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| Name the five major religions of the world. |
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| Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity & Judiasm. |
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| How can one show respect for another's religion? |
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| By love, honor, respect, understanding and seeing the Presence in all. |
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| What is one of the most common threads of almost all religions? |
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| Do unto others as you would have done unto you. |
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Answer the following as fundamental features of Religious Science:
1. Basic World View
2. God or Ultimate Reality
3. Origin of Humans
4. Destiny of Humans |
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| 1. God is all there is. 2. God is cause and effect, nothing separate from God. 3. Created by God. created in the image of God. 4. immortality - God essence of humankind never dies. |
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| What can happen when we understand surrender and acceptance? |
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| We can begin to consciously use a greater power to enhance conditions |
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| What is the value of living consciously? |
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| The ability to be ourselves. |
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| As defined by Marsha Sinetar in Elegant Choices, Healing Choices, what are elegant choices and what is the benefit to choosing them? |
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| What are the two parts to being in the sacred garden? |
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| Receptivity and Grace - choice, an act of conscious intention to embody the sacred in our every day life. |
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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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| Law will be working automatically - forget everything else and let our word be spoken with a deep inner realization of the great Presence of Life at the point of our consciousness. Pg. 358 |
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| What practical benefit do we gain from "Living in the Light?" |
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| Living from the Light within gives us health, happiness and success. |
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| Why does Ernest Holmes advise us not to try and visualize this mystical light or make it appear? |
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| Because it is part of us, part of everything. Concentrating on things does not help make it mystical. |
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| What is the difference between a mystic and a psychic? |
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| Psychic deals with human thoughts. Mystic senses Divine Presence. |
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| What is the key to our freedom? Explain. |
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| The very power of choice, we can choose our direction and self involvement. |
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| What are responsible choices? |
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| Those that take into account the consequences of each choice. |
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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, we are responsible for all actions. |
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| How is freedom tied up with unity? Explain. |
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| Our nature is one. God is one, the Universe cannot be divided against itself. We are all tied into an invisible unity. |
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| Explain how there is diversity and multiplicity within the one. |
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| No two things are alike, yet they all merged in the eternal unity. Oneness with All That Is. |
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| According to William Bridges, what are the tree stages of transition? Give a brief explanation of each stage. |
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Endings - letting go of something.
Neutal zone - time between one state of being and another.
New beginnings - come when one has done the spiritual work. |
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| What could be some of the benefits of the neutral zone? |
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| It is a place of self-renewal away from distractions and goal oriented society. |
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| From a SOM and Spirit perspective, explain, "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." |
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| Turning our attention and thoughts to God lifts us out of the darkness or anguish and loss. |
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| The Law is Infinite and Perfect but in order to make a demonstration, we must have a _________ __________. Explain |
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| Mental Equivalent - what we believe to be true. To change reality, we must change our belief. |
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| Explain why change is the natural sequence of events. |
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| Nature demands change so we can advance - Spirits expression at desire for our expansion. |
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| There are two types of information that would be part of a eulogy. What are they? Give five examples of each. |
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1)Statistics, ie birthdate, school, marriage, children, occupation.
2)Personal, ie favorite things, activities, hobbies, fav holidays, sports. |
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| Describe two different ways that eulogies can be done. |
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1) Family member or friend
2) Officiant speaks w/statistics and facilitates short sharings from the audience. |
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| No matter what type of eulogy the family chooses, it is the obligation of the officiant to _____________. What are some of the ways to gather the information necessary to do that? |
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| Questioning and listening to stories about the deceased. |
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| In your own words and without jargon, explain what Religious Science teaches about immortality. |
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| That we are Spirit beings having a human experience and our spirit being is immortal, but the body dies. |
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| Explain what Religious Science teaches about reward and punishment after death. |
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| God neither punishes or rewards. No one judges us but ourselves. We do the best we can and try to improve and when we have done this, we all will be alright with our souls both here and the hereafter. |
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| How can we rid ourselves of fear and live a life of trust? |
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| Through cultivation of faith, a faith founded on the thought of God is all there is. |
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| What are three of the ways in which trust can be known and shown? |
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1)walking in faith with a never wavering moment.
2) Living each day with a sense of confidence, peace and joyful expectancy.
3) Knowing that better things are coming, all is well. |
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| Why is it important to guard our thoughts? |
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| Because negative thoughts that are allowed to linger can become embedded so that they close out good thoughts. |
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| How does Spirit come to Self-fulfillment in everything? |
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| When you expect good and have absolute and unquestioning faith, it will no longer be necessary to pray for things. They will be given to you automatically. Spirit's self-fulfillment. |
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| What was the overall point of Barbara De Angelis' article in the Student Material? |
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| Living in the sacred moment of right now. |
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| What is a spiritual prototype? |
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| Truth, love, beauty, cause and effect, immutable law. |
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| According to Ernest Holmes, do we create? |
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| No, but we create a mental equivalent of it. It is already here. |
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| From what you have learned throughout this year, what is "spiritual conviction?" |
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| Knowing the Truth and experiencing manifestations. |
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| How would you explain the term, "the Presence of Perfection?" |
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| Oneness with All That Is. |
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| Describe how you see yourself as a Spiritual Leader. |
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| What two things form the core of the Practitioner's work? |
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| Active listening and spiritual mind treatment. |
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| What enhances effectiveness of a group? |
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| The willingness of the leader to be flexible and to tolerate ambiguity. |
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| From your reading in The Science of Mind, explain the Religious Science Universal Subjective Mind. |
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| Subjective mind is the play doh. You press upon your subjective mind and will manifest what you impress. |
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| What three things are central to crystalizing the commitment of the individual members to a common purpose? |
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| Participation, acceptance and confidentiality. |
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