A Way of Life and A Spiritual Community

SCOPE OF COURSES: Courses listed below comprise the certificated education courses offered by the United Centers for Spiritual Living. The student who completes the Foundations Course and other Spiritual Development Courses will have a comprehensive understanding of the Core Concepts of Science of Mind. She or he will be able to do Spiritual Mind Treatment for self and others, will know where the principles come from, and will have explored healing and consciousness.

Certificated Courses are divided into five branches of learning:

I. Required Courses

1. Foundational Level course (pre-requisite for all other certificated courses)

Foundations OR Beyond Limits

2. Treatment & Meditation: Spiritual Practices for Daily Living OR Power of Your

Word

3. The Essential Ernest Holmes

II. History/Philosophy Courses – one course required

Roots 2003

Thomas Troward: Edinburgh Lectures

Bible Wisdom

III. Consciousness Courses – one course required

Practical Mysticism

The Mind/Body Connection

Meditation is More Thank You Think

IV. Practical Application - one course required

Self Mastery

Financial Freedom

Principles of Successful Living

Visioning

The policy for payment for the above listed classes is that each student will complete a “Conscious Giving Covenant,” which is a self-determined amount. The Covenant will be filled out, signed by both the teacher and student, and a copy placed in their student record file, and one copy retained by the student. Click here to go to the “Conscious Giving Covenant” page.

ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE REGISTRATION FEES FOR EACH CLASS TAKEN TO INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, PLUS THE COST OF THE STUDENT WORKBOOK. These fees are to be paid by the second week of the class. The required textbooks are not included in the registration fee.

ANYONE CAN TAKE THESE CLASSES! THEY ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO THOSE LOOKING TO BE PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS!

 

Visioning

By Rev. Joan Steadman

This course is 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. Released in 2007.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

Length of Course 8 Weeks

Certification Hours 24

New Foundations of the Science of Mind

By Rev. Dr. Christian Sorensen

This is a revision and widely updated new version of the Foundational Course. It presents new spiritual principle each week and a spiritual practice to support that principle. The Creative Process is introduced at the beginning of the class and then flows through each week, so that the student has the opportunity to see and use the Creative Process at work in each spiritual principle. Each week also features the writing of one of our elders as well as one of our contemporaries on the subject at hand. This includes Dr. William Hornaday, Dr. Frank Richilieu, Terry Cole Whittaker, Dr. Jesse Jennings, Dr. Kathy Hearn, Dr. Linda McNamar and many more. Released in 2007.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

Length of Course 10 weeks

Certification Hours 30

The Power of Your Word

By Rev. Pat Hightower

This is an amazing course on the power of Spiritual Mind Treatment. Each week is a thoughtful approach to the deeper understandings 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. Each week has experiential exercises to give these ideas a reality for the student.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

Length of Course 8 Weeks

Certification Hours 24

The Essential Ernest Holmes

By Dr. Jesse Jennings

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. Released in 2007.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

Length of Course 10 Weeks

Certification Hours 30

 

Thomas Troward: Edinburgh Lectures

This course is designed to give students understanding and knowledge of the principles presented in the Edinburgh Lectures by Thomas Troward. Each week is devoted to a different chapter with the Core Principles from the Foundational Courses outlined. Students and teachers are asked to create questions for the course to make the discussions lively and relevant. In course exercises, expand the experience and understanding of the wisdom of Troward.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

Length of Course 8 Weeks

Certification Hours 24

Textbook: “The Edinburgh Lectures” Thomas Troward

Meditation is More Than You Think

By Rev. Donald Graves

This is 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. Released in 2007.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

 

Financial Freedom

This popular course contains in-depth material that allows the student to examine his or her belief systems, and to gain a new perspective of how this system of beliefs is at work in their lives. Interplay of thought, emotions, desire, action, spirit, and all facets of being work together to create a new level of well-being and abundance in the individual’s life. A comprehensive workbook and creative exercises are included.

Registration Fee and Student Workbook $65.00

Length of Course 8 Weeks

Certification Hours 24