Term
The only thing that can ever require healing is the perception that healing
is required |
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Definition
| There is nothing to heal, only truth to be revealed. The truth that all are perfect whole and complete. |
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| Healing is not a process but a revelation. |
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Definition
Once a person understands he/she/they are not broken, but whole and complete, the need for healing is no longer present. Wholeness is truth, sickness is a lack of awareness in this truth, and one can “heal” this perception and open up to the truth of wholeness. |
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| Healing is not a process but a revelation |
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Definition
| The process in healing is the mental work and the time it takes the Practitioner to convince herself of the perfectness of her client; and the length of time it takes the client to realize this perfectness.” |
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Term
Wholeness is the only state of being which the cosmos allows. |
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Definition
| Goddess only knows itself. There is only one power and there is and can be no duality. |
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Term
| The mold of acceptance is the measure of our experience. Explain. |
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Definition
| We perceive what we believe. That which we believe is what we accept, what we allow. |
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Term
Principle is not bound by precedent. |
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Definition
| What has happened previously (precedent) does not define Principle, which is unbounded by current conditions. |
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| What distinguishes having the faith of Goddess from having faith in Goddess? |
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Definition
| The faith in Goddess is looking to something outside of self. Faith of Goddess is one with Godess. |
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| How is it possible to be for something and against nothing |
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Definition
| It is all Divine. There is nothing that is no Goddess so nothing to be against. |
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Term
Name three Principles of Truth that serve as tools with which a Practitioner
works in a Practitioner/Client session. |
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Definition
The Queendom of Goddess is an accomplished fact.
Spiritual Laws of life work automatically.
It is done unto us as we believe |
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Term
Explain two ways the Practitioner uses the Law of Cause and Effect in Spiritual Guidance.
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Definition
(1) Rembering that the client is immersed in effects, the practitioner only
works with cause
(2) When the Practitioner recognizes something undesirable not as conditions imposed on the client, but as logical, sequential unfoldment of life. |
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Term
. Does the Practitioner assume the responsibility for the healing of the client?
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Definition
| No. The responsibility of the healing is in the principle she uses. The obligation to use the principle intelligently belongs to the practitioner. |
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Term
Does the Practitioner have any good use for negativity in the process of
Spiritual Guidance?
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Definition
| Can use it as a guide to what truth needs to be revealed. |
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Term
What is Spiritual Guidance and Support?
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Definition
he term used to describe 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. |
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Term
Why does the Practitioner avoid giving advice from personal experience when
doing Spiritual Guidance and Support?
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Definition
To speak from 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 |
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Term
How does the Practitioner assist the client to identify the core belief behind
and unwanted condition?
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Definition
By listening for emotions being expressed, tracing back to the feeling behind the emotion, and then to the belief that caused the feeling. |
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| How does the Practitioner assist the client in letting go of an old belief that is blocking the manifestation of something desired? |
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Definition
By bringing consciousness to that old belief, showing how it is used by the Law to create unwanted conditions. Then pivoting to the Spiritual Truth, and planting the seed of that Truth within the client, and how that Truth can be used by the Law to create what is desired |
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Term
Explain what a Practitioner/Client session is to one not familiar with our
Philosophy. |
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Definition
| One on one session of healing and shift in consciousness, spiritual guidance and affirmative prayer |
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Term
What is the purpose of the Dialogue segment of the Practitioner/Client
Session?
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Definition
| Developing rapport, determine what treatment is about |
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Term
“It is the use of a creative power that man has control over, not The Thing
Itself.” How does the Practitioner assist another in doing this? |
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Definition
Understand false belief, shifting it to the divine truth
Through redirecting thought from beliefs of limitation to belief in the power of the law of mind; though teaching the power of thought; through spiritual mind treatment |
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Term
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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Definition
| This is the basis of treatment for others. It is available to everyone. |
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Term
How do Practitioners experience Love and Law in the work they do?
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Definition
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.
Love is the answer, law is the way |
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Term
What does the client want from a Practitioner/Client session?
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Definition
| Results, demonstration, connection, peace, Calmness, peace, confidentiality. Practitioner's undivided attention, compassion, understanding, non-judgment, respect, help advice, and assurance, something changed in the experience of their life: either something eliminated or something new added |
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What does the Practitioner bring to a Practitioner/Client session? |
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Definition
Love, peace, compassion, understanding non-judgment, respect, intuition, awareness of “Oneness” of all life, knowledge and use of the law of cause and effect, understanding and the ability to use the creative process, wisdom and the ability to apply spiritual principles.
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Term
How do the thoughts contained in the following quotations contribute to
establishing rapport with the client?
a. “The Practitioner recognizes pure Spirit at the center of his/her client’s being.... It is God in that person.”
b. “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.”
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Definition
Helps to release judgment, to feel empathy and understanding. Both on the same level, feeling of total oneness
In Goddess all things are possible and we will work together to bring a result |
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Term
Expand on this statement in the light of establishing rapport:
“When deep calls unto deep, deep will answer deep”
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Definition
| With deep rapport, there is a deeper trust. a response from the client at a corresponding level of understanding that contributes to a deeper understanding for the client |
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Term
Is deep rapport always the aim of the Practitioner?
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Definition
Rapport is an essential prerequisite to all of the work that is done in the
Practitioner/Client session. The best work, of course, can be done when that rapport is deep.
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Term
How can judgment destroy rapport? Give examples.
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Definition
| If you judge someone, you are also judging yourself. It is not possible to be one in Spirit when judgement is present. Judgement blocks one from the truth of Spiritual oneness and perfection and truth. The goal of the practitioner is to remove the blocks in herself, this cannot be done while judging, judging adds blocks it does not remove them. |
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1. In your own words, explain why spiritual mind healing is a revelation. Be
prepared to discuss this in class. I |
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Definition
t is a revelation because it is a revealing of the real nature of the client.
The imperfect has been added by the human mind, and what the human mind adds can be removed. What the Divine Mind has implanted cannot be upgrooted, it can only be covered up. Spiritual Mind Practice involves uncovering of the Divine Nature, of revealing the truth |
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Why must our search after (for) union with God eventually cease?
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Definition
| We are one with Spirit, it is not absent, it is always present |
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Term
While listening to the client, to what else should a Practitioner be listening?
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Definition
| Spirit, that still quiet voice within |
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Term
What is the basis of the statement that a Practitioner speaks with authority?
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Definition
The practitioner speaks with authority based on two fundamental propositions:
(First) “Spirit is present in everything.”
(Second) “Thought responds to thought.”
This is not the authority of one mind exercising an influence over another, but rather, the authority of Truth Itself
Our words are law of mind in action. We know we are activating a principle |
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Term
Beyond the human experiences of compassion, empathy, comfort, respect and so on, what is the role of listening in a client session?
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Definition
The practitioner is also listening for the truth behind the condition the client has presented. He/she is listening for inspiration from the ever-present activity of the Divine Mind.
So they feel heard, to hear what is not being said, to identify the false belief, and the truth that is behind the condition. |
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Term
What is the difference between mental affirmation and spiritual realization?
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Definition
| 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 Good all things are possible – one need not know how and one is not concerned about how it will look |
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Term
How does the following quote relate to asking questions in the client session?
“This Law (cause and effect) operates on our beliefs as we believe them – not as
we hope them to be, but as we actually believe them to be.”
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Definition
| Questions allow practitioners to find the hidden belief, the false belief, behind the story |
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Term
What is the basis of mental conflict?
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Definition
| Mental conflict arises because of the disparity between the original thought patterns in the Mind of Goddess and the conscious and unconscious thought patterns of the individual. “Even though the (individual) is born in a state of spiritual perfection, because we each have a creative mind and because we are individual, we can think independently of the fundamental harmony in the universe.” |
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Term
How does the work of the psychologist and the Practitioner differ? How would
this difference affect the intended purpose of asking questions?
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Definition
the Practitioner questions only to discover the underlying belief that caused the Condition.
The psychologist asks questions to discover the event or experience that is a 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/she can reverse it and know the Truth in his/her own consciousness. |
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Term
From your reading for the last three classes, how do rapport, listening and
asking questions relate to each other? How could a Professional Practitioner’s
proficiency in these skills contribute to breaking down race thought and
subjective thought patterns in the client?
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Definition
Rapport builds trust which allows the client to open up answering questions asked. Listening allows the practitioner to hear what is being said and what is not being said, asking the right questions may help discover what lies behind the story, the false belief, that eventually leads to the Truth.
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Term
What three elements make Spiritual Mind Treatment a dynamic entity?
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Definition
| Words, feelings and intention. Words give form to feeling, Words with meaning have power. Conscious intention gives direction tot eh treatment. Specific intention is necessary in effective treatment. |
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Term
What does the Practitioner do when activity does not follow his/her treatment?
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Definition
| She/he must be wiling to continue treatment until the demonstration is made |
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Term
When repeated treatments are necessary, are they always the same treatment?
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Definition
| No, every treatment is spontaneous and unique |
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Term
When is a treatment incomplete?
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Definition
| Any individual treatment is incomplete until the one giving it accepts the verdict as present, final and perfect.” |
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Term
“The Practitioner treats herself first.” Explain
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Definition
| The practitioner states the magnificence of Goddess and claiming the truth for herself. This aligns the practitioner with Oneness. This frees the practitioner from doing and opens her to knowing the work is done through the Divine within. |
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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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Definition
| That would take attention away from Goddess. It turns the treatment into a conversation, and break the connection to Goddess |
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Term
Why is it not in spiritual integrity to make the statement: “Mary is now at
peace” in a treatment?
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Definition
| Practitioners can only know what is in their own consciousness. They can accept, claim, know or declare something for the client, but cannot say the client is doing or being something. When the Practitioner says: “I accept Peace for Mary,” or, “I claim perfect health for Mary,” that is in spiritual integrity, and is maintaining a consciousness of power. |
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Term
How can the consciousness of the Practitioner be empowered, when doing
treatment, by the combination of techniques and feelings?
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Definition
| The creative power responds to feeling more quickly than to any other mental attitude. |
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Term
. What three elements make Spiritual Mind Treatment a dynamic entity?
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Definition
Words, feelings and intention. Words give form to feeling, Words with meaning have power. Conscious intention gives direction tot eh treatment. Specific intention is necessary in effective treatment
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Term
What does the Practitioner do when activity does not follow his/her treatment?
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Definition
| Continue treatment until a demonstration is made |
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Term
When repeated treatments are necessary, are they always the same treatment?
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Definition
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Term
When is a treatment incomplete?
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Definition
| When there is no action. When the practitioner does not feel it is perfect whole and complete |
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Term
“The Practitioner treats herself first.” Explain.
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Definition
| The practitioner states the magnificence of Goddess and claiming the truth for herself. This aligns the practitioner with Oneness. This frees the practitioner from doing and opens her to knowing the work is done through the Divine within. |
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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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Definition
The attention of the Practitioner
should always be directed to Goddess within. To change and direct attention to the client turns a treatment into a conversation. The connection to Goddess as Source is broken, and the power of the treatment is diminished
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Term
Why is it not in spiritual integrity to make the statement: “Mary is now at peace” in a treatment?
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Definition
| Practitioners can only know what is in their own consciousness. They can accept, claim, know or declare something for the client, but cannot say the client is doing or being something. When the Practitioner says: “I accept Peace for Mary,” or, “I claim perfect health for Mary,” that is in spiritual integrity, and is maintaining a consciousness of power |
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Term
How can the consciousness of the Practitioner be empowered, when doing
treatment, by the combination of techniques and feelings?
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Definition
The creative
power responds to feeling more quickly than to any other mental attitude. |
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Term
What is the core function of the Practitioner?
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Definition
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Term
What does the client’s fee pay for?
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Definition
| The client is not paying for prayers or treatments but for the practitioner’s time and skill in the use of the law of mind. |
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Term
What are the Licensing Requirements for Licensed Spiritual Practitioners?
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Definition
A. Maintain membership in Awakened Heart Spiritual center for a minimum of twelve (12) months immediately prior to application or by special approval through the Board of Regents,
B. Satisfactorily complete all class work, tuition fees and Internship, and
C. Satisfactorily complete all written, oral exams and credentialing requirements of Emerson Institute.
D. Upon approval, said license will be issued by Awakened Heart Spiritual Center for a period of one (1) year and shall be subject thereafter for review each year through the Board of Regents. |
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