As we study our own being, we begin to deduce the nature of God.

— Ernest Holmes

Our classes give you what you need to expand your knowledge of spiritual principles and to gain practical spiritual tools for everyday use. In addition to learning about our philosophy and how to apply it, being in a class is one of the best ways to enter more deeply into our spiritual community. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet and get to know people from many different backgrounds.

Our teachers are experienced and love to share the power that these teachings have to change lives. Classes combine experiential exercises with explanation how to establish a spiritual practice. Many lifelong friendships have begun in our classrooms. Come and join us as we explore and experience the transformation spiritual practice can bring to every life!

Classes are typically 5 to 10 weeks in length and include reading and writtten assignments to be done outside of class hours. Registration begins approximately 5 weeks prior to the first class.

Core Classes – Completed course work contributes to the required pre-requisites for entry to the Advanced Spiritual Living Program and Professional Prayer Practitioner Studies.

Beyond Limits: How to use the power of spiritual practice to change your life

In this class we study core spiritual concepts and practice applying them to the conditions in our lives. We learn how to gain more clarity and less confusion about what to do and how to do it. The classes are experiential, with guided meditations and exercises to assist you in incorporating spiritual practice and understanding into your daily life. The 120+ page workbook will become a resource for you to return to for inspiration again and again, so you may experience your life soaring beyond limits!

Textbook:
Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

Building A Healing Consciousness

“Building A Healing Consciousness” is an eight-week journey to amplify and align your Creative Power with the Divine.

This class is for those who are seeking healing and greater health, who want to improve their finances and life situation, and who desire to make our world a place of greater peace and harmony.

You will learn how to develop a permanent consciousness of Oneness, Wholeness, and Healing within yourself.

Ernest Holmes, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Joel Goldsmith provide the foundation material. We will also look at ancient spiritual practices that enhance the consciousness of Oneness and Wholeness: the Labyrinth, the Medicine wheel and a visionary practice from Emma Curtis Hopkins.

Textbooks:
The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
The Joy Of Meditation by Jack & Cornelia Addington

Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

What do you want to create for yourself? In this five-week experiential class you will learn how to tap into the spiritual laws to activate that dynamic center of creativity within you.  Small and large group discussion and exercises, some weekly reading in our textbook and recommended steps to explore and design what’s important to you for your life.

Textbook: How to Change Your Life by Ernest Holmes

Consciousness and the Creative Process

Thomas Troward’s book The Creative Process in the Individual provides the majority of the material for this class. Troward was adept at bridging the inner world of thoughts and the physical universe. The book contains profound messages and opportunities to deepen your understanding of the Law; and how to align with Universal principles. Troward reasons from Universal principles, showing how principles can be applied to the future. He relies on the maxim that “principle is not bound by precedent,” and by the premise that we are not only able—but also required—by the law of our own being, to take a more active part in our personal evolution than has ever occurred in the past.

In addition to Troward’s writing, this course draws from the writings of Ernest Holmes, to understand how Troward influenced Holmes, and how he continues to influence New Thought in today’s world. This class also includes a deeper dive into the Creative Process, including an understanding of the different stages in the growth of consciousness. Ultimately, it allows us to open our minds and hearts, and consciously create the life we desire.

Textbook:
The Creative Process in the Individual  by Thomas Troward

The Essential Ernest Holmes: Feeling the heart behind the teaching

Essential Ernest covers a wide range of writings and talks by Holmes, from using the law, to worldly issues of racism, war and injustice, to the mystical experience of the Divine that lives through us. We will use his teachings to address our personal challenges and learn how to meet the global situations we find ourselves in today. Following Holmes’ invitation, we will not just study his words but practice applying and embodying them. In the words of Holmes, ‘What the world needs is spiritual conviction followed by spiritual experience’. This is what opens us to a greater awareness of who we are, which then allows us to be a greater expression of peace and healing on our planet. 

Textbook:
The Essential Ernest Holmes edited by Jesse Jennings

Foundations of Science of Mind

“Are you ready to build an empowered life aligned with universal spiritual principles?  Are you prepared to create a meaningful, fulfilling, prosperous, joyful life? This is where it all begins! Foundations enables you to:

• Align with Universal Principles and cultivate an awareness of the Divine Presence within you
• Apply positive, practical, spiritual tools, including meditation and mindfulness, affirmations, neuroscience, and self-awareness in your daily life
• Learn how to pray affirmatively, using Spiritual Mind Treatment to shift your consciousness toward a more life-affirming way of being
• Take your inward exploration deeper, discovering the depths of your consciousness and the Spirit within
• Uncover and release hidden beliefs that may be holding your life back
• Explore our spiritual teachings with others in your community
• Take your first steps toward the richness of our teaching, and the richness of your Divinely-created life!”

Textbook: 
The Science of Mind – The Definitive Edition by Ernest Holmes

Journey of the Soul

Journey of the Soul invites students to experience and affirm their inner divinity and, at the same time, to honor their humanness and appreciate the beauty of who they are. Encouraging daily meditation to listen to the magic within, this class combines spiritual psychology with the power of Science of Mind to assist in that soul journey. Adding training tools for healing emotions and honoring our humanness allows for a balanced and guided approach to healing and transformation as we explore our soul’s journey and life purpose.

In this class, the student will:

• Define the Soul and Identify as It
• Discover the Sacredness in Life Experience
• Increase Self Love
• Experience Oneness through Deep Meditation
• Demonstrate the Thought Shifting Practice
• Honor, Heal, and Redirect Emotional Patterns
• Explore the Sacredness and Magnificence of the Body, Sensations, and Sexuality
• Identify and Direct Soul/Life Purpose

Textbook:
The Magic of the Soul:  Applying Spiritual Power to Daily Living by Patrick J Harboula

Meditation: It’s More Than You Think

This course is suitable for beginners or those wishing to deepen and expand their spiritual practice. The experiential nature of the class will move you through several modalities, including meditation with light, mantras, sound, movement, breathing and more. With an innovative and inspiring structure, informative reading materials and gentle guidance, this class promises to take you deeper into your practice every day, for good!

Textbooks:
An Easy Guide to Meditation by Roy Eugene Davis
How to Meditate by Lawrence LeShan

Mental Equivalents

Leap into a state of true potential by activating the powerful Law of Mental Equivalents. For every formed thing in the Universe there is a corresponding mental image. Discover how to measure and expand thinking to create a larger mental image so that one’s greatest desires may demonstrate.

Textbook:
The Mental Equivalent by Emmet Fox

The Power of Your Word: The Artistry of Prayer

As you deepen in your spiritual practice, you will begin to realize how important prayer is in living a spiritual life. In this class you learn specifically what contributes to clear, powerful, focused prayer. Not only will you learn how to write affirmations and prayers to address personal circumstances for yourself and for others, you will also be coached in identifying and describing personal limiting beliefs that interrupt your progress. You will be invited to experience what it means to “pray continuously” and to live a life based on prayer.

Textbooks:
How to Use the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
Can We Talk to God? by Ernest Holmes

Revealing Wholeness 

This course expands on your current knowledge of Science of Mind Principles and Practices through study of the interrelationship between Spirit, Mind, and Body. This discovery is based on the principles of Science of Mind as well as current research in the scientific fields of medicine and quantum physics. You will also employ spiritual practices to apply these ideas in your own daily life.

Textbooks:
Mind Over Medicine by Lissa Rankin
The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

Roots of Science of Mind

Spiritual Giants: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Troward, and Emma Curtis Hopkins. What did they teach? How did they influence our movement? What does their teaching offer us today? Through discussion and practice we will revisit these elevating teachings and discover what it means to live a spiritual life.

Textbooks:
The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science by Thomas Troward
Emerson’s Essays (First and Second series) by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scientific Christian Mental Practice by Emma Curtis Hopkins

Self-Mastery: The Emergence of the True Self

Have you ever wrestled with the impulse to react when you want to respond compassionately and calmly? Do you wonder what causes you to react in ways that leave you feeling dissatisfied? Do you have questions about integrity and compassionate communication? Do you sometimes wonder how to be a spiritual person in a practical world? This class is an inward journey exploring feelings, ego, relationships, and the process of personal change. With direct, practical advice from Don Miguel Ruiz’s Four Agreements, the work of Byron Katie and others, you will discover new ways to deepen human love, trust, and forgiveness.

Textbooks:
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

Spiritual Practices for Daily Living: Discovering and Designing Your Spiritual Practice

Building on the knowledge gained in Beyond Limits or Foundations, this class focuses on how to have an active daily connection with Spirit and how to find your own unique way of doing that through spiritual practices. You will explore receptive (meditation) and directive (prayer) ways of communing with Spirit to be able to choose the perfect spiritual practice for you in every moment and situation. Various forms of meditation are presented, and you will develop greater skill in verbal and written prayer, especially for others.

Textbooks:
Journey of Awakening by Ram Dass
Can We Talk to God by Ernest Holmes

Spiritual Principles and Practices

Living a satisfying, spiritually grounded life takes practice, practice, practice. What methods can a person use to bring their life’s intention into focus? Through this course, you will explore the teaching of Science of Mind and how you can use its spiritual practices to bring more aliveness in your life.  Practice, practice, practice, with us in an engaging online class experience and bring your life’s intention into clear focus.

Textbook:
This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes

Visioning: A Way of Life

When practiced regularly, Visioning can transform every aspect of our lives from clarity about our life purpose, to our interpersonal relationships, to the organizations to which we belong, and the societies in which we live.

The purpose of this course is to awaken to the transformational nature of Visioning, to learn the Visioning process, to understand the organic nature of how the vision unfolds, and how to implement the Visioning process throughout our lives

Textbook:
Life Visioning by Michael Bernard Beckwith