Cynthia Abel, RScP

Moving around a lot when I was young taught me a lot about handling change. I became an observer, learned to see patterns of behavior and beliefs. I developed different perspectives, walking through a variety of life and career changes. I used my imagination to create alternative ways of doing things.  I have been an artist, woodworker and carpenter, trip guide, software manual writer, editor, and documentation converter.  I trained in Quantum Touch energy techniques, process art techniques and became certified in Soul-based Psychology and Integrative Breathwork. I have a life-long commitment to personal and spiritual growth and a desire to share it with others. Becoming a licensed Religious Science practitioner is part of that commitment.  As a practitioner, I look for ways to help others benefit from what I have learned about changing beliefs and creating a new life. To share what I have learned, my most recent projects are writing a book, creating a website http://www.workshopjunkie.com and teaching Create-a-Vision workshops. Through writing, teaching, and spiritual mind treatments, I offer support and hold the vision for anyone wanting to create changes in their life and let their authentic self shine.

Nina Anin, RScP

I am a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I graduated from Edinboro State University in Art Education and mastered in Professional Studies with a concentration in creative arts therapy work from Pratt Institute sites in Brooklyn, New York and Jefferson and Lincoln, New Hampshire.  Most recently, I earned my practitioners license from the United Church of Religious Science and studied at the Center for Creative Living in Asheville, North Carolina.  I have been able to see auras around living things since early childhood.  I gained greater psychic abilities during my teen years.  Some of the talents that I have developed during my more than 40 years in the field have been: clairvoyance, clairaudience, medium ship, divination, psychometry, cartomany, dream analysis and astrology.  While living in western New York, I worked with power animals and how they influence a person’s life.  After moving to Asheville in 1994, I have received two spirit guides” Justin, who had a funny outlook and Maria, who saw the spirit in each person.  I also gained two archangels, Michael and Uriel shortly after having a stroke in 1999.  As part of my recovery, I have completed a series of 50 meditative mandala plates, for those who aided in my recovery.  My partial series is on permanent display in the Neurological Unit at Mission Hospital.  I am currently painting spiritual aura mandalas with casein paint.  I continue to combine psychic gifts to tell people if their life continues in the same direction what lies ahead and visionary to aid people to see greater possibilities.  Most importantly, I know that spirit dwells within each one.

Deborah Belcher, RScP

In Gratitude, I know who I am, and that means I know who you are because we are all the One.  Here's some of my story:  I was raised (a very resistant and untamed!) Southern Baptist, & from a young age longed for something more familiar to my Heart.  When I was seven my parents enrolled me in piano lessons.  This became my enduring passion and profession of studying, teaching and performing classical (and pop) piano, which I continue today.  When I graduated college I discovered Norman Vincent Peale and found that Heart-satisfying something I had longed for, continuing my spiritual studies after that with Edgar Cayce, Yoga, Psychological Counseling, Rebirthing, the Eastern Philosophies, the Alice Bailey channelings, and exploring the Inner Life and metaphysics.  I was delighted to find the same Truth everywhere!  I became grateful to my upbringing for having introduced me to the piano at a young age and for having instilled within my Heart a value for the spiritual.  Over the years, I have expressed my love for variety through studying and teaching macrobiotics, working in real estate investment and property management, and learning Argentine Tango.  The common dance in all these has been expanding to be/do/have whatever I choose, even that which once seemed impossible, as well as supporting others who choose to do so.  In December 2001 I attended our Center for Creative Living for the first time, and after 20 minutes of a Sunday celebration I knew I was home!  I was amazed and delighted to find a community celebrating a philosophy which was the Truth I had learned on my own for decades!  The next month I became a member and began taking classes.  About a year later, I chose to focus for the next couple years on my personal life and professional activities outside the Center.  I always felt connected to the Center as my spiritual community, however in Spring 2004 I realized that my life was not as vibrant as it had been, so I reconnected and since then have been deepening my study and practice of Science of Mind and my involvement with the Center.  I was licensed as a Practitioner in August 2008.  I love and am dedicated to this community and to my daily, moment-to-moment practice of opening my heart and mind to the Love and Law of this teaching - and in supporting others who choose to do so!  I live a blessed, abundant life!  I love the joy and integrity in our community, and I am deeply blessed to serve in this way!  I look forward to celebrating with you!

Carol Biro, RScP

Growing up on a dairy farm in Northwestern Minnesota, the woods and fields were my playground and sticks, stones, and trees were my toys. I developed an inner sense of wonder and adventure through the exploration of nature. This passion for exploration served me well.  After two years of college, I traveled to Colorado with three girlfriends.  I became an avid skier, hiker, and adventurer.  Throughout my twenties I moved all over the western states and Europe.  It was when I attended massage school that the world of metaphysics was introduced to me.  It was at this point that I began my exploration of the wonder of the mind and my inner being.  From that turning point in my life spiritual studies became my passion.  I attended Unity for many years, studied many forms of energy healing, meditation and yoga.  I received my B.A. in Psychology and Wellness Education from Antioch University in Seattle when I was 9 months pregnant with my first daughter Kelsey. She is now 18 and my daughter Jenna is 12. My husband Brian and I have been married for 19 years.  We have lived in Asheville for 7 years and we found The Center for Creative Living four years ago.  I believe that my studies here have taken all that I have learned and experienced in my life and encapsulated them into a complete package of wholeness.  My life has expanded and exploded with amazing abundance in so many ways!  I am now thrilled to share with others the wonder and richness of the gifts that I have received.  I appreciate the opportunity to support you with the magic of love, joy and gratitude!

Lynda Byrne, RScP

Christy Corna, RScP

I moved to Hendersonville from Connecticut in 1995 and have been a member of the Center for Creative Living since 1997. At that time, I began taking Science of Mind classes and found myself profoundly exuberant by the positive effects of this practice in my life!  I began my Practitioner studies and was first licensed in May of 2000. Shortly thereafter, I was unavailable to be of service in the capacity I had desired, so I made the decision to relinquish my Practitioner’s License. I returned to the Center after a brief sabbatical, resuming further Practitioner studies. I was re-licensed through UCRS in August of 2003. I have been involved with metaphysics since the 1980’s, and currently have my own practice as a Licensed Practitioner and Holistic Healer.  Each aspect of my profession is separate yet interconnected, as there are many paths leading us to Truth.  I am also the Center's Administrator and am very involved with, and deeply committed to, this Spiritual Community.  As a Practitioner, I bring a diverse background of experience and education, which creates an atmosphere of compassion and understanding in all I do.  Being a Professional Practitioner is a sacred and inspirational calling, in which I consciously, consistently, and joyfully live in the Spiritual Truth of Perfection, providing the opportunity to encourage and empower others to know the Truth of their Being, and create for themselves a life abundant in Blessings. Ernest Holmes says ‘Healing is the revelation of God within’.  By remembering the Magnificence in which we are created true healing can occur! I offer this healing to you!

Bob Damiani, RScP

Denise Eden, RScP

Davon Embler, RScP

I grew up in a small farming community in central Michigan.  Growing up I always had a sense that there was something out there and it was just waiting for me to discover it.  In my early 20’s I left Michigan for the much warmer climate of Florida.  Though my stay in Florida was short lived, I began the journey of discovering who I am.  I was introduced to Unity and eventually to the idea that I am in charge of my life.  I left Florida in search of something I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Once I landed in the mountains of western North Carolina I began to see there was something magical about this place.  I’ve lived in Asheville since 1993 and truly call this home.  I met Barbara and John Waterhouse within a few months.  In January 1995 they decided to start the Center for Creative Living.  I showed up to that very first service, which took place in their living room and from that point forward my life has changed immensely.  This teaching immediately resonated in me.  Again, I was being told that I am in charge of my life and that my life is what I make it. This spiritual journey has not been easy.  Through the ups and downs of spiritual growth, being grateful for whatever Spirit leads me to, I’ve discovered my greatest treasure, my oneness with all there is.  In 1998 I became a Licensed Practitioner with the Center.  I receive great joy in knowing the truth for others, for holding them up in the loving light of Spirit. Being a part of someone else’s healing is such a wonderful gift.  With much gratitude Spirit has blessed me with my life partner and husband, Rodney, a beautiful home, loving friends and a creative career as a videographer, editor and graphic designer. I love the truth that I am Spirit and as such I can have, be and do it all.  And so it is!

Tony Fogelman, RScP

Janice Haynes, RScP

I am most truly a person of the outdoors, made for woods and rivers and campfires and long conversations unmeasured by time.  It is natural for me to delight in Science of Mind, to me a timeless journey.  The teachings are as refreshing as a walk in the woods. I grew up in New Hampshire on Lake Winnepesaukee. Florida became my second home as a teenager.   I graduated in 1969 from Wheaton College with a B.A. in English Literature.   I have lived in Tennessee since 1982 and am a licensed real estate broker and own and run a bed and breakfast.  My husband and I have been married 25 years and our two children, Kendra (16) and Kelsey (12), are the delight of our lives.  We have 4 horses and I am learning dressage and equine therapy.  I home school my children. I was attracted to Science of Mind over fifteen years ago.  I had read Ernest Holmes' book Science of Mind, and my sister had discovered a Religious Science church in Hawaii.  I attended a class and found words that my intellectual and mystical self could understand. This was a group of people who put faith to the test daily to heal any imbalance in their lives, whether mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual. It was a church full of people who could make no compromise with Spirit.  It was a place to be challenged to the core and revisit old belief systems, change things that didn't work, and keep coming out the other side excited and new.  My generation questioned everything, and certainly a religion that encouraged questioning suited me. In the summer of 2003, I completed the course of study to become a licensed Religious Science Practitioner.  I am honored to share the lives of those who ask me to stand with them in the truth of their being.  The Native American image of standing in the rainbow is my favorite picture of my work as a practitioner.  I visit Source, outside of time and space, and stand in the rainbow that represents manifestation of thought into physical form. I am witness to the perfection of Being in each person I meet.  Just as nature is timeless and breathtakingly new, so is the dance of spirit in another's soul.

Maggie Hill, RScP

I came to the Center for Creative Living in the fall of 2001 and the first time I heard a Spiritual Mind Treatment I knew that I wanted to be a Licensed Practitioner. I had just returned from CO loosing all I had worked for and as I say “ I did not have 2 nickels to rub together.” When I came into the Center I felt the unconditional love and acceptance for who I am inside, not my past, not my future, but what is within me.  I attended classes, did my homework, my inner work and kept on attending classes. I began to learn what really exists inside of me and to quote our founder Ernest Holmes, “It matters little what lies behind us or what lies ahead of us, and it matters only what lies within us…” I know what lies within me. The Presence of Spirit lies within and through me. Always present. I am living the life I have always dreamed about; I have gone from thin-air to multi-millionaire using the teachings of Science of Mind.  I have purchased a large organic mango farm in Cobano Costa Rica and moved there to start the Center for the Celebration of Life, a teaching and learning center celebrating life every Sunday and teaching Science of Mind on Monday nights as well as holding Prayer Circles each Thursday night where prayers are answered. I am blessed by this teaching and by knowing Spirit within me. I will be returning to the center from time to time and will always know where I learned to practice Spiritual Mind Treatment and to recognize Spirit within.   I invite you to sit with me when I am at the center or to visit pristine Costa Rica where there is a beacon of light and a tower of strength on the Nicoya Peninsula. The name of the mango plantation is Todo es Dios…All is God. AND SO IT IS !!!

Barbara Jefferys, RScP
 

I moved to Franklin, North Carolina from Maryland in 1971, when my father retired from the CIA.  My professional background has centered upon counseling, social work, nonprofit management and grant writing. I am passionate about creating self-sustaining programs and services that support people in living their maximum potential. In 1986 I experienced an injury and was given Louise Hay’s incredible primer, You Can Heal Your Life.  This was my introduction to metaphysics!  In 2003 I visited the Center for Creative Living, a Religious Science church in Asheville, NC, and felt that I had truly “come home to a place that sees God in everyone’s eyes”.  After three years of coursework I was licensed as a professional Religious Science practitioner with the United Centers for Spiritual Living.  At this time I am now pursuing training that will lead to ordination as a Religious Science minister through Holmes Institute. In November of 2007 I created the Science of Mind Study Group of WNC in Sylva, North Carolina, and today I am happy and grateful to be doing my being, immersed in the joyous teaching of this “philosophy, this faith, this way of life”! 

I grew up in Dallas, Texas, attended the Methodist church and my mother subscribed to Norman Vincent Peale’s “Guideposts” magazine.  I also remember my best friend’s grandmother taking me to a Religious Science center, which I loved.  After I graduated from Southern Methodist University, my mother died in 1976 and I began reading Kubler-Ross, and Dr. Moody’s Life After Life.  Later, the father of my children introduced me to Ram Dass and the 12 Step program. The 80s began a new decade of eating organically, home-births, moving to Asheville, NC area, home-schooling, attending Quaker meetings and Unity, as well as a church based on Matthew Fox’s Creation Spirituality.  Over the years, my reading was constant, and, like many of us, I devoured Dyer, Cayce, Zukav, Chopra, Houston, Williamson, Walsch, Braden, Tolle and Esther & Jerry Hicks / Abraham.  I understood basic metaphysics and, after a divorce, my best use of that knowledge was to be clear about the partner I wanted in life.…even to the point of specifying a “midwestern fisherman”*! I am happily married to my biggest supporter (*he’s from Iowa& has a fishing boat!) and co-lover of life – truly my soul mate. I love being with my family and nature.  Swimming in the beautiful rivers of western NC  and savoring  pure simple “slow “ food are also delights. Even after all I had learned, my support and studies at CfCL have given me role models and tools that have completely and permanently changed my life.  I am so grateful. What I know for sure is God is all there is…everything, everyone, including me, and every area of my life has deepened, expanded, blossomed.  Every day I take time in what Ernest Holmes calls “the silence of (my) own thoughts, gathering into (my)self the spiritual energies of the universe”, and Spiritual Mind Treatments are an integral part of my day. I know where miracles come from, and love being there.  I am available to use the tools given me, and set the Law in motion, by treating & knowing, with gratitude, that we are all God expressing, & have all we need to express our Beauty, Joy, Life, Light, Love, Peace, Power & Wisdom.

Celeste Lauren, RScP

Francis Leahy, RScP

Robert Murri, RScP
 

I was born in 1937 in Atlanta, Ga.  My father became involved in the military, and after  W.W. II in 1945 we ended up in Dallas Texas where I grew up.  I attended an Episcopal High School where, in 1955, I discovered and read the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy.  The ideas she introduced me to changed my life and flipped my out of the box I had been in all my life.  However, it wasn’t until 10 years later that I had the courage to actively peruse the Truth that I know in my Heart that she had awakened.  The journey was long and involved many paths: “Spiritual”, “Psychological” and “New Age/New Thought”, all interesting and thought provoking, but none completely satisfying. In 2000 my wife Anna and I came to some workshops in the Asheville area and decided to move to Asheville.  We liked that area, and in 2004 met John and Barbara Waterhouse who introduced us to Science of Mind and the teachings of Ernest Holmes. Finally what I know in my Heart to be True was manifest.  Before me, behind me, around me, inside me, Spirit is. I am that I am, and I am One with Spirit.

Sylvia O'Neill, RScP

Art Ramsay, RScP

Born and raised in Maryland, I vowed to leave the cloudy, rainy, humid environment some day. I did that somewhat, along with my wife, Dee by living three years in England and four in Washington state, while working as an electronic engineer for the Federal Government. While in Washington, I opened to spirituality and became a Lay Minister at a Methodist church. My family (and Dee’s) still live in Maryland and we visit our two kids and four grandkids often. I love the outdoors, camping, hiking, kayaking and playing golf occasionally. I love hiking in the mountains and enjoyed the change of scenery (from MD) when we moved to Sedona, AZ after I retired in 1994. Always fascinated with Martial Arts, I learned Tai Chi and Chi Kung in the early 90’s and continue practicing them today. While in Arizona I started a spiritual novel that was finally published in May, 2007, as Seven Stones of Wisdom. It is available at CfCL’s bookstore, my website, www.sevenstonesofwisdom.com, or on Amazon.com. I have completed a non-fiction book, called Inner Peace Revealed. It will be released as an e-book the fall of 2007. It is also the text for a class I teach at CFCL, by the same name.  We moved to Asheville in 2002, after living in San Diego, CA for almost four years where I began my Science of Mind studies. Discovering CFCL, I attended classes immediately, after deciding to become a Licensed Practitioner. As I moved along my spiritual path, over the years, it seemed that I could help people the most by  experiencing different spiritual philosophies. And so my study and experiences of spirituality have produced many awakenings including A Course in Miracles, becoming a Reiki Master, earning a PhD in Spiritual Science, being certified as a Life Coach and Spiritual Counselor, ordained as a Minister of Peace upon graduating from the Seminary of Spiritual Peacemaking in 2006, involvement with Ascension and Native American spirituality, and becoming a Licensed Practitioner. I have also enhanced my spiritual coaching skills and now focus on inner peace. I am known as The Peace Coach.  It is my honor to continue to serve the CFCL Community in any way I can.

Errol Rose, RScP

I, Errol Rose am a diverse and eclectic individual.  I have been a student of spirituality and philosophy for many years.  I earned a BS degree in Physics before entering the Air Force in 1985.  I served in the Air Force for 8 years where I flew the F-4 fighter and participated in Desert Storm. After leaving the Air Force in 1993 I came to North Carolina.  I studied herbal healing and became an Herbalist in 1998.  I then worked for Gaia Herbs as the Production Manager for herbal products for over 2 years.  I have always studiously looked for the connections between Spirit and Science, which was one of the main reasons I studied Physics in the first place.  This brought me to the Science of Mind philosophy in 1995 with the Center for Creative Living in Asheville NC.  Having studied Science of Mind for the last several years I became a practitioner in May of 2000.  I served on the Board for the Center for Creative Living as vice president and during my tenure I helped build the current building for the Asheville church.  In early 2005 my wife and I moved to the Navajo reservation in Arizona, where I currently teach high school science. This year I have started a Master’s program in environmental studies where I will further explore the connection between science and Spirit. I am also the current Vice-Chair of the Practitioner Core for United Centers for Spiritual Living a national organization serving all UCRS practitioners.  I feel honored whenever I treat or pray with someone, for when I enter the state of grace the act of prayer brings me to, I realize that we are all truly one.  That state of grace solidifies the truth that there is nothing we are unable to accomplish for in truth we are all a magnificent part of the whole that we call God or Spirit.

Gwenivere Rose,  RScP

Adopted at birth, growing up in the south, attending the southern Baptist church, it was not a world that was familiar to me. It was a blessing though, as I learned to trust my intuition and listen and follow my own Divine Guidance. Later on in life I discovered that there were many on the planet who have the same beliefs that I have. I came to the Center for Creative Living in 2001 and that’s where I learned how to actually live the life I chose to create. Before that it was just an idea, led by the heart (often infused with drama) without discernment or an implementation plan. I have learned to embrace the path of transformation and emergence in my life. To walk the rainbow path of beauty. I know we can choose to create our lives in a beautiful magical way. It has often been the times of transformation and challenge in my life that have allowed for the most beautiful gifts to be revealed, when I stay present in the moment and honor my inner wisdom.  I am willing to follow my guidance, even when it is uncomfortable. Currently I am living on the Navajo Reservation in NE Arizona with my wonderful husband Errol.  We felt a calling to be here a couple of years ago and left the wonderful, supportive environment of Asheville. It was easy to integrate Science of Mind Principles into my work and life here, the basic principles are already a part of the traditional cultural beliefs. The Navajo Medicine Men and Women believe that we create through our thoughts, words and actions. Living and working here has been an amazing experience for us, yet it meant letting go of our comfortable life in Asheville. Serving on the board of a local community coalition, we have been able to create great prosperity in order to transform our community and manifest common dreams and visions. I am grateful to be able to serve in this way. We’re not sure where our guidance will lead us next, yet one day we plan to return to the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. This is my work as a practitioner, to see and know the beauty, power, peace, love and prosperity within each and every one of us, through all the transformations in our lives. To know that we can and do create our lives every moment of every day and that we have the courage and faith to experience and embrace our lives fully.

Shirley Williams,  RScP

I am truly blessed because I was born and raised in these gorgeous mountains.   They are a big part of who I am.  My husband and I own ChemDry of Hendersonville and have 3 sons and five grand daughters.   We came to the Center at Asheville for a summer prosperity class in the summer of 2002.  Everything I heard resonated with something in my soul. It was like remembering something I had know but had forgotten.   I had been raised Southern Baptist with a yearning for something more.   I started going to classes and with each class and more knowledge my life improved.   I am freer, more joyous and happier than I have ever been.   As a practitioner my honor and joy is treat for others to improve the quality of their lives.  

Tom Wright, RScP

Hi, my name is Tom and I love serving people. I have a background in service. As a volunteer I was in the Forum Leader's Program and served 

as a Guest Seminar Leader for Landmark Educational Seminars for many years. I also am a licensed Avatar Master, and served as the Executive Director 

of  The Mastery Project, leading transformational seminars in prisons for inmates in Ct., MA., and Texas. I also served as a communications aide 

in the White House. I am a founder of the Katuah Sudbury School here in Asheville, and I have a real heart connection with kids. I'd better! I 

have two of my own. I have published one self-help book, Acronyming POWER! and have two more self-help books completed and on the way. I take 

Spiritual Mind Treatment very seriously, and feel it's a great honor to do this work with my clients. In all honesty, I get more joy back from serving than 

all the energy I could ever expend, so thank you for that in advance!

Thomas Young, RScP

I grew up in Peoria, Illinois. They call the Midwest the Heartland. I resonate deeply to the quality of Love. In 1972 I had a spiritual awakening, where I knew I was so much more than what appeared as my body and mind and the conditions around me. I followed the Self-Realization Fellowship path forged by Paramahansa Yogananda for a number of years. And during that time I taught Sunday school and meditation classes at Unity Church. I also studied Theosophy, Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle and many others. I joined a spiritual organization called Mark-Age as a staff person in 1983 and served there until 1999. What a blessing each of these light focuses have had in my life. From each one I grew in awareness of who I am as a Being of Light. In 2003 I came to the Center for Creative Living for even deeper realizations of Spirit. I began with attending the Sunday services, but soon realized I wanted a deeper understanding and took the beginning classes then Practitioner classes I and II. I love being a Practitioner at the Center and living the Science of Mind principles. It is an integral part of my soul expression. My life changed dramatically over the years at the Center for Creative Living with greater prosperity, love, joy, wisdom, more friends, radiant health, a loving partner and so much more. I love doing Spiritual Mind Treatment, knowing that God is all there is and I express as God. There is such a freedom and a sacred opportunity of service in knowing the Truth for myself and for others and living in that free state of consciousness.