Christmas

  is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. 

The Art of Marriage

 

Wilferd Arlan Peterson (1900–1995) was an American author who wrote for This Week magazine (a national Sunday supplement in newspapers) for many years. For twenty-five years, he wrote a monthly column for Science of Mind magazine.

While Peterson "wrote about the art of living, his wife, Ruth Irene Rector Peterson (1921–1979), lived it"

 

 

 

The Art of Marriage has been called by Souvenir Press the "most frequently recited English-language wedding poems and one of the greatest odes to matrimony.
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 "The Art Of Marriage" by Wilferd A. Peterson

You are a reflection of perfection.

Corey Van Loon ( Rotterdam ), is a Dutch and American writer, philosopher , spiritual leader, teacher and healer.

Van Loon has been serving as a spiritual leader at the Omni Science of Mind Teaching & Healing Retreat in Alentejo , Portugal since June 2009 .

 
By chance Corey Van Loon met Ernest Holmes, the founder of the Science of Mind organization in America, at that time,

There is only one answer to the question, "What is God?" and that answer is, "I AM."

All the error that has existed down the ages is founded on the theory or belief of two worlds, one the heavenly kingdom, or spiritual life, and the other a material world or mortal existence, each separate from the other.

In spite of this sense of two worlds, men have always attempted to bring harmony into the discords of human existence through an attempt, by prayer, to contact this other world, or spiritual realm, and to bring Spirit, or God, to act upon the so-called material existence.

Let us begin with the understanding that our world is not an erroneous one, but rather that the universe in which we live is the realm of reality about which man entertains a false concept. The work of bringing health and harmony into our experience is not, then, getting rid of, or even changing, a mortal material universe, but correcting the finite concept of our existence. The Infinite Way by Joel Goldsmith

God IS, and that's all that God is.

"How does one set about attaining this spiritual consciousness and thereby lose material sense?" The answer is, "Read and study the truths revealed through all ages about the universal Consciousness, Soul or Spirit, and about spiritual creation and its laws. Imbibe the spiritual sense of these revelations." Joel S. Goldsmith

Prayer of Forgiveness - Author Unknown

i forgive everyone and everything
that can possibly need forgiveness
of the past, present, or the future

i am free and they are free, too
all things are being cleared up between us
now and forever

but most of all i forgive myself
for ever having set them in motion

Absurd? Yes! But forgive it.

When you have thought profoundly upon any subject, do not hesitate to speak in public all that is in your mind to tell the people. This is your mission. One affirmation will set you into great power. It is this: “The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season.” ECH

THE THINGS I NEED COME TO ME

Whatever I need comes to me from the All Good.

Divine Intelligence working through me always knows just what I need and always supplies it when I need it.

This Law is unfailing and sure, and cannot be broken.

I receive my Good daily as I go along the pathway of Life, and I cannot be robbed of my birthright to freedom and happiness.

I receive my Good. SOM

Theatre of the Absurd (all the world a stage,  life is a dream)

Fear Not

Guy Finley: There are many things that have happened and that are happening in this world that are, at best, difficult to deal with. There's no question about it: human beings often do awful things to each other. Certainly, compassion is in terribly short supply. But the key point for our inner work is that events -- in themselves -- do not have the power to... [continued]

Elisa Lionne: HOT, HAPPY AND HEALTHY

There must come for us that experience which Jesus mentioned as being in this world, apparently, yet not being of this world. That is we will be seen and known in this world, we will eat and sleep and wear clothing but at the same time we will know in our hearts that this is drama, dream only and therefore entirely harmless. The One by Lillian DeWaters 1937

What is Placed Before the Mirror is Pictured in the Mirror.

If God is ALL then even a problem can consist of nothing but God!

Be assured also that the writer could not give forth this message,  —  LOVE YOUR PROBLEMS  — unless she felt certain in her heart that they were not her own  but God’s Word to us each. Loving Your Problem  By Lillian De Waters

It is possible to generate peace, security, approval, acknowledgment and joy from within, but it takes practice. http://www.receiveyourlife.com

Are you a character in the book? Are you a picture in the mirror or a shadow on the walk? If so, then you are nothing, for the character in the book, the reflection in the mirror, the shadow on the walk, are nothing.

We are all stars in the one Crown, drops in the one Ocean.

WHILE the author was engaged in writing her book, THE CHRIST WITHIN, she was amazed one morning upon awakening to see suspended in the air above her head the words-―IN HIS NAME.Clear, brilliant, dazzling they were. At first came the thought, How wonderful they are! How warm and tender their message! Then, suddenly, But what are they doing here? What do they signify like this? Instantly came the answer: "The title for your NEXT book!"Thus it was that before I had completed the book upon which I was then working, ideas for the next book, whose title had been given me, were being revealed.

There is but One Active Intelligence.

If you choose to do right and choose true friends, you will always have plenty of drops of gold. Your mental state is responsible for all your environ­ments and all your possessions. Keep this law in your heart: “Thy words were found and I did eat them, and thy word was unto me the joy and re­joicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.” ECH

Father, I made an image of myself, and it is this I call the Son of God. Yet is creation as it always was, for Your creation is unchangeable. Let me not worship idols. I am he my Father loves. My holiness remains the light of Heaven and the Love of God. Is not what is beloved of You secure? Is not the light of Heaven infinite? Is not Your Son my true Identity, when You created everything that is? Lesson 283

Just What Is New Thought?

There is nothing new in New Thought.  The New Thought movement represents a synthesis of ideas from the best of religion, philosophy and science. The same ideas are at the basis of all enlightenment traditions of the world.  What distinguishes New Thought is that it is shorn of the accumulated dogma and bias of many traditional disciplines, which may burden and inhibit personal spontaneity and discovery.  March 3 is the First Annual New Thought Day, and this day is dedicated to the teachings and principles of New Thought.  The Science of Mind is one of several organizations around the world, which embrace this viewpoint. Austin Center for Spiritual Living presents

Mind & Manifestation

Dr. Kenn and Dr. Deborah Gordon are the founding co-pastors of Centre for Spiritual Living Kelowna, B.C., Canada. The Gordons began their Science of Mind studies in 1986, taking classes and ministerial training in Palm Desert, California.

Holmes on Mysticism 7-9-1957

Transcription of a talk Ernest S. Holmes gave on Mysticism at Asilomar, California where he talks about Emma Curtis Hopkins.

Ernest Holmes' "Sermon by the Sea"

In his final "Sermon by the Sea" given in 1959 at Asilomar, California, Ernest Holmes shared with us his vision of the outcome of global well-being, the human species and Earth transformed by the consciousness that he had articulated as Science of Mind. His sermon is a prescription for planetary resurrection, a prophetic, millennial assertion of the role of Religious Science in bringing about the world's rebirth. The text follows:

How You Can Come Out Of Limitation and Find Real Happiness.

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Science of Mind? Nice site to start at.

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Love & Money

Songs and prayers for spiritual practice

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To gain clarity in thinking, which guides action to be congruent with the desired outcome.

Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, was established in 1927 by Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement. In general, the term "Science of Mind" applies to the teachings, while the term "Religious Science" applies to the organizations. However, the terms are interchangeable.
In his book, The Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes stated

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

He also stated that Religious Science/Science of Mind (RS/SOM) is not based on any "authority" of established beliefs, but rather on "what it can accomplish" for the people who practice it.
Ernest Holmes did not originally intend for RS/SOM to be a "church", but rather a teaching institution. In that spirit, many member "churches" have traditionally referred to themselves as "centers." Ernest Holmes was especially strongly influenced by Emma Curtis Hopkins, the writings of Judge Thomas Troward and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as he developed his own synthesis, which became known as Religious Science or Science of Mind.
In 1926 Holmes published The Science of Mind, which references the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible and Buddha. Holmes established the Institute for Religious Science and School of Philosophy in Los Angeles which later become the Church of Religious Science.
Religious Science credo.
1. We believe in God, the living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute, and self-existent Cause. This One manifests Itself in and through all creation, but is not absorbed by Its creation. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God.
2. We believe in the individualization of the Spirit in Us, and that all people are individualizations of the One Spirit.
3. We believe in the eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.
4. We believe that heaven is within us, and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.
5. We believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete freedom from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all.
6. We believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. We believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling presence.
7. We believe in the direct revelation of truth through our intuitive and spiritual nature, and that anyone may become a revealer of truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.
8. We believe that the Universal Spirit, which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God; and that we are surrounded by this Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of our thought and acts upon it.
9. We believe in the healing of the sick through the power of this Mind.
10. We believe in the control of conditions through the power of this Mind.
11. We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all.
12. We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that the life of all is God.

the Law of Eradication

"The mind with which you think, plan, remember, grieve and rejoice is not an isolated phenomenon. Scientists are increasingly intrigued with the theory of a Cosmic Mind connection – and with the power this implies for those who know it and use it." ~ George Bendall

Influential Science of Mind minister Dr. George Bendall (1919-1992) was a close associate of Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes and pastor of Founder's Church in Los Angeles where he helped thousands to understand and celebrate the Science of Mind teachings.
A Southern "aristocrat" by birth and an engineering prodigy by nature and training -- he was among the few hundred young men personally exempted from military service by President Franklin Roosevelt.
By 1957, George Bendall had not only joined the Religious Science movement but had been ordained as a minister-at-large. He served a variety of churches in Southern California including Founder's Church until his passing in 1992.
Founder's Church of Religious Science
• Is Your Life What You Want It To Be?

• Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life...

Dr. Bendall, puts the Science of Mind teaching in its most user-friendly terms, beginning with the Law of Eradication:

"the one certain way to be mentally and emotionally done with your problem-making patterns. After that, it’s really very smooth sailing – despite what 'they' may think."

We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.

Donald Curtis (1915-1997) was a leader in New Thought and metaphysics for over twenty years, Dr. Donald Curtis was the senior minister of the Unity Church of Dallas where he ministered to thousands from the pulpit and through his regular radio and television programs.


Donald Curtis (Curtis Rudolf) was born in Eugene, Orego. He was raised on a farm near Spokane, Washington. His father, Carl Rudolf, was elected County Commissioner of Spokane for four consecutive years. Curtis received a B.S. from School of Speech, Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, in 1936, and a M.A. from Northwestern in 1937. He was an instructor for the Allegheny College, Northwestern University, Duquesne University, Assistant Director at Pittsburgh Community Theater and Associate Director and Teacher at Pasadena Community Playhouse. From 1940-1954 he was an actor in major motion pictures, television, radio and the stage. He played in Cecil B. DeMille’s "The Ten Commandments".

From 1949-1953 he was a Science of Mind Student, training for practitioner and ministry in New York at First Church of Religious Science, Frederick Bailes’ ministry; and Church of Truth. In 1954 he became minister of Santa Barbara Church of Religious Science, until 1957 when he became Minister-Director of Science of Mind Church in Los Angeles. There he was publisher of monthly magazine The Golden Bridge. In 1968, he became Minister of First Church of Religious Science in Dallas, Texas; originator and speaker on "Science of Mind" TV program on Channel 8 for 36 weeks; had daily radio vignettes on WFAA Radio; and was a guest speaker for various organizations. In 1969 He founded and was Minister of Science of Mind Church and Institute of Dallas, Texas; and founded Science of Mind Church of Houston. He conducted 15-minute radio programs on KBOX and KVIL, Dallas.

He was a noted author and lecturer. In addition to his major books, HELPING HEAVEN HAPPEN, YOUR THOUGHTS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, HUMAN PROBLEMS AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM, DAILY POWER FOR JOYFUL LIVING, THE GOLDEN BRIDGE: and NEW AGE UNDERSTANDING, he authored many inspirational booklets and wrote numerous articles which appeared regularly over the years in Science of Mind, New Thought Quarterly, and Unity periodicals. His writings have been used as textbooks in healing, meditation, and spiritual education at many churches and centers.

“Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being”~ Donald Curtis