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

it?

• The "Thing Itself" is God, the Creative Process

• It works because the Law, or creative medium, acts upon our thoughts, manifesting them

• It turns thoughts into things and conditions

• We use it by consciously choosing our thoughts

Explain what Science of Mind teaches to someone unfamiliar with Religious

Science. (25 words or less, no jargon)

• God is all there is

• We are one with God

• We choose the thoughts and beliefs that create our reality, individually

and collectively

Explain what Spiritual Mind Treatment is to someone unfamiliar with

Religious Science. (25 words or less, no jargon)

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

• We speak with the voice OF God, and the Law responds

• In Recognition we remember that God is EVERYTHING

• In Unification we remember that we are one with God, and thus the

Creative Process is ours to use

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

and feeling

• Gratitude keeps the flow moving

• Releasing to the Law allows It to work on our behalf

• An expanded consciousness of receptivity 

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

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

Describe the Creative Process in the individual.

• Love points the way and Law makes the way possible.

• God as Love gives Itself to us as limitless possibilities from which to

choose. As individuals, we choose with our thoughts and beliefs, which are acted upon by the Law and out-picture as our lives.

Explain the Science of Mind teaching symbol.

• The circle represents infinity, everything-and it's ALL God.

• The top section represents the part ofGod that is SPIRlT, thought, cause,

idea - the initiation of creation.

• The middle section represents the part of God that is LAW, the Creative

Medium - containing all the stuff and all the know-how to turn thoughts

into things.

• The bottom section is the part ofGod that represents EFFECTS,

manifested reality-all things and conditions.

• The V shows how thoughts go into the creative medium and come out as

effects and conditions.

See Metaphysical Charts II-A and III in the The Science ofMind Textbook.

(Metaphysical charts follow page 567.)

• The Law is a blind force that turns thoughts into things and conditions.

• We use it by consciously choosing our thoughts.

• Mental equivalents are subjective ideas or mental pictures.

• Every objective thing has a corresponding mental equivalent. See The Science ofMind Glossary, page 610

• The accumulated subjective tendencies and thoughts of the human race, which tend to show up in as individual experience unless other beliefs are consciously chosen. The beliefs held by a group, culture, or the entire human race.

A mystic is one who:

• Senses the Divine Presence.

• Experiences oneness and unity with life and with God.

• Intuitively perceives Truth without mental process.

A psychic is one who:

• Works on the mental (not spiritual) plane,

• Sees through his/her own, or another's, subjective mentality, and

• Has impressions that are more or less colored by the vibration of his/her own or another's thought.

• It is done unto you as you believe.

• I and my Father are one.

• As we turn to God, God turns to us.

• Purpose

> Recognition

> Unification

> Realization

> Thanksgiving

> Release

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

clarity.

A benediction offers thanks for what has transpired and blesses participants

as they leave.

Licensing: Complete and pass:

2 years of Practitioner training

Written exam

Oral panels

Pay fees to CSL

Renewal: Complete CLU and CEUs and affirm the prac code.

• Welcome and Invocation, to set the tone and begin to establish rapport

• Dialogue, to ascertain the effect that needs to be healed, the belief or

mental cause of that effect, and to teach Spiritual Principles

• Client Participation, to assign spiritual practice or 'homework'

• Spiritual Mind Treatment, for the desired healing

Spiritual guidance and support as practiced by Professional Practitioners

is assisting a client through a process of healing and revealing Truth by

asking compassionate questions, attentively listening, teaching. Spiritual Principles, assisting clients to recognize and change limiting beliefs, and using the art and skill of Spiritual Mind Treatment.

• Abide by the Centers for Spiritual Living Policies & Procedures Manual

at all times

• Legally report fees as income

• Maintain current Practitioner license

• Report abuse and anything else that is mandated by law

• Conducting Practitioner/Client sessions

• Serving as a Teacher's Assistant or teaching accredited classes

• Conducting workshops

• Leading a Study Group

• Facilitating group or individual meditations or visioning

• Officiating at memorials or funerals

• Developing a ministry of public speaking

• Doing communiry outreach or working in hospice or other volunteer

work

• Serving in the World Ministry of Prayer

• Performing Platform duties at Sunday services

• There are others, of course!