Unity Church of Fort Worth
SAMPLE CURRICULUM
WISDOM/ JUDGMENT

Represented by: Old Testament: Dan and Solomon

New Testament: James the son of Zebedee

Color: Yellow

Location: Solar Plexus (pit of the stomach)

Bible: Proverbs 1-18 (consider as you read that it is God as Wisdom speaking. Do read at least some of this - it is terrific.), Proverbs 3:13-18,4:18; Jeremiah 21:12; Matthew 7:1; Luke 19:22; John 7:24; Romans 14:4; James 1:5.

Judgment has two basic parts. One is listening to God for Guidance, listening to our "still small voice", using our intuition by listening to the "yes" or "no" in the pit of the stomach. The other is the ability to come to conclusions through discernment. In other words, to choose what is "right" or "good" for me now. The Bible says, 'judge righteous judgment." John 7:24.

The center for the faculty of wisdom is the solar plexus commonly known as "the pit of the stomach". The root word for solar is "sol" meaning "sun". The sun is yellow; the color for wisdom is yellow. In addition Solomon, which means "the sun man", metaphysically represents wisdom in the Bible. Sun- solar plexus - wisdom - light - yellow!

JAMES - THE SPIRITUAL FACULTY OF WISDOM

James, who was known as "the Just", was part of the "inner Circle" of Jesus. He is reported to have been a missionary in Spain and became the first martyr. More interesting than that is he was brother to John, who is the disciple representing LOVE. Together they are known as the "Sons of Thunder" which you will recognize as the "POW' of alignment between WISDOM/solar plexus (intellect) and LOVE/heart (feeling) when you get that "sinking feeling" in the pit of your stomach or that “just knowing" feeling.

"James the son of Zebedee is that disciple of Jesus Christ who represents the faculty of judgment in individual consciousness. In the body this faculty has its central seat of activity in the lower part of the nerve center called the solar plexus. We also call this faculty justice, discrimination; it is that quality in us which carefully weighs a question and draws a conclusion. The prevailing tendency of judgment is toward caution, fearfulness, criticism, and condemnation when it draws its conclusions from the effect side of existence. We should therefore faithfully affirm the spiritual aspect of this faculty and always seek the guidance and good judgment of spiritual light and understanding." - - Metaphysical Bible Dictionary. p. 320

THE DIVINE IDEA:

'WISDOM (JUDGEMENT) is the power to discern real values. real and continuing interests. It indicates the ways to adapt means to ends. It produces efficient foresight by immediate correctness of observation and conclusion.

'WISDOM (JUDGEMENT) in the Mind of God is an idea of Choice.

'WISDOM (JUDGEMENT) in man is the ability to discern rightness. accuracy. balance. judgement."

--- "Powers of the Soul", Ella Pomeroy, p.132

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THE SUN

1ST SUNDAY IN APRIL

(FOR THE TEACHER) It seems to be most fair if we can teach our children very early that although we are learning to be tolerant, we still have choices to make. We do not have to label the choice, but we want to consider the consequences of our choices. The projects for this lesson are to help the children remember to make wise choices during the week and to reinforce the color association. Be sure you go over the "materials needed" list realizing you may only require some of them.

Next week the older children will read "A Story of Solomon and Wisdom" aloud as they draw pictures to illustrate the story. You might want to review that lesson.

AHEAD OF TIME

1. Make copy/ies of the sun (p. 4-20) - this will be needed if making the mobile, but not necessarily if making the poster. Using carbon paper, trace the sun onto yellow construction paper or yellow poster board and cut out. - OR- If you have access to a copier with single sheet feed, yellow construction paper can be fed through one sheet at a time, and this will save you a lot of tracing time. It might even be worth it to take it to a place that does copying.

2. Make copies of the affirmation sheet (p. 4-19) for the posters.

3. Make copies of "A Story of Solomon and Wisdom" (pp. 4-9 through 4-11), include a few extras.

4. Make copies of the Parents' Page (p. 4-18) on yellow paper - include a few extras.

5. Gather the materials for the class.

Material: Copies of yellow sun Copies of affirmation sheet Scissors Glue Yellow poster board Exacto knife for you Pencils Thread

Treasure Box containing: Gift of Wisdom Color Key Program Bulletin Sun template Scissors Carbon paper "A Story of Solomon and Wisdom"

WITH THE CHILDREN Open the Treasure Box and draw out the Gift of Power. (See opening remarks. "The Twelve Gifts from God" as needed.) James, the son of Zebedee is the Disciple who represents Wisdom (refer to the Color Key Program Bulletin). The color is yellow, so we will "think yellow" and remember Wisdom each time we see the color yellow. The location for Wisdom is in our solar plexus.

Often in life we have something special that we do not realize we have until someone points it out to us, like maybe a beautiful smile or a contagious Laugh. These are gifts from God. A very precious gift from God that we all have is the Power of Wisdom. We are going to learn to recognize and then exercise God's gift, the Power of Wisdom. We do this by listening to God, by being our Great Me. and by doing our best to make wise choices. To make wise choices we stop and think about what we can do and what will happen when we do it. This is called choices and consequences. When we stop and listen. God will "light" our way, and we will see the consequences of our choices. How do we listen to God?

What is the very biggest light in the world? That's right, the sun! The sun will remind us in a very big way that it is God who gives us the light to see to make choices.

IDEAS FOR TAKING HOME THE EXPERIENCE

With The Younger Children:

1. Make mini-posters by pasting the sun onto the affirmation sheet.

2. Send home a copy of the Parents' Page with each child to enable the family to practice the twelve gifts from God. You may want to mall a copy to the parent of any child not present and maybe add a little note of how their child brings their own special light to the class, naming one attribute

With The Older Children:

1. Help the children make a mobile that can be hung by tracing the sun onto a piece of poster board and cutting it out. Make a face on both sides of the circle. Cut the circle out of the halo. Punch a hole in the top of the circle. In the halo punch a hole on the tip of a ray and one just under it on the inner circumference. Using thread tie the two pieces of the sun together so the circle swings freely within the halo. Tie another piece of thread to the tip of the ray so the sun mobile may be hung at a window, from the ceiling, or as part of a larger mobile.

2. Pass out copies of "A Story of Solomon and Wisdom".

3. Send home a copy of the Parents' Page with each child to enable the family to practice the twelve gifts from God. You may want to mail a copy to the parent of any child not present and maybe add a little note of how their child brings their own special light to the class, naming one attribute.