Unlocking the Power Within: A Metaphysical Journey

"Five Steps to Freedom presents a guide to spiritual mind treatment, available in both print and digital formats."

According to Ernest Holmes, founder of the Science of Mind philosophy, Treatment—also known as Spiritual Mind Treatment—is a conscious, directed use of spiritual law to heal, transform, and manifest desired outcomes.

Holmes defined Treatment as:

“The act, the art, and the science of consciously aligning one’s thought with the perfect idea of God and accepting it as already done.”

It is not begging or pleading to an external deity. Instead, it’s a declaration of truth, grounded in the belief that the universal creative mind responds to our thoughts and beliefs. When we affirm the spiritual truth and reject limiting patterns, we change our consciousness, and that change reflects in our experience.

The Five Steps of Treatment (Recognition, Unification, Realization, Thanksgiving, Release) provide the structure for this inner shift—moving from separation to oneness, from lack to wholeness, and from fear to faith.

In essence, Treatment is a spiritual technology—a repeatable practice of consciously choosing what we claim as true, knowing that the universe always says yes.

The Five Steps of Spiritual Mind Treatment

In Science of Mind, prayer is not about asking—it's about knowing. Spiritual Mind Treatment is a five-step method that aligns our thought with universal truth, activating healing and transformation.

1. Recognition – There is one infinite power in the universe.

2. Unification – I am one with that power.

3. Realization – I declare my intention as already true.

4. Thanksgiving – I give thanks, trusting it is done.

5. Release – I let go and allow the universe to respond.

This is more than positive thinking—it’s conscious creation through spiritual alignment. Simple. Clear. Life-changing.

For more about details about Spiritual Mind Treatment Read, The Five Steps to Freedom by Dr. John Waterhouse.