The Spiritual Practice of Prayer

THE 5 STEPS OF TREATMENT
"An illumined treatment, once given, operates throughout the rest of time until it's work is done."
- Joel Goldsmith

A practical tool we use in the Science of Mind to consciously change our lives is Spiritual Mind Treatment. It is an effective form many of us choose to use as a way of Praying. The term Treatment is sometimes confusing to those unfamiliar with Science of Mind and Religious Science.

General Guidelines

In treatment, we move into the consciousness of knowing, and seeing ourselves as perfect "even as our Father-Mother in heaven is perfect." We are not subject to our old patterns of thought and belief, but aware there is a divine pattern already existing within.

The five steps are Recognition, Unification, Realization, Thanksgiving and Release. An acronym used to remind us of the steps is…

R - Are

U - You

R - Ready

T - To

R - Receive

Preliminary Statement of Purpose

Clearly and specifically state the purpose of this particular treatment.

5 Steps of Treatment:

1. Recognition - Acknowledge, in your own words, the All-ness and Whole-ness of God; specifically the aspects of God that are pertinent to the purpose of your treatment. (For instance: Love, Wholeness, Peace, etc…) In this stage, as in meditation, you are seeking the deepest possible awareness of, and immersion in, the Presence you feel in and around yourself and all others.

2. Unification: Declare, in your own words, your knowledge of the Truth about yourself: that you are one with God…that you are not all God is, but all that you are is God…that "God in me, as me, is me." Allow this awareness of One-ness to pervade your entire consciousness. Know with your whole being "I am that which Thou art; Thou art that which I am." Still speaking from your all-pervading consciousness of God's All-ness and One-ness, accept the knowing that all the statements about your One-ness with God is the Absolute Truth.

3. Realization: Realize and form a new idea or thought or feeling about the good you desire. In your own words, declare that this is already so and this is already yours. If necessary declare that any apparent obstruction in your thought to this idea is now dissolved in the light of Truth.

In this stage, your purpose is to embody the idea of good of which you desire, seeing it clearly as yours already, because of the Spiritual Truth of your being. The more complete the realization, your perception of spiritual Truth, the more clear and complete will be the manifestation. This step is complete when you experience it as already realized.

4. Thanksgiving: In your own words, express your gratitude for knowing the manifestation already exists in your life and accept its demonstration.

5. Release: Clearly, and completely, release your word to the action of the Law (the Law, not the Universe, or God's Love, or some other concept, but the Law) knowing that as you have spoken, it is now done. Release is important.

There is a process in treatment. This particular treatment is an entity unto itself and must be released, in total faith and acceptance, to do its work.

Excerpt from Professional Practitioner Studies.

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