Practitioner Exam Flashcards

Question 1

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What is the process in healing? The process of healing?

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There is no process of healing.
There is nothing to be healed, only Truth to be revealed. P1/T1/C4/Q3
Healing is not creating perfection but revealing the perfect idea already present.
It is a revelation through the thought of the practitioner to the thought of the patient.
The process in healing is a movement in consciousness in that the client moves from need and want to fulfillment and realization of his/her perfectness.
The process in healing is the mental work and the time it takes the practitioner to convince himself of the perfectness of his patient; and the length of time it takes the patient to realize this perfectness.” (SOM 212.4) P2/T1/C7b/Q2: P2/T2/C11/Q5

Question 2

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What is the purpose of Treatment? Is it different from prayer?

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To change a thought; to change a condition. P1/T1/C3/Q5:

To change a condition by allowing the God within to reveal itself in another, preferable manner. P1/T2/C16/Q3:

All treatment is prayer; not all prayer is treatment. Treatment is affirmative Prayer. “If . . . prayer is a recognition of Spirit’s Omniscience, Omnipotence, and Omnipresence, and a realization of man’s unity with Spirit, then . . . prayer is a spiritual treatment. If it is speaking to or pleading with a separate being with power to grant or not grant a wish, it is not treatment. P1/T2/C16/Q1

Question 3

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What is a Spiritual Truth? Spiritual re-education of the mind?

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A Spiritual Truth is a Truth about our Divine nature. What we really are. It is that which is as infinite and unlimited as Spirit. The Spiritual Truth of anything is the God-essence of it, and may appear as its opposite. For example, the Spiritual Truth of lack is unlimited abundance. P1/T1/C5/Q2
Spiritual re-education of the mind is understanding, knowing, and accepting the Spiritual Truth of one’s self. P1/T1/C8/Q4

Question 4

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What are the two distinct methods of treatment; how do they differ?

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(SOM 170.3) Argumentative and Realization. “Argumentative is a process of mental reasoning in which the practitioner argues to him/herself about the patient” (SOM 170.4). “The realization method is one whereby the practitioner realizes within him/herself without the necessity of step-by-step building up a conclusion—the perfect state of the patient” (SOM 170.5) P1/T1/C3/Q1

Question 5

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When we “speak our word” in affirmative prayer, who are we talking to?

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We speak to that God Presence within each of us, to the Law. P1/T2/C16/Q2:

Question 6

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What does Holmes mean when he says, “Now we can forget all about the Law and know there is nothing but the Word”?

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Forget about all else, the Law works automatically, let our word be spoken with a deep inner realization of that great Presence, of love, beauty, peace, poise, and power, and the point of our own consciousness. P1/T3/C22/Q5

Question 7

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How would you expand on this statement in the light of establishing rapport? “When deep calls unto deep, deep will answer deep.” (HTU 147.1)

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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 it happening.) P2/T1/C4/Q2

Question 8

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In the Science of Mind do we deny a circumstance to know the Truth?

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No. We try to discover what is wrong and why, or through treatment, we know the Spiritual Truth of the situation (LSOM 252.1). [We do not deny the circumstance, but we deny any power to the circumstance.] P1/T2/C12/Q4

Question 9

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According to Ernest Holmes, how does one neutralize the thinking behind an undesirable condition?

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Meet the appearance with Spiritual Truth. P1/T2/C13/Q3

Question 10

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Why is it not necessary to struggle with conditions?

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We use Principles which create conditions. (CM&S 34.3) P2/T2/C12/Q3

Question 11

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How do we know that the Truth which we announce is superior to the condition we are to change?

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Truth is cause; conditions are only effects. P2/T1/C2b/

Question 12

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Is it necessary to go back through your childhood memories to change your present? Why or why not?

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No, it is not necessary. By consistently affirming a new thought and the feelings that go with it you can change your reality. Treatment is the tool. P1/T1/C5/Q3

Question 13

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Why are childhood memories such great clues to the present?

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Childhood experiences and they way they are perceived, still active as memories, are clues to particularly deep-seated beliefs that outpicture as your reality. P1/T1/C5/Q4

Question 14

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How would the use of treatment change the effects of negative childhood memories?

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Treatment can change the belief [and affirm the truth], and thus change the reality manifesting from the belief. P1/T1/C5/Q5

Question 15

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What is the basis of the statement that a Practitioner speaks with authority?

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Two fundamental propositions: first, that “Spirit is present in everything” (HTU 69.2) and second, that “thought responds to thought” (HTU 70.2). “. . . 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.” (HTU 70.3) ** P2/T1/C5/Q4 2.We are surrounded by a Universal Mind, which reacts to our thought—and always according to Law.” (SOM 177.1) P2/T2/C11/Q3 3. The basis of treatment for others.**P2/T1/C3b/Q2

Question 16

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On what does the possibility of spiritual mind healing rest?

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Two fundamental propositions: first, that “Spirit is present in everything” (HTU 69.2) and second, that “thought responds to thought” (HTU 70.2). “. . . 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.” (HTU 70.3) ** P2/T1/C5/Q4 2.We are surrounded by a Universal Mind, which reacts to our thought—and always according to Law.” (SOM 177.1) P2/T2/C11/Q3 3. The basis of treatment for others.**P2/T1/C3b/Q2

Question 17

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“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?

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Two fundamental propositions: first, that “Spirit is present in everything” (HTU 69.2) and second, that “thought responds to thought” (HTU 70.2). “. . . 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.” (HTU 70.3) ** P2/T1/C5/Q4 2.We are surrounded by a Universal Mind, which reacts to our thought—and always according to Law.” (SOM 177.1) P2/T2/C11/Q3 3. The basis of treatment for others.**P2/T1/C3b/Q2

Question 18

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How can the consciousness of the Practitioner be empowered, when doing treatment, by combination of technique & feeling?

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A. -Well done, full Step One–magnificence of God.
-Clear Step Two that unites God and the Practitioner gives the Practitioner a feeling of well-being, peace and power.
-Complete Step Three–image of the desired results is complete and the feeling is one of fulfillment.
-Each Step builds upon the one previous, consciousness is empowered process, confidence builds. P2/T1/C8/Q8
B. DON’T SKIMP, GET FOCUS, NATURALLY & EFFORTLESSLY
DON’T SKIMP on steps 1&2
GET your ego/self consciousness out of the way FOCUS on expressing with passion and clarity
Let Spiritual Law work NATURALLY and EFFORTLESSLY through you.
C. + Expansive mental equivalent, calm assurance, absolute conviction & feeling, complete willingness to receive good.

Question 19

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What does Ernest Holmes say constitutes spiritual mind practice?

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”Spiritual mind practice calls for deep realization and conviction; it is the combination of spiritual up-reaching with conscious mental action for definite purposes.” (Prac code, Foreword) P2/T1/C9/Q1

Question 20

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What is “spiritual conviction”?

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Spiritual conviction is absolute Trust and Faith in who and what we are: God in expression, in action. P1/T3/C28/Q4

Question 21

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Explain why spiritual mind healing is a revelation.

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SMH is a revealing of the real nature of the client. (See HTU 56-57) “The imperfect has been added by the human mind. What the human mind has put there, it can take away. What the Divine has implanted cannot be uprooted; it can only appear to be covered up. Spiritual mind practice is an uncovering of the Divine Nature.” (HTU 57.2) P2/T1/C5/Q1

Question 22

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How does the Practitioner experience Love and Law in the work s/he does?

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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. P2/T1/C3b/Q3

Question 23

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Relative to Love and Law, how to you understand your Oneness with God and the Universe?

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It is all God. God as Love points the way and God as Law makes the way possible. I am a place where God expresses through this process. P1/T2/C12/Q3
“. . . all is Love and yet all is Law. Love rules through Law. Love is the divine Givingness; Law is the Way. Love is spontaneous; Law is impersonal. . . . there is an Infinite Spirit, operating through an Infinite and Immutable Law. . . . Love points the way and Law makes the way possible” (SOM 43).

Question 24

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In LSOM what does EH say is “The starting point for creating a better future”?

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The starting point is at the center of our own being. It leads to the discover of the Presence in all people, events, and nature. (LSOM 194.6-195.1) P1/T2/C11/Q2

Question 25

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In LSOM when and how does EH say we are to make changes?

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Since today is the only day in which we live . . . the change that we need to make within ourselves must be made today.” (LSOM 190.5) P1/T2/C11/Q3

Question 26

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Does the Practitioner assume the responsibility for the healing of the client?

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No. S/he assumes the obligation to do his/her work earnestly, sincerely, and with deep conviction. P2/T1/C7a/Q4

Question 27

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What is the personal responsibility of the Practitioner in healing?

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“There is no personal responsibility in healing. We should not feel that we put the power into the word. The practitioner directs the Power and lets It work. One does not hold thought in mental healing; he looses thought. A practitioner does not try to suggest, hypnotize, or mentally influence; he simply seeks to know that man is now a spiritual being, and he holds to that belief no matter what the appearance may be.” (SOM 179.2) P2/T2/C11/Q4

Question 28

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What is the difference between a mystic and a psychic?

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A psychic deals only with human thoughts, receiving impressions and subjective pictures from human minds and the Collective Unconscious, or relative truth.
A mystic is one who senses the Divine Presence. A mystic does not read human thought but intuitively senses the Thought of God, Reality, or Absolute Truth. P1/T3/C23/Q3

Question 29

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What about those crystals?

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Crystals are form and thus effect. Everything in form is effect; thought alone is causal. There is only One Power, Whose Intelligence manifests in form. Because healing is the revelation of Truth, we are for Spiritual Mind Treatment (though we are against nothing).

Question 30

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According to Ernest Holmes, do we create?

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No. We produce that which already has been created in the One Mind. We “demonstrate” that which already exists. P1/T3/C28/Q3

Question 31

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What is spiritual prototype?

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A spiritual prototype is the divine Idea of anything that already exists in the One Mind. It is the perfect Universal Idea of that which is the human idea. P1/T3/C28/Q2

Question 32

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How would you explain the term “the Presence of Perfection”?

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That Divine Idea, the spiritual prototype that already exists, is perfection and is present in every moment ready for us to make manifest in reality, ready for us to “demonstrate” in our lives. P1/T3/C28/Q5

Question 33

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What is intuition and on what does it draw for knowledge?

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Intuition is direct knowledge beyond what can be known through the five senses, and reasoning and logical analysis of information received through them, though it draws on them as well as inner guidance, collective consciousness, and revelation. In different terms, it calls upon one’s conscious and unconscious mind, the Collective Consciousness, and Divine Mind. P1/T1/C9/Q2,4

Question 34

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How do you differentiate between acting on impulse and acting on intuition?

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Acting on impulse is reacting unconsciously to stimuli and tends to have an emotional charge. Acting on intuition is responding from a deep awareness and a calm knowing, and tends to carry an indefinable sense of the operation factors beyond what one can describe or justify from immediate stimuli or known fact. ** P1/T1/C9/Q3

Question 35

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How are the concepts of healing, wholeness, and spiritual perfection related?

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The only thing that can ever require healing is the perception that healing is required. There is nothing to be healed, only Truth to be revealed. Believing something needs healing is to confuse the condition with the Spiritual Truth of Wholeness.
Healing is not a process but a revelation of wholeness always present, which cannot be created or destroyed.
Wholeness is the only state of being which the cosmos allows. God is One. The Universe is a Unit. Oneness is inclusivity. Nothing is outside of God. P2/T1/C2a/Q2
Metaphysical perfection is a standard of consciousness: the consciousness of lacking nothing, in which consciousness we perceive unbroken wholeness and may experience “having it all.” The standard of perfection upon which all practitioner work is founded is a consciousness of total inclusivity = wholeness. P2/T1/C2a/Q1

Question 36

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“The Practitioner treats himself first.” Explain.

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The first two steps of treatment are the greatest treatment the Practitioner could ever do for him/herself. P2/T1/C8/Q5

Question 37

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In a powerful treatment, why does the Practitioner never speak in the second person (to the client)?

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To speak to the client instead of to God within treatment diminishes the power of the treatment: the intimate connection to God as Source is Brian oken, and focus “drops” to the human level. ** P2/T1/C8/Q6

Question 38

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What three elements make Spiritual Mind Treatment a dynamic entity?

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Words, feelings and intentions. Words give form to feeling. Words with meaning have power. Conscious intention gives direction to the treatment. Specific intention is necessary in effective treatment. P2/T1/C8/Q1

Question 39

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When is a treatment incomplete?

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“Any individual treatment is incomplete until the one giving it accepts the verdict as present, final, and perfect.” P2/T1/C8/Q4

Question 40

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What does the Practitioner do when activity does not follow his/her treatment?

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S/he must be willing to continue treatment until the demonstration is made. P2/T1/C8/Q2

Question 41

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When repeated treatments are necessary, are they always the same treatment?

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No. Each treatment is part of the whole treatment, some part of gaining a complete realization. ** P2/T1/C8/Q3

Question 42

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Boundaries: Why is it not spiritual integrity to make the statement: “Mary is now at peace” in a treatment?

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Spiritual integrity says that we cannot know what is happening in another’s consciousness; we cannot make something so in another’s consciousness 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. P2/T1/C8/Q7

Question 43

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

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We can never influence another person’s consciousness unless they are open to accept the change. And, everyone is responsible for their own experience of life; therefore, the one who needs treatment is the one who came with the problem. P2/T2/C14/Q4

Question 44

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Define emotions and Feelings and their value in treatment.

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Feelings are the inner responses to our thoughts, while emotions are the outer expressions of our responses to our thoughts (feelings in motion). It is our thoughts/beliefs that create our reality, but only to the degree of feeling behind them. Therefore in treatment it is the feeling behind the treatment, behind the belief, the Spiritual Truth, that will create the demonstration. P1/T1/C4/Q4

Question 45

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How do beliefs, feelings, and the Law interact to create reality? Why?

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What we believe to be true about reality and to the extent of the feelings and emotions behind that belief is the extent to which the creative medium, Law, will produce that same reality in our lives. It is done unto us as we believe. P1/T1/C4/Q2

Question 46

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According to your reading in The Science of Mind, what is memory? Why is it important?

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Memory is an unconscious operation of what was once a conscious thought. It is the storehouse of all ideas that have passed through, in this case, the individual mind. Memory is important because it is active and these ideas or thoughts that pass through it come back. Thus, it is through memory and the perceptions of what is remembered that we arrive at our beliefs about reality and life and so create it. So that by changing the perception of a memory we change the reaction or thought attached to it and so change the condition of life attached to it. P1/T1/C9/Q5

Question 47

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The Creative Process: Explain Core Concepts 2 & 3 without the use of jargon.

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2: God is a Trinity. The nature of God or the Universe is First Cause (God the Father), the vehicle of creation (God as Holy Spirit), and Effect is the physical world (God as individualized expression). The invisible moves, automatically, to manifest according to our beliefs. P1/T2/C12/Q2
3: The process of creation is that all begins and ends in God. A thought, or word, automatically makes an impression on the “stuff” of creation, and that “stuff” takes form as the effect of thought. (Seed, soil, plant, is a good example.) P1/T2/C13/Q3

Question 48

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Mental Equivalents: Why must we have a Mental Equivalent to make a demonstration?

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What we believe to be true about reality is our mental equivalent from which our reality is created. In order to change our reality we must change the belief; in changing the belief we create a new mental equivalent from which a new reality is created. P1/T3/C25/Q4

Question 49

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Mental Equivalents: Explain “Man must become more if he wishes to draw a greater good into his life.”

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As we increase our understanding and conscious use of the Creative Process we experience more of our “wholeness.” The more we are conscious of our innate power, the more good we will attract. P1/T2/C13/Q5

Question 50

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Mental Equivalents:

From a Science of Mind perspective, explain, “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

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To renew your mind is to think anew, to find the Truth from within and in that Truth we are transformed. P1/T3/C25/Q3

Question 51

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Mental Equivalents: What is the solution to this apparent dead end: “We really affirm only that which we know to be true; we know that to be true which we have experienced within ourselves.”

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“…the necessity of providing within a greater concept of life; a bigger idea of ourselves and a more expanded concept of the Universe in which we live, move and have our being. This is a matter of inner growth together with the enlarging of all lines of thought and activity.” (CM&S 74.1; see also 81.3) P2/T2/C15/Q4

Question 52

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What are mental equivalents?

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“It is done unto us as we believe.”
Glossary: “Having a subjective idea of the desired experience.”
Textbook: The Law of Mental Equivalents means that everything that is consciously and subjectively embodied in our thinking radiates a vibration which automatically attracts to itself that which is like itself.

To receive a greater good we must develop a state of mind in which that good is normal for us. The Law of Cause and Effect acts upon this belief and our good is automatically drawn to us.

Question 53

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What does Science of Mind teach (25 words)?

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We are spiritual beings, living in a benevolent spiritual universe, governed by our use of spiritual law: “It is done unto you as you believe.”

There is a power for good in the universe greater than ourselves and you can use it now. This is God’s gift to you. What you decide to do with it is your gift to God.

Question 54

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Explain the differences between Centering, Meditation, and contemplation. What are the objectives of each?

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Centering is to consciously move your awareness to the core of your self, the center where God is clearly felt.
Meditation is to produce a state of free, open attention and expanded awareness. All meditation is mindfulness unstructured.
Contemplation is a deeper comprehension or breakthrough to understanding of a given object or subject. (P1/C2, pp. 2-5 to 2-6) P1/T1/C2/Q1

Question 55

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What is an Invocation?

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In an Invocation, invite those present to be still and receptive. Invite an awareness of the Presence of God. Invite the awareness of the Presence of God within all present in all Its Fullness (God quality appropriate to the occasion). May give thanks in advance for the good to be received and shared.

Question 56

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What is Benediction?

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In a benediction, give thanks for the Presence of God during the time spent together and for the accomplishments of the group. Give a blessing to accompany all as they depart to go about their individual lives.

Question 57

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What does it mean to know and accept the Law of Mind?

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To know that we are each one with God and the creation process and only the individual can limit his own success. P1/T2/C14/Q1

Question 58

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

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Practice. (CM&S 31.2) P2/T2/C12/Q2

Question 59

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

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Prayer. “. . . then of all times we must be quiet and listen; then of all times we must trust that the same power that started all things will also start us in the right road, for without some superior power we shall surely fail.” (CM&S 65.3) P2/T2/C15/Q1

Question 60

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What purpose does “Critical Thinking” serve in the Science of Mind?

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To challenge our own beliefs, values, and attitudes (P1/C3, pp. 3-3 to 3-9) P1/T1/C3/Q3

Question 61

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Why is it important to use Critical Thinking on the definitions of the words we habitually utilize?

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The meanings of words shift and change, definitions or intentions become fuzzy or lost, and words are used carelessly. We look at the beliefs behind the words and what they mean to us to understand why and what we are creating in our lives and how to change it. If we use words in ways idiosyncratic to ourselves, we may not communicate clearly with others and create unintended consequences.(P1/C3, p.3-9)P1/T1/C3/Q4

Question 62

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What is the key to our freedom?

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The power of choice is the key to our freedom. As God is the life within us, we have access to all the attributes of God. We are free to call forth any of the qualities of God at any time, and the Law responds by producing the “form” of the choices we make. P1/T3/C24/Q1

Question 63

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What are responsible choices?

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Responsible choices take into account the consequences of each choice. P1/T3/C24/Q2

Question 64

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How is it that we are 100% responsible for our choices?

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There is no other power telling us what to do, to choose for us, or to deny our choices. We are responsible for all action, reaction, and interaction in our lives. We are totally in charge of our own life. Nothing, and no one, can influence us unless we choose to allow it; nor can we alter another person’s life unless they choose to allow it. P1/T3/C24/Q3

Answer 65

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True liberty, true freedom, has something cosmic behind it. All is made of the same stuff. Through physics we know there is no dis-unity in the physical world. In this unity we move, live and have our being. Since our nature is one, since God is One, then the universe cannot be divided against itself. No freedom can exist which denies or destroys the liberty or freedom of any other part of that whole. That would be self-destruction and that which is infinite cannot be destroyed. All freedom, all choice, is tied to the unity of the whole. P1/T3/C24/Q4:

Answer 66

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If one is for the Divine, the Good, God, one is for and within that Unity outside of which nothing is possible. There is no separation in God, and therefore nothing to be against. P2/T1/C2b/Q4

Answer 67

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Consciousness is cause in everyone’s life. Life can only be the out-picturing of each individual’s inner consciousness. Life on this earth plane is a shared experience, yet all is One; all experiences are the result of the One seeking to know Itself therefore we attract others into our life to experience more of the One. Consciousness is the motivating element; these observations are definitely related. P2/T2/C14/Q3

Answer 68

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The Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have others do unto you. P1/T3/C21/Q3

Answer 69

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“The Practitioner recognizes pure Spirit at the center of his/her client’s being. . . . It is God in that person.” (HTU 25.2) “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.” (HTU 29.2) ** P2/T1/C4/Q1

Answer 70

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Yes and no. Deep rapport establishes freedom and truth; however, carried too far, it can lead to bondage and dependence on external aid. (HTU 148.3) P2/T1/C4/Q3

Answer 71

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To judge or create guilt creates separation and destroys rapport. ** P2/T1/C4/Q4

Answer 72

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“Pure Faith is Spiritual conviction . . . the embodiment of an idea, the acceptance of a concept.” P1/T2/C17/Q3

Answer 73

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Yes. Faith misguided is fear. Fear is the negative use of faith. P1/T2/C17/Q4

Answer 74

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Having faith in God is placing faith in something outside of and separate from oneself, therefore separating oneself from the Source of creative power. The faith of God is the expression of God Within arising and outworking. It is a deep spiritual understanding that God is all there is. P2/T1/C2b/Q3, P1/T2/C17/Q1

Answer 75

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Faith powers us to act, to transform and to create. To the degree that we enjoin our action with our beliefs will be manifest our desires and in doing so build upon our faith. Faith, without the ensuing action, is no faith at all. P1/T2/C17/Q2

Answer 76

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By understanding, knowing, and accepting that God is all there is—by embodying the idea or ideas present in any and all Spiritual Truths as you become aware of them. P1/T2/C17/Q5

Answer 77

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“The way to get rid of fear is through cultivation of faith, a faith founded in the thought that God is all there is.” EH P1/T3/C27/Q1

Answer 78

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It is the prayer of faith. “When we analyze what the prayer of faith means we discover that it is a statement of belief in some power which is able, ready, and willing to do the healing.” (LSOM 247.1) “. . . let us again inquire into the consciousness that heals. It is recognition of the Principle, faith in the Principle, conviction that It will always respond, plus the knowledge that It can respond only by corresponding to our mental attitudes. This is the secret of the consciousness that heals.” (LSOM 250.5) P2/T2/C11/Q2

Answer 79

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Universal Subjective Mind is Mind and substance in an unformed or uncreated state of being. It is ready to become molded into any or all forms. It is unexpressed Power, Substance, and Creativeness. It exists in its original state, invisible but potential with all possible form. A creative, universal energy waiting to be used. P1/T3/C29/Q4

Answer 80

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No. The soul of humankind is a direct aspect of the Universal Soul, the Creative Medium, which has no will of its own but only responds to that which we input. P1/T2/C19/Q4

Answer 81

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That back of all effects are ideas which are the real cause of these effects. (SOM 131.1) P1/T2/C11/Q1

Answer 82

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Mental cause is the belief we hold that creates our reality. P1/T1/C4/Q1

Answer 83

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No. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so it is.” The feelings attached to, and behind, the thought are what move it into reality. The degree of feeling behind the thought is the degree to which that thought will manifest in our lives. P1/T2/C14/Q4

Answer 84

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A belief is a mental acceptance of or conviction in something. A seeming truth we hold about reality.
A Value is a personal principle, standard or quality we hold. Attitude is a feeling or state of mind.
We hold something to be true about life or reality [belief] and create value around it according to its importance to us and from that we create an attitude about the subject matter that we hold as important. P1/T1/C3/Q2

Answer 85

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Everything is an effect of the Law manifesting. Always go back to the premise. If we say that these things are not God then we are saying that there is something other than God, that God is not all there is. Is there something other than God? No, this cannot be. But we can experience more “good” (by our own values) by choosing the aspects of God that more support our concept of wholeness, which is “The Good Life.” P1/T2/C12/Q5

Answer 86

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“Here we have two statements which at first seem not to agree. The first says that we must suffer from what we have done, and the second that under certain conditions we will not have to suffer. What are those conditions? A changed attitude toward the Law. It means that we must stop thinking and acting in the wrong way. . . . when we reverse the cause, that is think and act in a different way, then we have changed the flow of the Law.” (CM&S 54.2,3) P2/T2/C12/Q4

Answer 87

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The individual mind is our own individual consciousness that makes us seem individualistic. The Universal Mind is a gestalt of all consciousness, of all the aspects of the One known and unknown to us as individuals. It is the combined consciousness of all that is seen and unseen, the One being greater than the sum of all its parts. P1/T1/C9/Q1

Answer 88

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A belief held by a group, culture, or race. Also called Race Thought, Race Mind, Race suggestion. P1/T1/C6/Q1
It is the totality of all the conscious and subconscious thoughts of humanity from the beginning of time. It contains the tendency to reproduce what the race has thought and experienced. It has unrecognized causal power in our lives until we consciously recognize and choose among its elements.

Answer 89

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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. P2/T1/C3b/Q1

Answer 90

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Basic world view: God is all there is. Everything seen and unseen is an aspect of god. What we believe to be true about our reality is manifest as our reality.
God or Ultimate Reality: God is all there is. God is all cause and all effect. There is nothing separate from or other than God.
Origin of Humans: created by the god stuff of the universe in Its own image and likeness. Able to create and constantly become in the same ways and manners.
Destiny of Humans: Immortal. The god essence of humankind never dies, is limitless and infinite. P1/T3/C21/Q4

Answer 91

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“Religious science is a correlation of the laws of science, opinions of philosophy, and revelations of religion applied to human needs and the aspirations of man.” EH

Religious Science is a philosophy that was a culmination of the great Truths that lie at the heart of all religions and the provability of a science. Founded by Ernest Holmes who believes that there were immutable Laws governing the universe and that through the use of these Laws humankind could always demonstrate the proof of these laws. P1/T3/C21/Q5

Answer 92

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The circle represents infinity, it represents all there is, and that is God. Therefore, all three sections within the circle are God. God being all cause and all effect. The top portion of the chart represents, Spirit, Universal Mind, or god, in the form of idea or thought moving into the second portion, that of Law, the creative medium by which thought takes physical form in the third portion of the chart, Effect. This bottom area represents manifested reality. P1/T1/C4/Q5

Answer 93

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Relationships can be a path of awakening, a path of healing, and/or a path of fulfillment. P2/T2/C14/Q1

Answer 94

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If you feel ill toward yourself or someone else you cannot be completely happy. You cannot feel true love if you are withholding it from someone else or yourself. P1/T2/C14/Q5
Forgiveness removes blocks to love and our sense of connection to our essence, which then brings us into the harmony from which we make clear choices. P1/T2/C18/Q2
In love is found harmony with the essence of God; this opens us up and allows that essence to flow through us and renew us. When we are in this harmony our choices are clear and feed us. It is only when there is a block and the flow of love seems cut off that we muddy our choices.
There is no fear that love cannot resolve and there is no negativity that forgiveness cannot transform.

Answer 95

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Love is energy. . An inner knowing of the heart that can be expressed in the physical world by our actions: kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, empowerment, community and intimacy. // “Love is the Self-givingness of the Spirit through the desire of Life to express Itself in terms of creation. . . . Love is a synonym for God. . . . Love is free from condemnation, even as it is free from fear. Love is a cosmic force whose sweep is irresistible” (SOM Glossary). P1/T2/C18/Q3

Answer 96

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Universal Love is that essence within that is not a feeling or an emotion but a state of being. Individual love is that which is based in feeling or emotion, toward someone or something. P1/T2/C18/Q5

Answer 97

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a. Welcome and Invocation: Welcome (what to expect), confidentiality statement, invocation. Rapport begins building.
b. Dialogue:
i. Client expresses reasons for coming, concerns, desired change.
ii. Client and Practitioner dialogue.
iii. Agree upon purpose of treatment.
iv. Practitioner is teaching Spiritual Principles and modeling the revealing of Truth.
Here the process in healing takes place, the movement in consciousness that makes the healing possible, the giving up of old beliefs and the acceptance of new ones based on truth. (RM 3-6)]
c. Client Participation: The Practitioner suggests a spiritual practice to build faith& assist change in consciousness.
d. Spiritual Mind Treatment: Session ends with the treatment, so that the heart opening and the movement in consciousness continue undisturbed as the client leaves.

Answer 98

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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 to Good and to the Divine. ** P2/T1/C7b/Q1
It may include SMT.

Answer 99

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The psychologist asks questions to discover the event or experience that led to 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 can reverse it and know the Truth in his own consciousness. ** P2/T1/C6/Q4
Developing the client’s sense of self or ego strength
developing the client’s sense of Self as a child of God.
Client’s ability to accept reality and move through fearability to see beyond appearances and accept Spiritual Truths.
Helping the client with their relationship to themselves to improve relations with othershelping the client to see God in themselves and others to improve relations with others.
Level of human consciousnessopen to Divine Nature.

Answer 100

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Name five things a Practitioner should know according to the Ernest Holmes essay in the Student Resource Material.

Never put hands on a patient.
Never talk about a patient.
Never take personal responsibility for a patient.
Money is not the objective.
Be frank, open, and honest.
Be willing to give 100%.
Be honest with yourself and others.
Never try to convert.
Be spontaneous and joyful.
Demonstration is the point. P1/T1/C2/Q5

Answer 101

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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 God 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, while spiritual realization opens the flood gates of consciousness and lets through that which knows only the joy of its own self-expression.” (HTU 110.1) P2/T1/C6/Q1

Answer 102

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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 he [man] is born in a state of spiritual perfection, because he has a creative mind and because he is an individual, he can think independently of the fundamental harmony in the universe.” (HTU 113.1) P2/T1/C6/Q2

Answer 103

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The Kingdom of God is an accomplished fact.
Spiritual Laws of life work automatically.
It is actually done unto us as we believe. P2/T1/C7a/Q1

Answer 104

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When s/he conceives a new idea for a definite and specific purpose.
When s/he recognizes something undesirable not as conditions imposed on his/her client, but as logical sequential unfoldment of that life. P2/T1/C7a/Q3

Answer 105

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By listening for emotions being expressed, tracing back to the feeling behind the emotion, and then to the belief that caused *the feeling. ** P2/T1/C7b/Q4
By depersonalizing the matter, by pointing out that the repetitious manifesting of old beliefs is the result of a process controlled by Law and not an expression of current consciousness. ** P2/T1/C7b/Q5

Answer 106

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Attentive listening can deepen rapport which in turn permits asking more pointed and specific questions.
This brings that which is hidden in the unconscious of the client to conscious awareness. Race thought and subjective thought patterns are revealed and exposed to the light of Truth. “In the metaphysical field it is not necessary that the practitioner shall know, or that the patient shall consciously know, what first induced these inward conflicts. The metaphysician has learned that by taking certain broad, generalized statements and realizing their meaning, conscious thought, acting as law, can and does remove the obstruction.” (HTU 116.1) ** P2/T1/C6/Q5

Answer 107

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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 an affirmative prayer for healing. P2/T1/C3a/Q3

Answer 108

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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 for the highest good for all, that there are no errors, that any discord brought about is an opportunity for learning. The great benefit is that we are open to receive our full measure of Divine Goodness. P2/T2/C21/Q5

Answer 109

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To speak of personal experience, opinions, etc., holds the discussion at the human level of awareness. The Practitioner always speaks through spiritual truth and principle, keeping the discussion at the spiritual level of awareness. ** P2/T1/C7b/Q3

Answer 110

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The Practitioner is responsible for knowing the Truth, seeing beyond the illness to the innate perfection, but is not responsible for a healing. P2/T2/C18/Q5

Answer 111

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We do not treat the disease; we do not give any energy to the disease; we see beyond the disease and treat for a great expression of God, which does supply a spiritual consciousness. P2/T2/C18/Q3

Answer 112

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Spiritual Mind Treatment (& active listening). ** P2/T1/C9/Q6

Answer 113

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State of consciousness. P1/T1/C2/Q4

Answer 114

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A living example of what we know, and of our faith.
A revealer of Truth, in which consciousness the healing occurs. A living example of the successful application of the Science of Mind. P1/T2/C19/Q3
Practices and applies the principles of SOM.
Constantly reveals the Truth and is a living example of faith and Divine Nature.
Has a daily spiritual practice. - Eric

Answer 115

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This does not mean power through effort or strain but power through absolute conviction, or faith. (CM&S 27.1) P2/T2/C12/Q1

Answer 116

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“Words and affirmations simply 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.” (CM&S 69.3) P2/T2/C15/Q3

Answer 117

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The Practitioner is also listening for the Truth behind the condition the client has presented.
S/he is listening for inspiration from the ever-present activity of the Divine Mind. (See HTU 80-81)
“A case is won or lost in the consciousness of the Practitioner. . . . The Law responds by corresponding to his consciousness. His 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.” (HTU 80.3) P2/T1/C5/Q5

Answer 118

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“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.” (SE 86.2) P2/T2/C17/Q1
Law of Attraction. What you put your attention on increases.

Answer 119

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Pain gets our attention. Pain is the physical expression of a mental disturbance, false belief, or suppressed emotion. When we recognize it as such, it points our attention inward to seek what needs to be healed at the mental level. Pain is a tool for healing. P2/T2/C18/Q2

Answer 120

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Illness is the outer expression of inner imbalance, turmoil, or disharmony. A signal that an inner belief needs to be changed. Sometimes a protection against a greater turmoil. Slows us down so that we have more time to devote to spiritual advancement. Illness is not of God, but the experience can draw us closer to God.P2/T2/C19/Q5

Answer 121

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All disease results from a sense of separation from God.” P2/T2/C18/Q4

Answer 122

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“Positive” emotions motivate us to reach great heights in our spiritual awareness and fulfillment in life. “Negative” emotions direct us to distorted beliefs; when we are willing, they motivate us to change such beliefs to those that are more life enhancing. Suppressed emotions, “positive” or “negative,” can create illness, which is a gift, if we understand the illness as a message that our thinking is out of harmony with God, rather than a thing in and of itself. P2/T2/C19/Q1

Answer 123

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It is the Divine Creative Process in microcosm—human feeling and belief develops into thoughts that are always impressing themselves in the Subjective creative medium to form the circumstances of an individual’s life. - Eric
A thought plus a feeling, through the operation of the Law, produces a manifestation.
Love is that creative impulsion which sets the Law in motion; bringing thought into form.
God as Love points the way, and God as Law makes the way possible. I am a place where God expresses through this process.

Answer 124

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Treatment works through the Creative Process, wherein our feelings, thoughts and beliefs outpicture in the world according to the perfect Law of Cause and Effect: “It is done unto us as we believe.”
Treatment is not about controlling other people, nor hypnotism. When treating for others we are actually healing our own consciousness, working with our own thoughts, which inner realization, acting through Divine Mind, outpictures through the subject of the prayer, NOT AS OUR WILL, but God’s will, which is always for the highest and best for all. – Eric
SMT brings into alignment with Spiritual Truth the consciousness of the one doing treatment. Because there is One Mind which responds lawfully to thought, action must inevitably follow, in accordance with Law and Divine Will.

Answer 125

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Statements of Absolute, rather than relative, Truth taught by all major religions. Those qualities that are Eternally True of God and the Universe. – Eric

Answer 126

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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The Father and I are One.
Greater things than these shall ye do.
It is not I but the Father that doeth the work.
Judge not that ye be not judged.
The Kingdom of God is within.
Love God with all heart/soul/mind & your neighbor as yourself.
Ye shall reap what ye sow.
Christ Consciousness is surrendering any limited sense of life to the Divine Realization of wholeness and unification with Good, Spirit, God. It is loving from the knowledge that in God all things are possible.

Answer 127

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The Law is an Impersonal, Creative Medium, Unformed Substance, ready to take form according to the direction of Mind or Spirit. The Law is the servant of Spirit, or First Cause. It is set in motion through the Word.
It is done unto us as we believe.
We are always using the Law, for the process is inevitable; we use it consciously by choosing our beliefs and thoughts and deliberately placing them into the operation of the Law by our word. This sets It in motion to create our circumstances and conditions. When treating, we speak our word into the Law and the Law responds in exact measure.

Answer 128

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By the Creative Process. Absolute Intelligence operates through the Word, which is placed into the operation of the Law, which outpictures in manifestation or Form. Soil/Seed/Plant.
Human life is governed by the Law of Cause and Effect. Thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are causal, and operate through Law to produce conditions, experiences, effects. We tend to reproduce our prior experience by this process, unless and until we consciously or unconsciously alter our thoughts and beliefs.

Answer 129

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Affirmative prayer which recognizes God and affirms our Oneness with It, then names the Truth already ours regarding a situation, in gratitude and trusting non-attachment.
A form of prayer that assumes that God wants our good. – Eric

Answer 130

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Go		God
To		Triune Nature
Church	Creative Process
Pray 		Process of Flow
With 		Wholeness
All		Abundance
Read		Reciprocal Universe
For 		Forgiveness
Inspiration	Immortality
Celebrate	Christ Consciousness

Answer 131

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Quimby >
Eddy > Hopkins > Fillmore, Cady, Brooks, Holmes
Julius Dresser > Horatio & David
Warren Felt Evans (also Swedenborg)
Holmes < Emerson
< Troward
< Hopkins

Answer 132

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Considered the “Founder” of New Thought, Quimby worked on the principle that “mind” had something to do with the healing of the physical body. Over 25 years he treated 12,000 patients and was the teacher of Julius Dresser, Warren Felt Evans, and Mary Baker Eddy.

Answer 133

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A student of Quimby, she established the Christian Science Church when she was 65. Christian Science deals with mental healing, but differs from New Thought in that it denies the existence of disease and looks for healing only, saying everything else is in error.

Answer 134

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Founders of Unity, the Fillmores were students of Emma Curtis Hopkins. They brought a love and warmth to New Thought teaching. Unity began as a publishing house and that is still a major strength.

Answer 135

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A student of Emma Curtis Hopkins who wrote a core Unity text, “Lessons in Truth.”

Answer 136

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A student of Emma Curtis Hopkins who, with Melinda Cramer, became co-founder of Divine Science.

Answer 137

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The “Teacher of Teachers,” she was involved in Christian Science and became the second editor of the Monitor. However, she began to clash with MBE and moved on to her own intuitive teaching and founded an independent seminary. She taught nearly ever leader in the metaphysical movement, and wrote “Studies in Mysticism,” 12 volumes still considered the best on the topic.

Answer 138

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Founder of Religious Science, he studied with ECH. He studied world religions and texts, and was influenced by Emerson and Thomas Troward, and most immediately by his teacher, ECH.

Answer 139

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A British judge who lived in India and studied religion there, Troward lectured and wrote on mysticism and his writings were a major influence on EH. Lectures published as the Edinburgh & Dore Lectures.

Answer 140

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A 19th-century Transcendentalist who left his Unitarian ministry to teach, write, and speak on his philosophy. A major influence on EH.

Answer 141

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Healed by Quimby, Julius became active in his work. His sons Horatio and David continued the work of Quimby and Julius Dresser. Horatio brought Emerson’s work to publication, and David became a credentialed psychiatrist. He was among those who maintained that MBE’s work was not original to her but derived from Quimby. David was a friend of EH, and gave William James his first insight into metaphysics.

Answer 142

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A Methodist minister until he encountered Swedenborg’s teachings, Evans became a disciple of Swedenborg after his healing by Quimby and established a clinic.

Answer 143

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The Thing Itself: There is only God, One Mind, Original Cause, and we are individuations of it.
The Way It Works: The Thing Itself is the One Cause or Spirit, and we are made of it; hence It can do for us only what it can do through us.
What It Does: It is done unto us as we believe. All is Love and yet all is Law. Love rules through Law. Love points the way and Law make the way possible.
How To Use It: We prove knowledge of the law by using it to demonstrate, specifically through Spiritual Mind Treatment.

Answer 144

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Core Concept 1: GOD
UNIVERSAL (The Thing Itself-TTI): There is One Cosmic Reality Principle and Presence in the Universe—God. All creation originates in this One Source. God Is. God is All There Is.
HUMAN (The Way It Works-TWIW): Each human being is a creation of God, made of the God-substances, a unique, individualized incarnation of Spirit. This incarnated Spirit is my Essence and the Essence of every human being.

Answer 145

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Core Concept 3: CREATIVE PROCESS
UNIVERSAL (TTI): Spirit is the great Causative Power of the Universe. The word, or thought, of God eternally initiates the Divine Creative Process. In this process, Law is continuously set in motion to create, from the Unformed Substance, innumerable forms which follow the thought-patterns of Spirit.
HUMAN (TWIW): Since the human spirit is One with Universal Spirit, and the human subjective merges with the Universal Subjective, all human thought is creative and re-enacts in microcosm the Divine Creative Process.

Answer 146

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Core Concept 4: PROCESS OF FLOW
UNIVERSAL (TTI): In the Infinite Nature of God, all conceivable Good is eternally available, ready to flow into human experience. Through some Cosmic Process, this flow of Good is activated and/or increased by human belief, faith, and acceptance. The expression of this essential belief, faith, and acceptance is prayer.
HUMAN (TWIW): The human re-enactment of the Cosmic Creative Process is naturally happening, with or without our awareness. In this process, prayer, or spiritual mind treatment, is one effective way to increase our belief in and acceptance of the Universal Good, the Cosmic Well-Being inherent within us.

Answer 147

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Core Concept 5: WHOLENESS
UNIVERSAL (TTI): This is a Universe of Wholeness, Allness, Oneness. Spirit is a transcendent, perfect Whole that, in Its Infinite Inclusivity, harmoniously embraces all seeming opposites.
HUMAN (TWIW): Each human being is endowed with free will and can thus choose to experience freedom or bondage, abundance or lack, joy or misery, all of which lie within the Infinite Inclusivity of God.

Answer 148

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Core Concept 6: ABUNDANCE
UNIVERSAL (TTI): This is a Universe of infinite abundance, spiritual, mental, and physical. This Bounty of Spirit, this Allness of Good, is limitless and can never be exhausted or depleted.
HUMAN (TWIW): The infinite bounty of Spirit is the birthright of every human. I am a child of God, creates as a finite expression of God. Thus, I am heir to all the Good there is simply because of WHO I AM.

Answer 149

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Core Concept 7: RECIPROCAL UNIVERSE
UNIVERSAL (TTI): This is a reciprocal Universe. For every visible form, there is an invisible counterpart. Everything in nature tends to equalize itself, to keep its balance true.
HUMAN (TWIW): Human life demonstrates the recriprocal nature of the Universe in the laws of attraction, giving and receiving, mental equivalents, doing and being done by, and other such principles.

Answer 150

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Core Concept 8: FORGIVENESS
UNIVERSAL (TTI): The Universe exists in the Eternal Now, each moment complete and perfect within itself. In this Universal Harmony, justice without judgment is always automatic, an infallible Universal Principle. There can be no place for divine anger, unforgiveness, or punishment.
HUMAN (TWIW): Human forgiveness is the process that frees us to live in the Eternal Now. It is essential that we wholly forgive ourselves and all others before real spiritual growth can flourish.

Answer 151

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Core Concept 9: IMMORTALITY
UNIVERSAL (TTI): Immortality is a Universal Principle, not a “belief” or a bargain made with the Universe for good behavior. God knows only Life, its eternal continuity, evolution, and expansion.
HUMAN (TWIW): “Death” is a human concept, not a Divine Idea. The Essence of every human is the incarnation of God at the center of his/her being. This Essence is eternal and changeless, the Divine Spark that can no more die than God can die.

Answer 152

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Core Concept 10: CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS
UNIVERSAL (TTI): The mystic concept of the Cosmic Christ is not that of a person, but of a Principle, a Universal Presence . . . the Universal image of God present in all creation . . . the “Pattern that connects.”
HUMAN (TWIW): Each human partakes of the Christ nature to the degree that the Cosmic Christ is recognized and revealed through him or her. To that degree, he or she becomes the Christ.

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