Reading - Wk 4

Read: Can We Talk to God
Ch 4 - Law & the Servant of the Word - pg 25-28
Ch 5 - The Energy Back of Thought - pg 29-34

Read: Student Workbook
The Great and Infinite Reservoir pg 5-2
This Week pg 5-3
The Answers are Within Pg 5-9

Treatment Practice
Read : Realization: the Directive Mode of Treatment pg 5-7
Treatment Tips from Emmet Fox pg 5-10

Write Treatment for Prayer Partner - HAND IN
Write in Spiritual Journal



MEDITATION PRACTICE
READ: JOA Chapter III pgs 74-103 with special attention to the materials on visualization, pp 74-78

READ: Meditation Notes pg 5-12

Journey of Awakening pg 75-78 Choose one of the visualizations offered or find your own decide and follow for 1 week

There is

Only one life, One Spirit, One Divine Order, which is Complete & Whole.

I am one with that Divine Order, One with that Divine Completeness, and I am whole.

I accept and allow that wholeness to be my realization of who I am, that this wholeness, completeness and acceptance is my life now, That this completeness is the truth of my being. I accept that what is done in the past does not define who we are for all time, that the truth of our being is always true.

I am grateful and full of thanks that this is so, I am grateful for the love of these others in my class who are also speaking the truth of my being.

I now release my word into the law of action and so it is.

Thursday Evening - Wk 1

Class begins, it is a small class

First question is what is a Spiritual Mind Treatment?

Acknowledgment of who we are and what we are desiring in our life, thankfulness of where we are are releasing it into the hands of our greater good.

- (added thoughts by others) Lifts us in connection with the divine spirit - Allowance - alignement - rekindling - remembrance -

Second question what is meditation

Being present in the still presence of our own inner spirit which is god adn listening to the voice which knows the truth of our being

Thursday Evening - Wk 3

Meditation - Chanting

This week we chanted something in a different language - what follows are my thoughts

When I know the words, I can really get into the emotions of what I am chanting about - When I know the words yet don't know the meaning (foreign languages) Then I am able to get into a rhythm which I call the heartbeat of the universe or God. When I find difficulty with the words, I find myself concentrating on trying to say the words (and I get frustrated). I usually enjoy chanting - this one I found difficult, but I could find comfort in this one given time.

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Word Association - Attributes of God

? Joy, Love, Acceptance, Compassion

Finances -Patience, strength, abundance, truth, power, freedom, source, substance, Supply, energy, limitless

Health - Radiance, wholeness, beauty, divine vitality, serenity, harmonious , perfection, pure substance of spirit flowing through our bodies, balance , peace, abundance, brilliance, stillness, guidance, wisdom.

Relationships Love, passion, intelligence , compassion, delight, humor, kindness, acceptance, presence, oneness, unity, harmony

Career & Self Expression creative, beauty, truth , vision, openness, support, abundance, possiblity, divine potential, bliss, joy , infinite, harmony, acceptance

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learn to listen

One Mind

God is all there is, there is no situation where God is not, for God is all there is. God is the infinite love that is never judging and all accepting.

I am one with this infinite love that God is, I am one with the complete love, understanding and acceptance that is the mind of God, and I dwell in this Presence, always and forever, and this is also true of Allan. Allan is one with the infinite love of God and loves and accepts all things as expressions of God.

I speak my word for the truth of Allan’s being, that he is one with the all loving Mind and Spirit that is God. That he is dwells in the essence of this love and looks at all expressions of God Recognizing them as God, and so embraces the god within them.

I give thanks for this awareness of the truth of Allan’s being, his understanding, unending love and acceptance of all of Gods expressions.

I now release this word into the perfect action of the law, knowing that as it is spoken, so it is.

Weekly Journal - Wk 2

MEDITATION PRACTICE
1. Type of Meditation Practiced. - Mantra & the Buddha Within

2. My Response to this type of Practice.
Fri- I practiced this today, but it was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Sat- I practiced this today, but it was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Sun- I practiced this today, but it still was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Mon - I practiced this everyday, but it was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Tues I read today instead, and I came across something called the Buddha within ((Journey of Awakening Page 75)), I also Chanted on the way to work while driving, I then took a breath in and out before I answered the phone, bring forward in my though the Buddha within.

Wed I practiced the Buddha within again

Thur I read and then I practiced a mantra that was about Gratefulness - I am so Grateful for all that I have - my home my teachers my growing spiritual practice

3. How my Response reflects in my Daily Affairs Starting Tuesday after I started practicing the Buddha within I had a much calmer day at work and I wasn't as short tempered


TREATMENT PRACTICE FOR MYSELF

1. Purpose of Treatment

2. Treatment Formulated (day)

3. Treatment repeated: (days)

4. Demonstration Experienced: Day & Event

5. How Demonstration Reflects in My Daily Affairs



TREATMENT PRACTICE FOR MY FOCUS GROUP PARTNERS

1. Partner Allan

2. Purpose of Treatment to be nonjudging, and more accepting

3. Treatment Formulated (day) staring on the theory that god judges on intention and not perfect word I though there was no reason to not start right away, so I started Thursday night, I started with God is all there is and that God was loving and understanding and accepting of all people, that God did not judge, I then aligned myself with that and then started that Allan was one with that as well, I then spoke my word about the truth about Allan, and then gave thanks and then released it into the law of God.

4. Treatment repeated: (days) I started Thursday night and I repeated this each day at night and in the morning

5. Demonstration Reported: (Day/s)

Home Study for Week 3

Read: Can We Talk to God
Ch 3 - The Unity of God and The Individual - pp 19-23
Ch 9 - Principal and Practice - pp 55-60

Study questions - week 2

READ : JOURNEY OF AWAKENING - PP 26-41 & PP 51-57

What is the "best" kind of experience in meditation?

How long should a beginners' meditation last? Does a regular time and place matter?

What is Satsang?

What kind of things can we use as mantras?

Is the use of a mantra a form of concentration meditation?

- Spiritual Practice Journal Questions

How do I know when I have been really listened to by another person?

What happens within me when I am really listening to another?

Meditation - Week 2

Last night we learned a new kind of meditation - what is called a mantra - A Mantra is words repeated over and over again, in your mind, - I tried it this morning, and I it was different and I wanders off for a bit, but then, I noticed that and was able to bring my self back to the meditation

Homework - Week 2

for home work we are to do a spiritual mind treatment for our prayer partner.

Going by the thought that God works through our intentions , and not a "perfectly" formulated prayer, last night as I lay my head down to sleep I thought, why not start right now, So last night I started a Spiritual Mind Treatment for my partner.

When I woke up I thought of him again and started another one.

Interesting side note, as I thought of him I thought of others, who are in need of prayer.

Foundations Class

I'm looking for my notes

Thursday Evening - Wk 2

ACTION ITEMS:
Week 4 Altar & Snacks
Week 5 - Opening / Invocation
Week 7 Benediction

Mantra - A word - a name of God - A quality of God or spiritual phrase that connects us the the sacred, and is repeated over and over again.

Examples:
There is only one life, that life is God's life, that life is perfect, that life is my life now.
God is the peace taht I am.
God is the ocean, I am the wave, I live in the sea of spirit.

Other thoughts - Take what is on your plate and transform it until it feeds you.

Meditation - Mantra -
There is only one life, that life is God's life, that life is perfect, that life is my life now.
Over and over, breathing, in and out , realization, acknowledgment, that there is only one life, that we are all connected, all part of the same life, the same god force, not separated from each other, parts of the same whole. There is only one life, and I am part of it, and that life is perfect.

Core Concept Exercise - Prayer Partner - Allan
Purpose - To release the tendency to judge myself and others, to see god in every one he encounters - Self critical - not getting praise - observes insignificant things - opens up and be the perfection of God - Practice smiling - the joy of God - Knowing more in his life - Let go of the tendency to be judgmental

In - Out

my meditations , I am using the an " In-Out " breath through the nose mediation.

Sometimes I fall asleep, sometimes I get lost in thought. in my experience (from the different times I have tried meditations, this seems to work the best for me).

I have noticed that when I first sit down to meditate, I'm kind of anxious, I noticed this because after I start, I find myself relaxing. I am able to keep my focus on, well, I don't find myself wandering into work thoughts as much or other issues that have been bothering me.

There is only One Life

That life is God's life... God is perfect patience and understanding, God is Joyful and delights in the seeming chaos that is life expressing itself daily.

I am one with that life, I am one with that patience and Understanding, I am joyful and delights in the various expressions that is God expressing.

I align myself with that patience and understanding, I accept that I am joyful and am able to delights in all the expressions of God that grace my days.

I am thankful that the delight and joy of God's creation expresses in my daily work. blessing me with the ever changing kaleidescope of creation itself.

I release my word into the law of God, know that as I speak it is already so.

Study questions - week 1

How does Ram Dass define a liberated being?

How can my ego both imprison and free me? Is there some way I can make my ego my servant?

Are my own personal motivations for meditating mentioned in the list given?

Is any idea expressed by the writer at variance with my own convictions?

What is meant by the one-pointedness of mind?