A look at 'This Thing Called You' and 'This Thing Called Life' from a New Thought spiritual perspective.

1. THIS THING CALLED YOU

2. OPENING PRAYER

3. WELCOME

4. WORKSHOP OUTLINE & OVERVIEW
1. Spirit / Life
2. You: Individual / Personality
3. Soul & Consciousness
4. Truth
5. True Prayer
6. The Law of Being
7. This Thing Called Life

5. MAIN POINT
We are each, we are all, individualized
experiences and expressions of the One,
the Whole.
“This thing called me, the uniquely
individualized, expression of infinite
divine possibility.”

6. SPECIAL MENTION
References in these slides are made to the
writings of Ernest Holmes, Charles
Fillmore and Myrtle Fillmore. At that time
Spirit and Mind were referred to as God,
and humankind as man, he or she.

7. SPIRIT
God as the (creative) moving force in the
universe; Principle as the breath of life in
all creation; the principle of life; creative
intelligence and life.
Eternal, Absolute, Infinite, Source, and
Substance of Everything, Everywhere.

8. LIFE
A Divine Idea / Ideal.
Spiritual Substance of which Spirit is the
Source and Supply; the active, creative
force, taking form, demonstrating
function, in the material universe.

9. THIS THING CALLED YOU
A Divine Idea / Ideal.
An individual experience and expression
of the Divine Idea / Ideal.
The epitome of being. The apex of
creation, created in Divine image and
likeness.

10. THIS THING CALLED YOU
INDIVIDUAL:
The true self; that which is undivided from
God; our spiritual identity; the God part of
us. That which characterizes one as a
distinct entity or particular manifestation
of Divine Principle.

11. THIS THING CALLED YOU
PERSONALITY:
The word personality as used by
metaphysicians is contrasted with the
word individuality. Individuality is the real;
personality is the unreal, the mortal, the
part of us that is governed by the sense
consciousness of the natural man.

12. THIS THING CALLED YOU
THE CHRIST:
The Father, Divine Mind, had an idea of
man, and this idea is his Son, the perfect
man idea, the offspring of God-Mind. This
Son is the Christ, the only begotten of the
Father. The Son, being the express image
and likeness of the Father.

13. SOUL
Soul is man's consciousness.
That which he has apprehended or
developed out of Spirit; also the
impressions that he has received from the
outer world. Soul is both conscious and
subconscious. Body is the form of
expression of both spirit and soul.

14. CONSCIOUSNESS
The sense of awareness, of knowing,
or realization of any idea, object, or
condition. The sum total of all ideas
accumulated in and affecting man's
present being … that makes up the
conscious, subconscious, and
superconscious phases of mind.

15. TRUTH
The Absolute, Divine Idea / Ideal.
Truth abides in fullness at the core of
man’s being. As his consciousness
expands, he touches the eternal Truth.
What seems new is but the unveiling of
that which always has been.

16. TRUE PRAYER
In true prayer we take with us words of
Truth / Affirmation, and turn our attention
within to the very center of our being. We
affirm these words of Truth and meditate
on them, then get very still and wait in the
silence for God to make them real to us
(realized in us).

17. THE LAW OF BEING
Divine Law is the orderly working out of
the principles of Being / Divine Ideals, into
expression and manifestation.
Man, aligned with the law of right thought,
works in perfect harmony with Divine Law,
and thus paves the way into spiritual
consciousness.

18. THIS THING CALLED LIFE
"There is a pattern of perfection at the
center of your being. Your intellect senses
this through intuition. What you are trying
to do is awaken your whole being to
spiritual awareness.”
Ernest Holmes

19. THIS THING CALLED LIFE
Life is a school. Life knows just what we
need to bring out the wonderful qualities
that has measured out for us to come up
to. That is our purpose in life, to succeed
in bringing forth the Divine, the perfect.
Myrtle Fillmore

20. Inspirational
Reading
In the beginning
was the Word,
and the Word
was with God.
I am so thankful
For the Divine Truth,
Realizing in me,
Demonstrating through me,
And manifesting in my life,
With ease and grace today!
CLOSING PRAYER

21. The Light of God surrounds me;
The Love of God enfolds me;
The Power of God protects me,
The Presence of God watches over me;
Wherever I AM, God is, and all is well.
PRAYER FOR PROTECTION

22. THIS THING CALLED YOU