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Join us online for a
terrific course that will empower you to share the wisdom and the practices of
New Thought without the old-fashioned jargon. This year, give yourself the
gift of clear understanding! |
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Course assignments will include: ·
Choice of three New Thought texts to translate into modern language,
including: ·
Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, ·
The Power of an Idea ·
Know Yourself- ·
Invisible Supply ·
Meditation on God’s Presence-Joel Goldsmith ·
Treatment ·
What is Religious Science -Raymond Charles Barker ·
The Seven Day Mental Diet- ·
Twelve Powers of the Soul- ·
Your Invisible Power-Genevieve Behrend ·
The Miraculous Law of Healing-Joseph Murphy ·
The Last “Sermon by the Sea” ·
Affirmations are Magical, Unknown ·
You can
read a copy on the internet at: http://www.new-thought.org/declar.html ·
Selection of at least two basic New Thought principles from your
reading selection weekly to present in a synopsis in your own words. (Senior
students will lead a portion of a class teaching a set of such principles.) ·
Sharing and discussing your work prior to classes via email. ·
Leading an informal discussion that teaches three principles without
the New Thought jargon. Creativity is
encouraged. ·
Discussion forums led by senior students to benefit new students in
their understanding. Note: You can locate good inexpensive used copies of most books
through Many of the assigned texts are available online as well! |
Objective: This course
will explore a variety of alternative ways to communicate New Thought
principles, clearly and concisely, to persons totally unfamiliar with Science
of Mind or New Thought Principles. It
will be given on two levels, primarily as a course for newer students and secondarily,
as a senior course to sharpen the communication skills of Practitioners,
Ministers and senior students by providing an opportunity for them to support
their classmates new to New Thought. Assignments will be made according to
the level at which the student has enrolled in the coursework and will
require writings that reflect the level of each student’s studies. ·How will I know that I have achieved the course objectives? Students
will demonstrate an ability to communicate an expanded spectrum of New
Thought principles in their own words without the use of “jargon.” Senior
students will demonstrate an ability to successfully teach principles without
the familiar crutch that New Thought “jargon” provides. ·How will my classmates know that I have achieved it? Students
will recognize a greater requisite variety of abilities to communicate and
discuss New Thought principles with anyone with whom they wish to discuss
them. Assumptions: ·There is a greater audience for New Thought
principles than currently recognized, as evidenced by the followings for
Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Iyanla Van Zant and Oprah Winfrey.
Drs. Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, in their book, The Cultural Creatives, state that twenty-six percent of the population share the values compatible with those espoused
by New Thought principles. It is
predicted that this population will double in the next decade. ·This audience of "cultural creatives"
is less receptive to traditional Judeo-Christian models for spiritual
experience and its language. This calls for a fresh representation of
spiritual experience. ·The corporate milieu, among others, represents a
viable opportunity to teach New Thought principles when they are not cloaked
in "religiosity." An example
of New Thought without jargon follows: PRINCIPL 1. Oneness. 2. Goodness. We live in a beneficent
universe. There is a conspiracy for
goodness moving us toward our highest and best selves. We can consciously accelerate the momentum
of our evolution as human beings by voluntarily cooperating with this
conspiracy. 3. Personalness. We personally experience the
formless and all forms because everything is made of the same
"stuff." The only difference
in the forms is the unique "arrangement" of energy that creates an
exquisite diversity. This energy is
not personal but infinite "personalness." Therefore, we can receive inspiration and
insight by communing with it. 4. Responsiveness. The universe responds to us
according to our embodied belief. There are two aspects of our relationship to
it. First, there is the infinite personalness that we experience as a warm,
loving presence and second, there is the impersonal, responsive law. We
commune with the infinite personalness and we command the law that always
responds to our creative thought with mechanical precision. 5. Awareness. There is a difference between consciousness and awareness. If we had
full awareness, we would know that we are always and forever one with the
formless and all its manifest forms, regardless of appearances, circumstances,
situations and events. Consciousness is the intelligence and the wisdom which
converts the formless into its diverse forms (energy into matter). We evolve in our awareness of
consciousness. The more aware we become, the more conscious we become that we
are the creators of our experience. We
have the power to change our experience at any given moment. 6. Constructiveness. We always have three choices. We can build up, we can tear down, or
we can become spectators. It is our responsibility to actively and positively
participate in 7. Inclusiveness. These principles are a map that allows us to explore the territory.
It is a way, but it is not the only way. We respect all customs, traditions
and 8. Wholeness. The Universe is whole and
complete and so are we. Despite our need to judge our experience of it,
everything is exactly as it should be.
As we become aware of cause and effect relationships, we have
opportunity to make changes at the causal level and experience different
effects. We currently possess the
requisite variety of skills to experience success in every aspect of our
lives. ______________________________________________________________ DR. SUSANNE FREEBORN - Has been teaching online since 1997 when she completed the requirements
of her ministerial studies program.
Dr. Freeborn is the developer, director, and founder of the Questions to: Dr.Susanne@Comcast.net Tuition:
$200.00 Materials:
$20.00 Registration Form |