This is a Center that advocates for the living of life according to spiritual principle. We’re here to assist you in undertaking a journey of positive change based on personal growth and spiritual understanding.
On Sundays, we celebrate the promise of living. During the week, we offer a full schedule of evening classes for those who seek to go deeper into their studies. All of these classes cover aspects of metaphysical thought—its principles and practices. Students can expect to develop greater self-awareness, an understanding of the nature of reality, that life has a spiritual basis and learn techniques for inner and outer transformation.
“Class” is always an exciting opportunity for even the most advanced student to revisit what they know about spiritual principle & practices in the company of others devoted to becoming effective and gracious people.
THE CORE CURRICULUM of CENTERS FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
is a series of certificated classes that facilitate growth is consciousness for the adult learner. We assure you that each of these 8-week classes will be offered at our Center so that the student can complete the series over a two (2) year period. The full series of classes are:
I FOUNDATION LEVEL COURSEWORK – choose one
New Foundations of the Science of Mind
Beyond Limits
II THE ESSENTIAL ERNEST HOLMES
III TROWARD COURSEWORK – choose one
Thomas Troward: The Edinburgh Lectures
Creative Process in the Individual
IV HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY COURSEWORK – choose one
Exploring Rooots
From Whence We Came
V CONSCIOUSNESS COURSEWORK – Part A – choose one
Treatment and Meditation
Power of Your Word
Building a Healing Consciousness
VI CONSCIOUSNESS COURSEWORK – Part B – choose one
Practical Mysticism
Self-Mastery: The Emergence of the True Self
VII ELECTIVE – choose one
Keys To The Kingdom
Emerson’s Essays
Myth & Spirit
This Thing Called You
Spiritual Economics
Metaphorical Bible Studies
The Power of Decision
SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT COURSES
A variety of non-certificated classes will also be offered through the year. While these classes do not accrue “credit” for the Advanced Consciousness Studies they address crucial areas for the student truly interested in culture and consciousness. Some of those topics are:
Jungian Spirituality
The Universe Is Calling
Spiral Dynamics &
The Death of the Mythic God
Joel Goldsmith
2012 - 2013 Calendar
Beyond Limits
Wednesdays @ 7PM
September 12 – November 14
10 Weeks - Credit Hours 30
Tuition $200 plus books
This course takes the foundational principles and offers them in a new format for beginning students and those unfamiliar with Science of Mind. Topics include Oneness, spiritual mind treatment, the reciprocal universe, the Creative Process, hidden beliefs, and other essential principles.
The Essential Ernest Holmes
Wednesdays @ 7PM
November 28 – January 30
Ten Weeks - Credit Hours 30
Tuition $200 plus books
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? Each week the student has the opportunity to examine each of the ideas contained in it 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.
From Whence We Came
Wednesdays @ 7PM
February 27 – May 1
Ten Weeks - Credit Hours 30
Tuition $200 plus books
Our true history is one of ideas which converged in American culture to become what we now know as Religious Science and the larger New Thought movement. These ideas originally arose before recorded history, but were rediscovered in the 19th century by some notable people whose works are read and discussed in this course. These great luminaries of New Thought were the first to frame them in words and make them accessible to the general public.
Keys to the Kingdom
Wednesdays @ 7PM
April 4 – May 23
8 Weeks - Credit Hours 30
Tuition (Read text below)
In my ten years of teaching Principle, it has been the most effective in advancing students to a higher level of understanding through joyful and rigorous spiritual practice (which includes a deeply rewarding experiment with tithing) than any other. This is an advanced course in that it requires a very conscious commitment to “do the work.” The tuition is in the form of a commitment on the part of the student to tithe to the ministry for the duration of the class. A fee of $50 is also required for a student workbook and a companion set of 7 cd’s to support the experience.
Metaphorical Bible
Saturdays @ 10:30AM
July 7 – August 25
Credit Hours 30
Tuition $200 plus books
This class provides a look at the Bible as story and Bible as myth. Drawing from sources as diverse as Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Aesop, Joseph Campbell, and Jelaluddin Rumi, this course looks at the many life stories in the Bible where we play every character. Students will learn powerful and effective tools for translation and interpretation of these stories.
Advanced Consciousness Studies I
Tuesdays @ 7 – 10PM
September 11 – May 21
Thirty (30) weeks
Beginning in September 2012, the Professional Practitioner Studies Program is offered in two courses, ACS I and ACS II, over a two-year period (186 hours). In order to be eligible for entry into the Professional Practitioner Studies Program, the student must have completed all required courses, as specified in CSL’s Policies and Procedures Manual.
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There have been a great many changes in our organization and its culture since our coming together in February. One of the changes has been a significant increase in the level of “recommended tuition.” In our desire to be transparent, we want you to know that our home office would like us to charge $295 for each certificated class—that’s $25 per evening plus $45 for “registration.”
Believe me, I know it’s worth it. That’s not the issue. But we have not raised our tuition in this Center for many, many years and it has been significantly less than all other Centers. But in fairness to you we will not be charging the recommended tuition. We will be requesting what would be $20 per evening and we will pay the $45 registration fee—not charge you for it. This means instead of a recommended $295 fee for each certificated 10-week class, we are requesting $200 for each 10-week class.
Studies in the realm of spirit and consciousness are among the greatest of life’s adventures. I welcome you to the threshold of your possibilities and I trust that what we teach will equip you for all that you will experience as you expand the boundaries of your life and mind.
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ADVANCED CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES I & II Professional Practitioner Training
Anyone who currently has a certificate for SOM 100 and SOM 200 level classes is eligible to take, with the instructors permission, the Advance Consciousness Studies course. This course is also known as the Professional Prayer Practitioners Training. Considered together, this is a two year commitment to growth, study, prayer, and service.
For those who are just beginning their studies and are without certificates, the CORE CURRICULUM classes are now required for eligibility to study at this level.
ACS I 30 -
Tuesday night classes, 7PM to 10PM
Sept 11, 2012 - May 21, 2013
Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 30, Nov 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec 4,
Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb 5,12, 26 Mar 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21.
Tuesdays off: Oct 23, December 11, 18, 25, Feb 19, April 9
The 2013-14 course for ACS II will follow a similar calendar.
Total for tuition, registration fees, not including books:
ACS I - $750
ACS II - $750
These fees for ACS I are payable in three installments. Those dates are September 11, 2012, January 9, 2013 and April 2, 2013. Once tuition is paid, no part of it is refundable.
For those who successfully complete ACS I and seek to continue with the Professional Practitioner Studies, a background investigation is mandatory per Centers for Spiritual Living. The cost is $50. This is a criminal background check which includes public records, credit history, educational and employment records, etc.
For further information and application forms, contact John McLean directly at johnm@csl-la.org.
PROFESSIONAL MINISTERIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
CSL’s Holmes Institute offers a 3 to 6 year graduate and non-graduate degree program to prepare students for ministry in Centers for Spiritual Living. One of several national regional campuses is right here at the Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa. For the student who enters the Holmes Institute with a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, an accredited Masters in Consciousness Studies degree is conferred upon graduation. For the student who enters the program without a Bachelor’s Degree, a Certificate in Consciousness Studies is awarded upon graduation.
All graduates (both those receiving a Masters in Consciousness Studies degree and those receiving a Certificate in Consciousness Studies) may apply for a Ministerial license through the Licensing and Credentialing Department of Centers for Spiritual Living. For a more comprehensive description of this program, see www.holmesinstitute.org .
