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

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

False belief we have the power to heal, the power comes from the Divine

Consciousness that heals is the recognition of and the faith in the Principle and the conviction that "IT" will always respond. And knowing IT can only respond according to our mental attitudes. 

The Consciousness that Heals is the consciousness that abides in an awareness of Truth. The Consciousness that Heals is the consciousness that lives in the Presence. It is the consciousness that knows, in truth, that there is nothing to be healed—there is only a greater Truth to be revealed. The Consciousness that Heals is the consciousness that knows that the healing power, the ONLY healing power, is the free flow of Spirit through us. It is our elevated consciousness, our knowing of Truth, that provides the channel for  

healing. This is the consciousness that heals.

On what does the possibility of spiritual mind healing rest?

What is the personal responsibility of the Practitioner in healing?

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

of healing?

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

We may go through a process to arrive at a realization of Truth. That is the process

in healing. Once we realize Truth, however, the healing is instantaneous.

 What does Ernest Holmes mean when he says, “Our word has the exact

amount of power that we put into it?”

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

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

Why is it not necessary to struggle with conditions?

According to Deepak Chopra, what is the ideal relationship between

movement and stillness? How does Ernest Holmes express this same concept?

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

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

Goddess can do for us only as we will allow Her to do through us. Treat and move your feet

Name five spiritual principles that can apply when doing spiritual guidance

and treatment with clients with relationship challenges.

All of life is the out picturing of consciousness

We are totally responsible for our own experience of life

It is done unto us as we believe

Choice is our eternal birthright

We can only change our own consciousness

As we give love we attract love

A Law manifests the mental equivalent we hold in mind

Opposing thoughts cancel each other in the Law

Goddess is my Source

All that Goddess is I AM

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

All life is the out picturing of consciousness - what is created in my life comes from the state of my consciousness.  The law creates based off of our thoughts which come from our consciousness 

All life is relationship - All life stems from relationship - the relationship with the self, with the divine, with others around us, with life

Why can we not treat “the other person” when one partner reports conflict

within a relationship?

Relationships provide a rich “Spiritual Practice Arena.” Name three things we can practice through relationships.

Change a situation by changing our thoughts

To receive love one must give love

Forgiveness

 We are expressions of divine and so are those  we are in relationship with

What is the solution when we find ourselves confronted by the problem of

not knowing what to do?

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

(1) your consciousness will bring about a change in the job, making it right for you and you for the company, or (2) another job will open up for you where a transfer will be effected in a way that is beneficial to all concerned.

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What does Holmes mean when he says, "Words and affirmations ... are not Creative?"

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

Holmes seems to present a dead end when he says, "We really affirm only

that which we know to be true; we know that to be true which we have

experienced within ourselves." What is the solution?

Define Race Thought in your own words. Give 25 examples of how you

regularly (if not daily) encounter Race Thought in your life.

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

Its literal meaning is ‘an abundant flow,’ and not things at all. When we are consciously centered in the universal flow, we experience inner direction and the unfoldment of creative activity. Things come too, but prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts things

What does Butterworth mean when he says,

The Universe owes you support

Butterworth gives several definitions of faith. From these and other studies

you have done, write your personal definition of faith.

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

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

Talking about hurting or killing oneself

• Talking about feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, guilt, sadness, or having no reason to live

• Saying things like, “everyone will be better off without me” or “all of my

• Giving away possessions: “I won’t be needing these things anymore”

• Seeking information or the means to kill or harm oneself

• Unusual lack of interest in appearance

• Extreme mood swings, recklessness, impulsivity

• Increased use of drugs and/or alcohol

• Withdrawal from family, friends, school, life

. What might you talk about or ask to determine whether a client is thinking

about killing himself or herself?

Talk with the person and show you care. Listen without judging, regardless of your personal beliefs about suicide.

Directly ask the person, “Are you thinking of ending your life?” “Are you considering killing yourself?” or “Are you thinking about suicide?”

Find out all you can about why they want to die and why they might want to live.

If the person has a plan and access to lethal means, do not leave him or her alone.

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

If you are not comfortable doing a suicide intervention, contact your

minister, a local mental health professional, a local hospital emergency

department, or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-

TALK (8255). Calls to the Lifeline are routed 24 hours a day to the

crisis center closest to the caller where the staff is trained to work with

people who are suicidal. Provide any relevant information you may

have about the person to those who are managing the crisis.

Are there any ways that suicide survivor grief may be different from grief after other deaths? If so, what might they be?

 What Spiritual Principles relate to suicide issues?

Divine Presence is always for us

There is no place where Goddess is not

Continuity of the soul

Life is forever seeking greater expression

Is it the Practitioner’s job to take away the pain of grief? Explain your answer

Explain what Alan Wolfelt meant by companioning. Why is it important?

Companioning is a way of being with someone.  It is opening to the experience the person is going through, to listen, to feel.  It is not trying to provide answers or to “drag”  a person out of their grief.  It is allowing that person to grieve, to feel and to move through it as they are called to move through it.  

Companioning is the art of bringing comfort to another by becoming familiar with her story (experiences and needs). To companion the grieving person, therefore, is to break bread literally or figuratively, as well as listen to the story of the other.  It is a sharing in a deep and profound way.

What are some of the gifts of grief and mourning?

• the gift of compassion, the ability to feel and imagine someone else’s pain. It can break our hearts wide open, expanding them and allowing love to flow out through our forced Vulnerability.  

•  Loss and grief can be a call to action

• transform pain into a deeper appreciation of life.

• reveal previously unrecognized strength and creativity. 

• Deep grief leads one to question God and the meaning of life. It opens the way to live with more spontaneity and authenticity and to experience the power of Spiritual Principles in action.

The patient was healed; the patient died.” Is this an incongruous statement?

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

To know that all life is One; that the divine is expressing through all living beings for the greater good of all; that evolution is, and we are all a part of it; and that mistakes and errors cannot exist in an orderly universe. If we find ourselves in an undesirable situation, it simply means we have something to learn, and we confidently open ourselves to what that is. When we resist we

multiply our challenges; when we accept life as it unfolds we make life easier, and

it automatically becomes much richer.

How do emotions affect our growth and evolution?

Are “positive” and “negative” emotions good and bad?

Why is it that to change a pattern of anger, or other limiting emotion, we

cannot accomplish it by simply treating to eliminate the pattern?

What spiritual principle would you use when working with a client who is

substance addicted?

 Does God heal? If yes, how? If no, why not?

There is no healing, only Truth to be revealed

The spiritual being needs no healing, health is an omnipresent reality, and when the obstructions that hinder healing are removed, it will be found that health was there all the time.

 Explain the positive side of pain.

Accepting the positive side of disease and pain

enables the client to be more open to hear the truth. This is another perspective of

the principle: Healing is the revealing of the Truth within.

What does Ernest Holmes mean when he writes: “In treating, go beyond the

disease and supply a spiritual consciousness?”

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

What is the Practitioner’s role in healing?

 Where does Butterworth say we need to begin if we wish to reverse financial Adversity?

"You begin by taking responsibility for your own life.... Admit to yourself that your present experience, even the condition of your bank account, reflects your present level of awareness.

You are not the victim of circumstances. Consciousness creates circumstances, or at least sets the climate in which they happen."

Spiritual Economics, Chapter 7, "How to Reverse Financial Adversity"

But remember the "rich mentality" will not come because of your financial involvements. It must come first out of your steady effort to know God as your supply."

Consciousness creates circumstances, you are not a victim of circumstances

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

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

It is "...the confused dualism about money in the religions of the Western world." It is somehow seeing money as being evil when it pervades every aspect of our lives.

We live in a world of money and where money is necessary, most often nothing else will serve. "How can money be evil when no one, not even men of God, can do without it?"

 What is the relationship between forgiveness and prosperity, according to

Edwene Gaines?