Welcome to

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• Welcome to
• Metaphysics II
• Applying Unity Principles and
• Concepts to Daily Life
• Facilitated by Rev. Kurt Condra
• 11 Sundays June 18- August 26, 11 a.m.

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Basic Unity Principles Adapted for Children
Teens

• God is all good and active in everything,
  everywhere.

• I am naturally good because Gods Divinity is in
  me and in everyone.

• I create my experiences by what I choose to think
  and what I feel and believe.

• Through affirmative prayer and meditation, I
  connect with God and bring out the good in my
  life.

• I do and give my best by living the
• Truth I know. I make a difference!

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2A Know Thyself
• ? Prelude to Christ Consciousness.
• ? Other knowledge can clutter the mind
• ? Source of all wisdom is within.
• ? Dimension of mind can evaluate what it
  observes, adjust what thinking self does.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2B Knowledge Is Within
• ? Source is Spirit of Truth latent in us
• ? True education is releasing the light within.
• ? Wisdom is not facts it is remembering the
  spiritual truths inherent in us.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2C More Than Our Minds
• ? We do not find God. Its never absent.
• ? We find our point of contact with God.
• ? We are more than our own mind because there is
  a level of us that can study mind.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2D Our Many Selves
• ? Each partakes of the One Mind to the degree of
  his or her current capacity.
• ? We have a sense of I AM, and freedom to
  choose what we shall do with our I AM.
• ? Most of us function as many selves.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2E Living in Two Worlds
• ? Outer thoughts give sensation and feeling.
• ? Inner source of all life, power,
  intelligence
• ? We view both realities and have the capacity to
  evaluate them correctly.
• ? Both aspects are good.
• ? Inner life should have priority.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2F The Great Work
• ? Perfection of consciousness through individual
  evolution.
• ? I AM must separate sheep from goats through
  self-awareness, self-observation
• ? Make manifest the perfect child of God within.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2G Self-Observation
• ? Watch consciousness impulses, desires.
• ? Error originates in consciousness, and
  self-observation is a method through which it is
  detected.
• ? Observe thought patterns and release/
  transform error beliefs.
• ? Part of self-knowledge is self-acceptance.

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2H Our Goal
• ? Realize our talents and skills.
• ? True success based on knowledge of Christ
  within.
• ? Use education/knowledge to serve

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Chapter TwoSelf-Knowledge

• 2I Security Self Confidence
• ? Faith that all we need is always available.
• ? Rely on Spirit to teach, guide.
• ? Celebrate Oneness.

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• Divine Love, through me,
• blesses and multiplies
• all that I am,
• all that I give,
• and all that I receive.
• Thank you, Father-Mother God

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Chapter ThreeSpiritual Evolution, Building

• Allah
• Buddha
• Krishna
• Yahweh
• Rah
• God

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Chapter ThreeSpiritual Evolution, Building

• 3A Our Process and Goal
• ? Desire to become new is universal it is the
  spark of our divinity.
• ? Reach spiritual mastery is a process.
• ? Requires commitment to practicing Truth
  principles in every area of our lives.

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Chapter ThreeSpiritual Evolution, Building

• 3B Spiritual Evolution
• ? Not an instant achievement.
• ? Step-by-step, divine consciousness arises.
• ? We progress by allowing the spirit of God to be
  expressed.
• ? Grow by letting go of error thought.

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Chapter ThreeSpiritual Evolution, Building

• 3C Evolution of Consciousness
• ? Jesus was a model His process is ours.
• ? He affirmed his spiritual selfhood, recognized
  its supremacy and power.
• ? Used spoken word to penetrate the
  omnipresence, thereby releasing Oneness and
  realizing Oneness.

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• 3D The Second Birth
• ? Describes the change we undergo when we commit
  to spiritually-oriented lives.
• ? We are born again each time we consciously
  dedicate ourselves to living a God-centered life.
• ? Not an event, but an ongoing process.

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• 3E Chemicalization
• ? Inner conflict and upheaval that occurs when
  aspects of consciousness resist the process.
• ? Nervousness, symptoms in body, return of old
  desires, habits.
• ? Opportunity to let Christ Mind strengthen,
  restore.
• ? Best fix Nonresistant attitude.

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Chapter ThreeSpiritual Evolution, Building

• 3F Nonresistance
• ? Resisting, resenting, fighting the adversary
  only increases it.
• ? Harmonize, blend desire and adversary.
• ? Accept instead of fight the process and use
  chemicalizations for growth.
• ? Enable us to meet all challenges victoriously.

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• 3G Crucifixion
• ? Letting go of error thinking, cherished aspect
  of personality or of personal life, to unfold
  more spiritual potential.
• ? Level of pain is proportional to the level of
  attachment.
• ? Must die to our old ways of error thinking to
  be reborn in the resurrection.

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Chapter ThreeSpiritual Evolution, Building

• 3H Resurrection
• ? Rising to a higher state of vigor, prosperity,
  restoration than before.
• ? Evidence of overcoming.
• ? Follows cruxifixion.
• ? Can be a daily experience.

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• 3I Regeneration
• ? Process that reveals our inner divinity.
• ? Transforms our souls, bodies and spirits.
• ? Shifts from natural law to divine law.
• ? Faculties begin expressing in cooperation with
  higher, finer laws.

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• 3J Eternal Life
• ? Since we are created in the image and likeness
  of God, eternal life is ours.
• ? Life is a divine idea. All divine ideas are
  eternal. Thus, life is eternal.
• ? Means were an eternal expression of divine
  life.

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• 3K Reincarnation
• ? The process by which we have the opportunity
  for successive experiences of embodiment on the
  earth.
• ? Provision of Gods limitless love in our
  process of spiritual evolution.
• ? We get as many lives as we need.

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• For Discussion
• Share a time when you had crucifixion and
  resurrection experience.
• What did you learn ?

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• Next Weeks Reading Assignment
• Chapters 4 5
• Divine Will, Plan Guidance
• The Word