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| Sangha offers a wide variety of courses provided by our home organization, United Centers for Spiritual Living. These courses may be taken for personal self-cultivation; or, they may be taken as requirements for entering into professional Practitioner studies. After completing the two prerequisites, the student will take any two additional courses in order to enter upon Practitioner study. | |||
| The four basic categories are as follows: | |||
| I. | Prerequisite—take one from A plus one from B | ||
| A | Foundational | ||
| New Foundations of the Science of Mind | |||
| Spiritual Practices for Daily Living | |||
| Beyond Limits | |||
| B | Spiritual Practices for Daily Living (Treatment and Meditation) | ||
| The Power of Your Word | |||
| Meditation Is More Than You Think | |||
| II. | History/Philosophy | ||
| Exploring Roots of Science of Mind | |||
| Thomas Troward: The Edinburgh Lectures | |||
| Ignite Your Life with Bible Wisdom | |||
| The Essential Ernest Holmes | |||
| III. | Consciousness | ||
| Practical Mysticism | |||
| Mind Body Connection | |||
| Visioning | |||
| IV. | Practical Applications | ||
| Financial Freedom | |||
| Principles of Successful Living | |||
| Self Mastery: The Emergence of the True Self | |||
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| BEYOND LIMITS This class is the dynamic new class that has been so successful at Mile Hi Church. It takes the foundational principles and offers them in a new format for beginning students and those unfamiliar with Science of Mind. Topics include Oneness, spiritual mind treatment, the reciprocal universe, the creative process, hidden beliefs and other essential principles. It also offers new wording and ideas for presenting our basic ideas in new ways. This class includes a beautiful power-point presentation that guides the students through each class presentation. 10 weeks |
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| NEW FOUNDATIONS OF THE SCIENCE OF MIND This class is a revision and widely updated new version of Foundations class. It presents a new spiritual principle each week and a spiritual practice to support that principle. The Creative Process is introduced at the beginning of the class and then flows through each week, so that the student has the opportunity to see and use the Creative Process at work in each spiritual principle. Each week also features the writing of one of our Elders and well as one of our Contemporaries on the subject at hand. This includes Dr. William Hornaday, Dr. Frank Richilieu, Terry Cole Whittaker, Dr. Jesse Jennings, Dr. Kathy Hearn, Dr. Linda McNamar and many more…. 10 weeks |
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| THE ESSENTIAL ERNEST This class is a loving tribute to Dr. Ernest Holmes and all of the wisdom he brought to our world. The course is based upon “What We Believe” and each week the student has the opportunity to examine these ideas and uncover ways to make the power of this teaching come alive in his/her life. Each week has a meditation on light that takes the student progressively deeper and deeper into the light to find inner truth. 10 weeks |
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| THE POWER OF YOUR WORD This is an amazing class on the power of Spiritual Mind Treatment. Each week is a thoughtful approach to a deeper understanding of prayer: How does the nature of God and man create prayer, the impact of creative law and beliefs, what to pray for, affirmative treatment, and the state of continuous prayer. Each week has experiential exercises to make these ideas a personal reality for the student. 8 weeks |
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| VISIONING This class is a walk through the powerful tool of Visioning. It includes the history of how visioning began in our movement with the inspiration of Dr. Michael Beckwith, offers weekly opportunities for visioning at different levels from the individual to the community to the global, and explains the role of visioning in our Global Heart Model. 4 weeks |
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| MEDITATION IS MORE THAN YOU THINK This is an introductory meditation class that begins with the beginner and moves step by step through the powerful tool of meditation in many different modalities. Topics include meditation with light, mantras, sound, movement, breathing, and more. Each week is very experiential with various forms of meditation that the student can then take home for a richer practice in one’s daily life. 8 weeks |
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| SPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR DAILY LIVING (TREATMENT AND MEDITATION) This class focuses on the student’s developing lifetime habits of meditation and affirmative prayer. Spiritual Mind Treatment for oneself is reviewed and strengthened, and then students advance to treating for others. 10 weeks |
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| EXPLORING ROOTS OF SCIENCE OF MIND This course provides the student with an understanding of the historical and philosophical roots of Ernest Holmes’ philosophy. Specific emphasis is given to the works of Thomas Troward, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. 10 weeks |
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| THOMAS TROWARD: THE EDINBURGH LECTURES This course is designed to give students understanding and knowledge of the principles presented in the Edinburgh Lectures by Thomas Troward. Each week is devoted to a different chapter with the Core Principles from the Foundational course outline. The wisdom of one of the major influences upon Ernest Holmes’ thought is thoroughly explored. 8 weeks |
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| IGNITE YOUR LIFE WITH BIBLE WISDOM The parables of Jesus are explored in this course as the students are introduced to ways of interpreting the stories from the Hebrew Bible as a foundation for understanding the teachings of Jesus. Students are taught to use the parables as tools for contemplation and meditation in their own lives. 15 weeks |
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| PRACTICAL MYSTICISM This class is an exploration of mysticism, what it is and what it is not. It provides the framework for the student to live a more mystical life in present time. Each student sets a personal intention for his or her own life. Emphasis is given to the practice of meditation and developing the witnessing consciousness. 10 weeks |
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| MIND BODY CONNECTION This class is designed to give the student a greater understanding of the mind/body connection, and the important role that consciousness plays in the healing process. It explores emotional issues and their effects upon the body and health in general. 8 weeks |
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| FINANCIAL FREEDOM This popular class contains in-depth material that allows the student to examine his/her belief systems, and to gain a new perspective of how this system of beliefs is at work in their lives. Interplay of thought, emotions, desires, action, spirit, and all facets of being work together to create a new level of well-being and abundance in the individual’s life. 8 weeks |
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| PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL LIVING This class is designed to give the student a greater understanding of her/his place in the spiritual system, and the part that consciousness plays in demonstrating greater good. On a very practical basis, this class offers the opportunity to set an intention for concrete demonstration of good, and to study the tools for achieving this demonstration. 8 weeks |
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| SELF MASTERY: THE EMERGENCE OF THE TRUE SELF This class focuses on healing the perceived separation between personality and spirit. Through an active exploration of the creative nature of thoughts & feelings, the students have an opportunity to gain mastery in the art of living as conscious, intentional beings. 8 weeks |
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| Life Enhancement Units | |||
| The Life Enhancement series is a collection of short classes that focus on practical life issues and concerns. They have no prerequisites and are informal in nature. more... | |||
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