As the Universe is run by an Infinite Mind, so one’s life is controlled by their thinking; ignorance of this keeps him in bondage; knowledge will free him.

— Ernest Holmes

• New Foundations SPRING & FALL 2010
• Beyond Limits TBD
• Essential Holmes SUMMER 2010

• FOUNDATIONS –
Updated Curriculum! Would you like to enhance your spiritual connection to a Higher Power? Are you ready to discover your emerging direction and purpose and how to make it happen? Learn the nine spiritual principles and practices that will change your life for the better forever. Join Rev. Larry King for 10 weeks of self-discovery and revelation within an experiential format of lecture, discussion, sharing and process.
Pre-requisite for most SOM classes.
10 weeks: 30 credit hours
+Saturday workshop

• BEYOND LIMITS –
Dynamic new course that 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. and process.
10 weeks: 30 credit hours

• ESSENTIAL ERNEST HOLMES – This course 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 her/his 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: 30 credit hours

Pre-requisite: Foundations*
*may be taken without meeting the prerequisite, but no credit will be received.

• EXPLORING ROOTS – The roots of Science of Mind run deep and wide through the religions, philosophies, literature and science of human-kind. This course provides the student with an understanding of the historical roots in America of Ernest Holmes’ philosophy. Specific emphasis will be given to the works of Thomas Troward, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• EDINBURGH LECTURES –
Expanded knowledge of spiritual principles as presented by Judge Thomas Troward (one of the most influential people to Ernest Holmes). Students & teachers create questions for the class to make discussions lively & relevant. A class designed to provide an in-depth walk with our life-changing philosophy.

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• BIBLE WISDOM – Students are introduced to ways of interpreting stories (parables) from the Hebrew Bible as a foundation for understanding the teachings of Jesus. Involves reading, discussion, role-playing, problem-solving and creative arts.

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• Practical Mysticism SPRING 2010
• Mind-Body Connection TBD
• Meditation: More Than You Think

• PRACTICAL MYSTICISM –
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 life. Emphasis is given to the practice of meditation and the practice of witnessing consciousness. This course is ideal for anyone seeking to deepen his or her own awareness of the Divine reality in daily living.

• MIND BODY CONNECTION –
Designed to give the student a greater understanding of the mind/body connection, and the important role consciousness plays in the healing process. A clear, step-by-step process that begins with Principle, deals with the emotional issues surrounding the body, gives emphasis to effective prayer, unlearning old concepts of duality and disease. Ideal for the beginner or the advanced student who desires a deeper understanding of physical healing.

Pre-requisite: None

• MEDITATION:
MORE THAN YOU THINK –
An introductory meditation course 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 with them for a richer practice at home.

Pre-requisite: None

• Financial Freedom TBD
• Self-Mastery WINTER 2010
• Principles of Successful Living TBD
• Visioning TBD
• 5 Gifts FALL 2010

• FINANCIAL FREEDOM –
Develop a greater awareness of Spirit as the source of financial, as well as personal freedom. Explore unchanging Spiritual Principles, as well as our own current beliefs and attitudes about money. Create a spiritual practice that will duplicate the nature of Spirit in our financial affairs.
8 weeks: 24 credit hours

Pre-requisite: None

• SELF MASTERY– A deeper inward journey opening the door to reveal the wholeness of self and deepening the experience of Oneness in Spirit. Explore feelings, ego, relationships and the process of change, while discovering new ways to deepen human love, trust, forgiveness and gratitude.
8 weeks: 24 credit hours

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL LIVING – Designed to give the student greater understanding of his or her place in the Spiritual System, and the part that consciousness plays in demonstrating greater good. On a very practical basis, this course offers the opportunity to set an intention for concrete demonstration of good, and to study the tools for achieving this demonstration. Emphasis is given to use of the Law of Mental Equivalents, Spiritual Mind Treatment, and the qualities of living a spiritual life.
8 weeks: 24 credit hours
Pre-requisite: Foundations

• VISIONING – 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.
8 weeks: 24 credit hours
Pre-requisite: Foundations

• 5 GIFTS for an ABUNDANT LIFE
Through teaching, sharing, experiential exercises and prayer these classes ignite the individual's realization that God is the Infinite Source of the life we are created to live – one of abundance of health, wealth, creative self-expression and fulfilling relationships. Through the active practice of giving the GIFTS of Gratitude, Intentions, Forgiveness, Tithing and Surrender in our everyday lives, our goal is to fully realize that we are the Abundant Love of God.
8 weeks: 24 credit hours

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• Treatment & Meditation TBD
• Power of Your Word TBD

• TREATMENT & MEDITATION – This course focuses on the student developing lifetime habits of meditation and Spiritual Mind
Treatment. Spiritual Mind Treatment for oneself is reviewed and strengthened, and then students advance to treating for other people.

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• POWER of YOUR WORD –
This is an amazing course on the power of Spiritual Mind Treatment. Each week is a thoughtful approach to the 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.
8 weeks: 24 credit hours

Pre-requisite: Foundations

• Practitioner I
• Practitioner II

This two-year course prepares the student for a career as a Professional Religious Science Practitioner.
(6 courses, minimum 156 hrs)

Pre-requisite:
Beginning students who enroll at
the Foundational level will take a minimum of two full years of study before entering practitioner study.

I. FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL
Required: 1 course
*New Foundations (30 hrs)
*Beyond Limits (30 hrs)

Required course
*The Essential Ernest Holmes
(30 hrs)

II. HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY
Required: 1 course
Roots (30 hrs)
The Edinburgh Lectures (24 hrs)
Bible Wisdom (30 hrs)

III. CONSCIOUSNESS
Required: 1 course 
*Meditation is More Than
You Think (24 hrs)
Mind-Body Connection (24 hrs)
Practical Mysticism (30 hrs)

IV. PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Required: 1 course
*Visioning (24 hrs)
Principles of Successful Living (24 hrs)
Financial Freedom (24 hrs)
Self Mastery (24 hrs)
5 Gifts (24 hrs)

V. SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
Required: 1 course
Treatment & Meditation (30 hrs)
*Power of Your Word (24 hrs)

*indicates new curriculum