DESIRE MANIFESTATION CENTER

Trenton Science of Mind (SOM) Study Group

Hamilton NJ 0861
609-581-1436
e-mail rjfranks@optonline.net

1.    Purpose of Group – To provide, in the Mercer County Area, a way in which individuals interested in
 “changing their lives by changing their thinking” may come together to share in the learning and discussing of the Principles of SOM for the purpose of fulfilling their desires.

2.    Location of Group Meetings – Initially we will meet in my home located in Hamilton, N.J. 08610

3.    Frequency & Dates & Times of Meetings – We will meet weekly on Sundays.  Our first meeting will be on  May 7, 06 at 1:30 P.M. and thereafter as may be determined through the consensus  of Group Participants conditional upon availability of the Group’s Director.  Meetings will last for 1-1/2 hours.

4.    Meeting Agendas – An agenda for each meeting will be prepared by the Group Director and made available to interested parties before each meeting.  It will outline the SOM Principles to be discussed at the meeting as well as the intended flow of content during the process of each gathering.

5.    Appropriate Attire – Any attire in which you are comfortable is the most appropriate wear.  We are more interested in your Presence than your appearance.

6.    Privacy & Confidentiality – As the nature of each meeting provides opportunities for Participants to share personal information with one another, a prerequisite to attending our meetings is your agreement not to divulge any such personal information with anyone else outside the Meeting.

7.    What is SOM – See Addendum

8.    SOM Founder – See Addendum

9.    May 7, 06 Meeting Agenda – See Addendum

10.     Benefits of Meetings – See Addendum

11.    Group Director – See Addendum

 
ADDENDOM

Directions to Group Meeting - easily assessable to those with any familiarity with Hamilton Township as it’s practically a stone’s throw from the famed K-Mart located on White Horse Avenue at its intersection with Kuser Road.  Assume you are at K-Mart. Just come out of the K-Mart parking lot and make a left onto White Horse Avenue.
Go one block to the Traffic Light and turn right onto South Olden Avenue.  Go one block passing Alexander’s Pharmacy on your left and make your first left.  Our House is the 3’rd house in on your left.  It is a Stucco-faced Cape Cod with Awnings and you may park any where on the street (preferably in front of house if available).  If you require additional directions,call us at 581-1436.

                                                   What Is Science of Mind

    SOM is an expression of the Truth of the Nature of the Universe and the Nature of Man and the relationship of One to the Other.  It is a gathering of the word of many of the world’s most enlightened individuals throughout the Ages.  It draws Truth from the teachings of various Philosophies and Religions and shows how to apply Truth to create an experience of your Life as you desire it to be.  It uses Science as the method of approach to revealing the Truth it declares.  It’s only concern is what is so and how to use this Truth to produce in our experience of Life, that which we desire.  As such, it serves as a gateway to the most practical information one can access for realizing in the living of one’s life that which one most desires.  Basically, it shows how to go about accessing Truth which exists in each of us and provides a scientific method which may be applied to use this Truth to demonstrate any Good in our lives that we may desire.  Therefore, it is dealing with what is referred to as Spiritual matters and the practical way in which Spirit can be used by an Individual to experience and demonstrate in his life a manifestation of the events, relationships, affairs and all other types of temporal conditions one desires.   In doing this, SOM makes use of the Universal Law of Cause and Effect which is always operation in one’s life (and the Universe) whether or not one is aware of it or not (It’s life the Law of Gravity – it is always operating on you independent of your knowledge or consent to its operation).  Since SOM reveals for your review and judgment the Truth of “What Really Is, which is so independent of your knowledge or consent to it.  It is of utmost importance one exposes oneself to this Truth so that one may align oneself with what is so and avoid opposing a Thing which can not be opposed and which by Its Very Nature only desires and does provide each Individual of choosing exactly that which one truly wishes to express.

    Now, these are deep thoughts with very profound implications and you are apt to be envisioning right now that if they are true that, standing before you, is the very solution to every problem you may be presently experiencing.  And I am here to tell you that you are thinking clearly in your reasoning and that if you choose to open yourself to an exposure of these Principles, you will (like myself) find therein the Answer to every Question you ever had or will have.  This is a bold promise on my part and I do not take such serious matters lightly although in every respect you will experience my Individuality as a Person of considerable lightness, calm and poise).  I am making this promise however, because it comes from my own experience which is a product of Universal Law which is impersonal and applicable to ALL (like gravity) not to just Ron Franks. So, what is True and Real for One is True and Real for All and It can not be otherwise regardless of my personal desires in the matter.  Choose to open yourself to SOM Principles and you will, by Law prove the Truth of this Bold Promise for yourself.  The
promise is this: you have the right and power to experience life as you desire.  In fact, to realize this state of existence, that you know Who You Really Are, What the Universe Is and Its Nature and the Relationship between you as an Individual and the Universe as Everything. These Truths are what SOM is about.  We invite you to join us in this Wonderful Journey and Adventure.



                                                        Founder of Science Of Mind


Ernest Holmes (1887 – 1960) was the founder of the Science of Mind philosophy and movement.  Ernest Holmes’s teachings are based on both Eastern and Western traditions and the empirical laws of science and metaphysics. 
Science of Mind is a spiritual philosophy that people throughout the world have come to know as a positive,supportive approach to life.  These ancient truths have kept pace with and proven their relevancy in today’s global village and its expanding technology and warp-speed changes.  Author of The Science of Mind, the seminal book on his teachings, Holmes also founded the monthly periodical, Science of Mind magazine which has been in continuous monthly publication since 1927.  Through lectures, radio, television programs, tape recordings, books and magazines, Ernest Holmes has introduced millions of people to the simple principles of successful living that he called “the Science of Mind.”  His other works include Creative Mind, This Thing Called You, La Ciencia de la Mente, Effective Prayer, This Thing Called Life, Thoughts Are Things and Words That Heal Today.


MEETING AGENDA
May 7, 2006

Opening Invocation – By Director

Participants Introduction – Each Participant will tell the group his/her name, why he/she is at the meeting, and may share anything else the one may wish within the scope of the Group Purpose.

Today’s Topic - Your Dreams Can Come True!
Reading from “How to Change Your Life” - By Group Participants desiring to do so.

Exercise (Mental/Spiritual) – Questions for Self-Study & Greater Focus at end of Reading.

Comments, Question & Answers – Opportunity for Participants to share with one and another any comment or question regarding Today’s Topic or Reading
                                                     
Meditation     -    For and by Participants
Sharing Re Meditation – By Participants
Closing Benediction – By Director

Benefits – The whole idea and purpose of SOM and the Group is to discover the Truth of
                  Reality and apply that Truth in living one’s Life so that one experiences and
                  demonstrates all and only that which one desires.


Group Director

The Group is the result of my knowing that there are innumerable people in the Mercer County Area who, desiring to change their lives, will benefit from having a Center where they can meet and learn and discuss how to use SOM Principles to create an experience of Life which they desire.
My Autobiography – My name is Ronald J. Franks and I like people to refer to me as just Ron.  I am married to Audrey, who is a loving, caring and Supportive Individual who is my partner in this Joyous Venture I refer to as My Life.  Audrey is my second wife to whom I have been married in excess of twenty years and it is through her that I am blessed with a most beautiful granddaughter, Allegra, 12 years old and Allegra’s parents: Scott and Robin who supply Allegra with the loving nourishment that contributes to Who She Is.  Audrey’s other daughter, Dawn, is a Generous Spirit who also blesses our lives.  From my former marriage, I am blessed with the Gift of a Son, Brandon, who is a talented and gifted individual in Whom I Am well pleased.  As for me I would best refer to myself as being a Student of Life.  I believe the characteristic that best describes me is that I Am a Pragmatic Individual.  I would say that my whole life has been about discovering what works in producing the experience of
Life which I desire.  I would say that the Principals of Resonate with me as reflecting Reality and that I use them in nearly every moment to produce an experience of my life which is an ever-expanding and unfolding expression  of the Peace, Joy, Abundance, Love, Wholeness, Health and All Good which I desire.  I have completed the 4 Pre-Requisite SOM Courses of Study required for enrollment in SOM’s Licensed Practitioner 2 year study program as well as the first term of the 1st year in that program which I began in the fall of 2006.