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Beyond Limits Student Workbook December 15, 2013 Updated 9-15 October 2013 Update, Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa Photos from RGBStock.com and Edward Viljoen 2 Beyond Limits: Practical Spirituality for Dynamic Living SESSION ONE Course Introduction Introduction to Basic Principle One -> Oneness Ernest Holmes and the New Thought Movement What is Science of Mind and Spirit? The Thing Itself Affirmations and Meditation The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust 3 THIS WEEK Welcome to a transformational adventure! You are entering into an eXploration of an expanded and empowered life. The discovery of your individual place in the universal scheme of things and your personal relationship to the Creative Power can open doors to fulfillment in your daily experience and direct your course of life in positive and enriching ways. Welcome! Ernest Holmes did not claim to have had a personal revelation of new Truth. But he had a unique genius for distilling and synthesiZing the intuitive perceptions of Truth common to great spiritual and philosophical writings throughout history, and applying them to current daily living. This insight, his scientific approach, and his understanding of the physical and spiritual laws of the Universe, provided the foundation for an enduring teaching that leads to a successful and rewarding life grounded in deep spiritual awareness. In the sessions that follow, you will thoroughly study three Basic Principles. You will be guided to apply them in your life. These concepts and teachings, along with experiential exercises, tools for everyday miracles, spiritual readings, class dialogue, and experiments in “the lab of your life,” will combine to create a launch pad for your journey into a life “beyond limits”…into the greater “Yet to be” for you. This week’s resource material offers some support for your study of Basic Principle One. This principle invites us to consider our own cosmology. Contemporary writers speak of people’s cosmology as their understanding of their place in life and their individual relationship to the power of the universe, or Divinity. There is frequent mention of how a lack of a clear cosmology affects our present-day culture. In this regard, Matthew Fox observes, “When a civilization is without a cosmology it is not only cosmically violent but cosmically lonely and depressed. Is it possible that the real cause of the drug, alcohol, and entertainment addictions haunting our society is not so much the “drug lords” of other societies but the cosmic loneliness haunting our own? Perhaps alcohol is a liquid cosmology and drugs are fast-fix cosmology for people lacking a true one.” As you progress in your study of the Science of Mind and Spirit, you will have the opportunity to eXplore your personal cosmology as a way to better understand your place in life and your individual relationship to all that is. 4 BOOKS AND MATERIALS Living The Science of Mind Ernest Holmes SUGGESTED SUPPLEMENTAL READING This Thing Called You Ernest Holmes Meditation Eknath Easwaran The Self-Aware Universe Amit Goswami The Game of Life and How to Play It Florence Scovill Shinn BEYOND LIMITS CLASS AGREEMENTS • Honor the call that brought you to Beyond Limits by being completely present for the class, and well prepared so that you can fully participate. • Be on time for class and breaks and plan to attend all classes. • To create a supportive environment, students will not be admitted during meditation. • Be mindful about your participation by refraining from cross-talk, or giving advice. • Honor diversity by allowing others to have their opinions, thoughts and ideas without trying to “fiX” them. • Turn in assignments on time. • Turn off cell phones and other sound-making devices. • Honor the confidentiality of the group. ATTENDANCE POLICY Because so much of this class is eXperiential in nature, we encourage you to attend all of the classes. Completion oF Beyond Limits is a prerequisite For all other accredited classes. For students who want to receive credit for completion of Beyond Limits: you must complete all the home study, the final project, and have attended at least 9 of the 10 classes. If you miss a class, please contact your small group leader to catch up on the assignments. 5 For students who intend to enter Advanced Consciousness Studies/ Professional Prayer Practitioner Studies you must meet the completion requirements and receive credit for 5 additional classes. If you have any questions, please contact your small group facilitator. A Note from Your Teacher….. This class is a special experience. It is an investment in time that can pay off in incredible ways in your life. You will be amazed at the growth in the coming 10-week period of your life, and the growth that can ensue continuously thereafter. This class is a supportive experience. You may not have been in any class for a while, and may feel some trepidation about being here. You will be nurtured and respected. Just hang in there with everyone—you will be glad you did. 6 THE WAY IT WORKS…WHO IS ERNEST HOLMES? The philosophy of Ernest Holmes, which was to make him an important figure in the emerging spiritual consciousness of the Twentieth Century, was one of fulfillment, joy, and unity with all life. Ernest Holmes founded the movement our Center for Spiritual Living belongs to, wrote The Science of Mind and numerous other books on metaphysics, and originated the international periodical Science of Mind Magazine, which has been in continuous monthly publication since 1927. Holmes’s teaching, recognized today as one of the leading viewpoints in modern metaphysics, is a spiritual philosophy that has brought to people throughout the world a working cosmology — a sense of their relationship to Divinity and their place in the universe — and a positive, supportive approach to daily living. Ernest Holmes was born on January 21, 1887 on a small Maine farm, the youngest of the nine sons of William and Anna Holmes. With devoted, intelligent parents, the boys were happy, unaware of their poverty. A series of financial disasters forced the family to live a nomadic life for several years. They settled eventually in Bethel, Maine, where Ernest received his only formal education and encountered his first actual church. There “hellfire” preaching was sometimes heard, and he said later, “Fortunately, I was brought up by a mother who refused to have fear taught to her family.” Everyone in the family, including Ernest, was an avid reader. He asked so many questions that he became known as “the eternal question mark.” At 17, Ernest was a student in a Bethel preparatory school, but he spent most of his time out-of-doors, asking himself, “What is God? Who am I? Why am I here?” He mentally tangled with all the local preachers and doubted the answers he got in church. At the age of 18 he left school and formal education forever and set out on his lifelong course of independent thinking. He went to Boston, worked in a grocery store, and pursued his studies relentlessly. A year later, he discovered Emerson. “Reading Emerson is like drinking water to me,” he said later. His metaphysical studies intensified, his quest for Truth leading him to — and through — literature, art, science, philosophy, and religion. In 1914, at the age of 27, Ernest moved to Venice, California, to be near his brother Fenwicke, who was a Congregational minister there. Working for the City of Venice and pursuing his studies, he discovered the writings of Thomas 7 Troward, which fed the flame ignited by Emerson earlier. Almost casually, he began speaking on Troward’s writings to small but ever-growing groups. Without ceremony, his lifetime ministry had begun. Later, as his audiences grew, he was ordained as a minister of the Divine Science Church. Ernest published his first book, Creative Mind, in 1919, continued his studies, and lectured to growing crowds in California and Eastern cities. Meanwhile, he was writing The Science of Mind, which was to become the “textbook” of the Religious Science philosophy. Published in 1926, it was revised in 1938, and has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese. At the time the book was published, his many enthusiastic students urged him to set up an incorporated organiZation. He refused at first, but eventually agreed, and the Institute of Religious Science and School of Philosophy was incorporated in 1927. The year 1927 was notable for other reasons. Ernest founded the Science of Mind Magazine, in continuous monthly publication since that date; and he married his beloved HaZel Foster, who would share his life until her transition in 1957. Ernest and Hazel were active in the burgeoning culture of Southern California — which included Hollywood stars, Norman Vincent Peale, Albert Einstein, and the many university professors who taught at the Institute. Ernest could converse with anyone, but what he really wanted to talk about was Truth. His commitment was to know, eXperience, and live the Truth. It was his life. The busy years went by. The Institute acquired a beautiful property at Sixth and New Hampshire. In 1953, the Institute became the Church of Religious Science. In 1967, it acquired the title United Church of Religious Science, now called, Centers for Spiritual Living, with member centers throughout the world. In 1957, Ernest lost his beloved Hazel, and life changed for him. In 1959, with his brother Fenwicke, he completed an epic poem, The Voice Celestial, perhaps his greatest creative expression. In January 1960, he presided at the dedication of the beautiful Founder’s Church, adjacent to the Headquarters building. Three months later, on April 7, he made his transition. A few weeks earlier, he spoke of his vision for the Science of Mind.
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