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== Meditation ==

Practice of the religion involves [[meditation]] upon the aspect of creation that is within one's self. Summum believes that within all created things is an [[essence]] which is the spirit of the creator, and that the more one directs his or her attention to this indwelling spirit, the more one realizes its existence and moves along the lines of [[spirituality|spiritual]] progression, developing "spiritual Psychokinesis".<ref name="SummumBook" /> It appears that there is no recognized [[deity]] per se in the philosophy, but rather that people are all part of the mind of the [[universe]] and that the universe collectively constitutes something great and worthy of study and meditation.

According to Summum, our mental states dictate our sense of harmony and disharmony, and the resulting experiences become part of our memories that then hold us captive.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last        = Ra
 |first       = Summum Bonum Amen
 |title       = SUMMUM: Sealed Except to the Open Mind
 |orig-year    = 1975
 |url         = http://www.summum.us/philosophy/ebook/ebook.htm
 |access-date  = May 30, 2006
 |year        = 2004
 |publisher   = Summum
 |location    = Salt Lake City
 |chapter     = Chapter 4
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060626083953/http://www.summum.us/philosophy/ebook/ebook.htm
 |archive-date = June 26, 2006
 |df          = mdy-all
}}
</ref>