OF God, and the Law responds
  • In Recognition we remember that God is EVERYTHING
  • In Unification we remember that we are one with God, and thus the

Creative Process is ours to use

• In Realization we speak our word of Truth into the Law with conviction

and feeling

  • Gratitude keeps the flow moving
  • Releasing to the Law allows It to work on our behalf
63
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What is the key to powerful treatment?

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  • An expanded consciousness of receptivity

* Being grateful that I already have what I am treating for

64
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Explain how life gets to be the way it is.

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It is done unto us as we believe. The Law acts upon the preponderance of our thoughts to create the life we have chosen or think we deserve. Where we don’t consciously choose, Race Thought determines what we will experience.

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Describe the Creative Process in the individual.

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  • Love points the way and Law makes the way possible.
  • God as Love gives Itself to us as limitless possibilities from which to choose. As individuals, we choose with our thoughts and beliefs, which are acted upon by the Law and out picture as our lives.
66
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Explain the Science of Mind teaching symbol.

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• The circle represents infinity, everything-and it’s ALL God.
• The top section represents the part of God that is SPIRlT, thought, cause,
idea - the initiation of creation.
• The middle section represents the part of God that is LAW, the Creative
Medium - containing all the stuff and all the know-how to turn thoughts
into things.
• The bottom section is the part of God that represents EFFECTS,
manifested reality-all things and conditions.
• The V shows how thoughts go into the creative medium and come out as
effects and conditions.

See Metaphysical Charts II-A and III in the The Science of Mind Textbook.
(Metaphysical charts follow page 567.)

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What is Law and how do we use it?

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  • The Law is a blind force that turns thoughts into things and conditions.
  • We use it by consciously choosing our thoughts.
68
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What are mental equivalents?

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  • Mental equivalents are subjective ideas or mental pictures.
  • Every objective thing has a corresponding mental equivalent.
69
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What is Race Thought or subjective consensus?

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• 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.

70
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What is a mystic?

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A mystic is one who:

  • Senses the Divine Presence.
  • Experiences oneness and unity with life and with God.
  • Intuitively perceives Truth without mental process.
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What is a psychic?

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A psychic is one who:

  • Works on the mental (not spiritual) plane,
  • Sees through his/her own, or another’s, subjective mentality, and
  • Has impressions that are more or less colored by the vibration of his/her own or another’s thought.
72
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What did Jesus teach? (Many possible answers)

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  • It is done unto you as you believe.
  • I and my Father are one.
  • As we turn to God, God turns to us.
73
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Write a brief treatment for yourself. (clearly identify purpose and five steps)

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Definition
• Purpose
> Recognition

> Unification

> Realization

> Thanksgiving

> Release

74
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Write and invocation.

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An invocation sets the tone for an event - of love, harmony, wisdom, and clarity.

75
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Write a benediction.

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A benediction offers thanks for what has transpired and blesses participants as they leave.

76
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Explain the licensing and renewal process.

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Licensing: Complete and pass:
2 years of Practitioner training
Written exam
Oral panels
Pay fees to CSL
Renewal: Complete CLU and CEUs and affirm the prac code.
77
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Name the parts of the Practitioner/Client session; give the purpose of each.

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  • Welcome and Invocation, to set the tone and begin to establish rapport
  • Dialogue, to ascertain the effect that needs to be healed, the belief or mental cause of that effect, and to teach Spiritual Principles
  • Client Participation, to assign spiritual practice or ‘homework’
  • Spiritual Mind Treatment, for the desired healing
78
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What is spiritual guidance and support?

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Assisting a client through a process of healing and revealing Truth by:
Assisting a client through a process of healing and revealing Truth by:
-asking compassionate questions,
-attentively listening,
-teaching Spiritual Principles,
-assisting clients to recognize and change limiting beliefs, and
-using the art and skill of Spiritual Mind Treatment.

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What are the responsibilities of a Professional Practitioner maintaining a private practice?

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  • Abide by the Centers for Spiritual Living Policies & Procedures Manual at all times
  • Legally report fees as income
  • Maintain current Practitioner license
  • Report abuse and anything else that is mandated by law
80
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Name ten ways a Professional Practitioner can teach the Truth in the World.

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  • Conducting Practitioner/Client sessions
  • Serving as a Teacher’s Assistant or teaching accredited classes
  • Conducting workshops
  • Leading a Study Group
  • Facilitating group or individual meditations or visioning
  • Officiating at memorials or funerals
  • Developing a ministry of public speaking
  • Doing community outreach or working in hospice or other volunteer work
  • Serving in the World Ministry of Prayer
  • Performing Platform duties at Sunday services
81
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Phineas Parkhurst Quimby was known as:

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The Father of New Thought.

82
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Mary Baker Eddy

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Founded Christian Science.

83
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Charles and Myrtle Fillmore

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Founded Unity

84
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Emilie Cady was

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a student of Emma Curtis Hopkins and was the author of Unity’s book, Lessons in Truth.

85
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Nona Brooks

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along with Melinda Cramer, founded Divine Science.

86
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Emma Curtis Hopkins was known as

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the “Teacher of Teachers”

87
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Ernest Holmes founded

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Religious Science and wrote The Science of Mind Textbook and many other books.

88
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Thomas Troward

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greatly influenced Ernest Holmes and wrote Edinburgh Lectures.

89
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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was a major influence on Ernest Holmes’ spirituality.

90
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What is Race Thought or subjective consensus?

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The accumulated subjective tendencies and thoughts of the entire human race, the beliefs held by any group or culture.

91
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Lifetime/Emeritus Practitioner is?

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A Lifetime/Emeritus Practitioner status is an extraordinary honor granted by the organization to recognize a Practitioner as being in good standing for Life, will all the rights and privileges of a fully Licensed Practitioner without having to fulfil the standard renewal requirements.
To Achieve this one must be:
( 1 ) Be in active service as a Practitioner for twenty ( 20 ) years or longer.
( 2 ) Have provided exemplary service to the organization beyond local member community activity.
( 3 ) Be nominated by someone other than the potential recipient.

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What is an Outreach Practitioner?

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a. An Outreach Practitioner is an active Practitioner who has moved to or resides where there are no Member Communities in their local vicinity.
b. The role of an Outreach Practitioner is to perform scared service and undertake activities that serve the larger community and represent The Science of Mind at work and in the world.

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