“Inspiration without application is hallucination”      Ernest Holmes

The primary purpose of TEMENOS is education and all our activities are educational in their nature and intent.It is clear that it is only as we change our own consciousness that our own individual lives will change. 

As Ernest Holmes, the founder of Science of Mind said, “Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life”. The process of change as we teach it in Science of Mind has three main aspects:

*INSPIRATION:  Discover, explore and come to believe in the sacred and divine nature of this one infinite life; realize we all are created from this life, we are all connected within it. Whatever you call it (God, Spirit, Intelligence, Energy, Love)  and however you call upon it, there is a creative power and presence, a power greater than us, the truth of which is light, love, abundant, order, harmony, peace, beauty, joy , a whole and complete goodness,  and it operates through definite and precise laws; spiritual laws just as real and reliable as physical laws.  This is called metaphysics. 

*RECOGNITION:   Spiritual truth exists whether we know it or not,  and are we are always subject to spiritual laws; it is as inescapable as gravity and as magnificent as the harmony of nature. As we study,  we learn to consciously embrace these universal truth principles and recognize the unerring action of the law of life  and, we come to understand how to cooperate with the creative process with more self-awareness, insight, courage and willingness to change the conditions of our own lives. This step to become ready to experience more of what life is allows us to open to the good that is eternally there.  Now we are ready to  chose to live our lives more fully, with greater love, peace, joy, abundance, beauty and this willingness and intention invites  dedication to a great life of expanding possibilities.

*APPLICATION: Inspired and recognizing how it works,  all that remains is  the practical application.  We do not ask you to automatically believe what I believe or what is taught as the Science of MInd, but rather we ask you to know what you believe and to get to your belief through rigorous practice and choice. We ask you to take this teaching and prove it to yourself.  This daily spiritual practice is the foundation of a new life and each moment invites us to see a greater truth, a spiritual truth, within every condition and to transform the situation through the renewing of our minds. This is daily discipline and it lasts a lifetime.  Each day we expand our capacity to experience this thing called Life and for this we are in a state of constant gratitude.