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Study Questions for Understand and Develop Your ESPThe following questions have been designed to help you extract key ideas from Understand and Develop Your ESP by Mark Thurston. While there may be many ideas in this book that intrigue you, these questions focus primarily on ideas relating to the theme of the course -- the relationship between spiritual development and the development and use of intuitive abilities as emphasized in the Edgar Cayce psychic readings. The answers to these questions will hopefully help you focus your thinking as you select your spiritual discipline which is Part 11 of this course. You may also want to refer to some of these thoughts during your final phone conversation with an institute faculty member after you have completed all the other work for the course. The number in parentheses after each question tells you on which page the answer
to the question can be found.
1. The development of ESP is related to a change in... and a change in... (p. V)
2. The Edgar Cayce readings help us see the way in which ESP can be... (p. VI)
3. Statements from the Edgar Cayce readings and this book's model of how ESP
works demonstrate a context in which psychic experiences can be understood as...
(p. 2)
4. The first assumption in the Cayce theory of how ESP works is the concept
that there exists. This state of consciousness is... (p. 9)
5. The proposition that all individuals have within themselves universal awareness
depends on the assumption that... (p. 11)
6. Paranormal experiences happen to us because we have... (p. 11)
7. The soul forces within seek expression ...The problem is to get rid of conditions
within the physical consciousness and... (p. 11)
8. The fundamental requirement for balanced, helpful psychic experiences is...
(p. 12)
9. Attunement involves... (p. 12)
10. The analogy comparing psychic ability with musical ability illustrates
that... (p. 13)
11. Paranormal abilities are awakened as a result of the proper motivation:
(p. 15)
12. According to research probably the number one conscious attitude that facilitates
psychic ability is... (p. 19)
13. Edgar Cayce suggests that another conscious attitude that will facilitate
psychic ability is... (p. 20)
14. What is the "finer physical body"? How does it relate to psychic
ability? (p. 23)
15. From what three sources can the "finer physical body" receive
information? (p. 25)
16. The most accurate and helpful form of psychic ability involves... Why? (p. 25)
17. Two factors that determine which of the three sources of information an
individual will draw on are... (p. 27)
18. Describe three ways that meditation relates to psychic ability. (p. 29)
19. Name three ways by which psychic gifts can arise. (p. 33)
20. What attitudes or motivations can facilitate or block a soul's ability
to transmit an impression clearly? (p. 35)
21. What warnings do the Cayce readings give about working with discarnate
entities? (p. 36-37)
22. What are the benefits of trying to get information from superconscious
awareness instead of discarnate entities? (p. 37-38)
23. What can interfere with an individual's receiving uncontaminated information
from superconscious awareness? (p. 39-40)
24. According to the readings the highest form of psychic ability is... (p. 40-41)
25. Name two ways we can judge whether or not we are in attunement with superconscious
awareness. (p. 40-41).
26. Answer the questions on pages 50, 51, and 52. The phone call you have at
the end of the course with an institute faculty member will definitely address
these questions. 1 (p 50), 2 (p.51), 3 (p. 52)
27. What two attitudes does one need to cultivate in order to develop psychic
ability? (p. 52)
28. Name two ways physical exercise has the potential to enhance psychic ability.
(p. 53)
29. What dietary recommendation listed on page 54 do you feel you are ready
to try? (p. 54)
30. Points 8-12 on pages 57-61 can become parts of your spiritual discipline
plan. Which of these do you feel you might want to work with for a while? Why?
31. Exercises in chapter four can be helpful in developing your psychic abilities.
You are free to use them as you sense they can benefit you.
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