User talk:Wonbillions

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February 2008

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you've been adding your signature to some of your article contributions, such as you did to Religious Science. This is a simple mistake to make and is easy to correct. For future reference, the need to associate edits with users is taken care of by an article's edit history. Therefore, you should use your signature only when contributing to talk pages, the Village Pump, or other such discussion pages. For a better understanding of what distinguishes articles from these type of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thanks for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 05:05, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Religious Science, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see Wikipedia:Business' FAQ. For more details about what constitutes a conflict of interest, please see Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest. Thank you. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 06:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add unsourced or original content, as you did to Religious Science. Doing so violates Wikipedia's verifiability policy. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 08:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk

You know its unnecessary to inform me on user-talk (and impolite to do so as a new section, rather than a new subsection to previous notices) that you have made further comments on Talk:Religious Science -- I have that article on my watchlist, so am informed of new changes/comments whenever I reload my watchlist (which I do regularly). Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 05:03, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

OK Hrafn...I'll try to remember. Thanks for your patience....As you may know, I'm a newbie to Wikipedia...which I find great!--Wonbillions (talk) 01:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

<ref>-tags on talk

What part of "Wonbillions: could you please stop using <ref>-tags on talk -- I'm tired of having to move the {{Reflist}} template around so that I can read the references created with them. I will comment after this edit, when I am actually in a position to see what the new references are." did you fail to comprehend? I will respond when you replace the <ref>-tagged references (like this:) with embedded links (like this:[1]) that can actually be followed without having to insert a {{Reflist}} first. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 06:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

My Sandbox

Core concepts

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According to The Science of Mind, the ten core concepts of RS/SOM (as taught in the "Fundamentals of Science of Mind" class) are:

1. There is One Cosmic Reality Principle and Presence in the Universe - God. All creation originates in this One Source. God is. God is all there is. EXPLANATION: God is not one thing, but rather every thing in the Cosmos (i.e. everything seen and unseen in this and all other parallel dimensions of the Universe). It is not only present in, but IS the entire Universe.
2. God is threefold (triune) in nature, having three aspects or modes of being within the One: Spirit, Soul and Body. This is God seen as the Universal Macrocosm. EXPLANATION: The term "Universal Macrocosm" is another term for all dimensions of the Universe.
3. Spirit is the great Causative Power of the Universe. The Word, or thought, of God eternally initiates the Divine Creative Process. In this process, Law is continuously set in motion to create, from the Unformed Substance, innumerable forms which follow the thought-patterns of Spirit. EXPLANATION: God consciously initiates creation with thought and thereby forms all things from unformed substance by using Its Soul (i.e. the impersonal Law of Cause and Effect - that is "What you sow is what you reap." Since God is everything (see #1), humans are part of God. and humans can also create in this way, on the human level.
4. In the Infinite Nature of God, all conceivable Good is eternally available, ready to flow into human experience. Through some cosmic Process, this flow of Good is activated and/or increased by human belief, faith, and acceptance. The expression of this essential belief, faith, and acceptance is prayer. EXPLANATION: "Prayer" is "Spiritual Mind Treatment" (see third paragraph of this section, above). This is the main Religious Science technique to tap into God (defined in #1 as "all there is" - i.e. Its "Infinite Nature") to create all the good we desire on the human level, analogous to God creating on the Universe level (see #3). This requires faith in the knowledge that the technique is working right now.
5. This is a Universe of Wholeness, Allness, Oneness. Spirit is a transcendent, perfect Wholeness that, in Its infinite inclusivity, harmoniously embraces all seeming opposites. EXPLANATION: Since the Universe is defined as God (see #1), these are some of the attributes of God.
6. This is a Universe of infinite abundance, spiritual, mental, and physical. This Bounty of Spirit, this Allness of Good, is limitless and can never be depleted. EXPLANATION: Again, since the Universe is defined as God (see #1), these are some of the attributes of God.
7. This is a reciprocal Universe. For every visible form, there is an invisible counterpart. Everything in nature tends to equalize itself, to keep its balance true. EXPLANATION: This is the Law of Cause and Effect (see #3).
8. The Universe exists in the Eternal Now, each moment complete and perfect within itself. In this Universal Harmony, justice without judgment is always automatic, an infallible Universal Principle. There can be no place for Divine anger, unforgiveness, or punishment. EXPLANATION: God's and human's thoughts, actions, and manifestations can only occur in the present. The Law of Cause and Effect is always working. We make our "Heaven and Hell" experiences every moment in the present, with the choices we make. To the extent that mankind achieves the Divine attributes, it evolves into God's attributes.
9. Immortality is a Universal Principle, not a "belief' or a bargain made with the Universe for good behavior. God knows only Life, its eternal continuity, evolution, and expansion. EXPLANATION: Religious Scientists know (rather than believe) that life evolves in this as well as all other dimensions, even after our souls make their transition into those dimensions. In this case, the term "Universal" means "no exceptions."
10. The mystic concept of the Cosmic Christ is not that of a person, but of a Principle, a Universal Presence ... the Universal Image of God present in all creation ... the "pattern that connects." EXPLANATION: The term "Cosmic Christ" here is a metaphor for that God-like consciousness that was and is present in all the Prophets and other enlightened people who have and are using this Principle to assist in the positive evolution of mankind, society, and/or their own personal lives. "Christ" was not Jesus' last name, but rather a title for an enlightened person that was created and given to him before the 12th century A.D.

EXPLANATION OF "LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT"

Put at end of second paragraph of "Teachings and Practices."

The "Law of Cause and Effect" simply states that every action has a consequence - good, bad, or neutral. It can be described as "You sow what you reap" and "Whatever goes around comes around." The Law of Attraction, as popularized in The Secret (2006 film) is one aspect of that Law. It differs from the Hindu and Buddhist definition of karma in that it is not related to reincarnation and that it happens in this life, as well as the next. Personal responsibility is a major tenet of RS/SOM.

One major difference between Christian Science and Religious Science is that Christian Scientists do not believe that traditional medical practices are compatible with their philosophy, whereas Religious Science believes that all proven healing practices are part of the "Whole" (i.e. God), so that the practice of "Spiritual Mind Treatment" (see below) can be performed supplementally with medical practices.

CfD nomination of Category:Churches and Spiritual Centers by denomination

Category:Churches and Spiritual Centers by denomination, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. –Black Falcon ^(Talk) 00:48, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Cat question

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you referring to this deletion discussion? I don't see how your article would fit in that category anyway: Religious Science is a movement, right? Whereas a spiritual centre would be a building? Flowerparty^☀ 17:44, 8 December 2008 (UTC)