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May 22, 2022 - Looking Anger in the Eye
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Call to Action:
Anger can cause us to heat up, lose our temper and control. Anger, agitation, frustration, humiliation, or confrontation is not a place from which we can think rationally, negotiate compromise, or find amicable resolution. Anger causes us to be reactive rather than proactive, we can have a tendency to respond defensively, be extra sensitive, and take things more personally than usual. Anger can also provide an opportunity to examine what is really going on within that is causing this type of reaction. It can be a place of self-reflection and accountability, as well as open the door for greater compassion, empathy, and even apology if warranted. There could be hidden gems and treasures within, awaiting discovery through the emotion of anger. By using personal, spiritual, and mental tools to help calm down, in addition to the other analogies and techniques shared, such as turning the muddy waters clear, sending the anger waves to crash out at sea, and finding peace in the eye of the storm in the midst of chaos, we can calm the waters and find solace. Calming anger takes focus and willingness to shift in a different and more productive direction. “Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” Benjamin Franklin Affirmation: At the center of anger is peace and calm. |
May 15, 2022 - If You're Happy and You Know IT!
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Happiness is driven by a state of mind, consciousness, and awareness. If we live life from a place of enthusiasm, joyous expectancy, and positivity then it lifts our spirits and creates a pleasant aura about us. Life then feels less like drudgery, regardless of how bad things may be in our circumstances or in the world. We can learn to flip the story by shifting our perspective to see things more as an opportunity for learning and growth rather than focusing on the negative side of the picture. The more practiced we become at viewing life from this perspective, the more quickly we can learn to expect the unexpected, look for miracles at every turn, and have a brighter outlook on life. As we look less to others to bring us fulfillment and happiness and more to ourselves and the treasures within, we are more apt to realize that happiness DOES begin within me as the individual and we seize more control over our own destiny. We can then catch ourselves feeling happy, humming, singing, and whistling while we work, play, and pray because we have more pep in our step and more excitement about living and being alive. “If we are not in contact with pain, we cannot know what real happiness is.” Thich Nhat Hahn, Anger Affirmation: I’m happy to be alive living a joyful life. |
May 8, 2022 - The Fear Factor
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Awareness is the key to conquering our fears, whether they are on the surface or buried deep within. If we allow ourselves to explore our fears openly and honestly, we can get to the root cause and lay the groundwork for healing. Vulnerability is an important aspect of moving through our fears so that we can peel back the layers and see what’s really going on underneath them. If we are willing to stretch and grow, the universe will support our actions with increased capacity to reflect, accept, and release. When we realize that fear begets more fear, then we can act more consciously from this awareness. We can examine our response to The Fear Factor to see how it drives our behaviors and ways of showing up. We can call forth our faith, along with our fears, and jump off the cliff of faith to move forward in life despite our fears. As we “feel the fear and do it anyway”, we exercise courage, faith, and trust. As we pursue healing and the manifestation of our intentions, we seek freedom from fear as we turn our attention to faith. “Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result. It’s vulnerability that breeds with self-doubt and then is escalated, often deliberately, by fear.” Michelle Obama, Becoming Affirmation: I face my fears through courage, strength, and faith. |
May 1, 2022 - What's On Your Spice Rack?
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Like anything in life, practice makes perfect in maintaining emotional health and balance in our lives. Staying aware of our thoughts, moods, and disposition is a healthy practice. Creating balance in our activities helps our emotional center stay balanced. Exercise, rest, a healthy diet, positive engagement with others, deep self-care, spiritual practice, healthy stimulation, and activity all serve to support balance and harmony. If our mixture is too spicy or dull can be key indicators of areas that require extra attention or focus. These can be learning opportunities for calibration and healing. By paying attention to signs and signals of what may be seeking our attention based on our emotional response, we can take timely action where needed. Take a look at what’s happening around us in our lives or in the world, which may provide clues for exploration. Staying healthy in any area of our lives requires effort, including in our emotional response center. Being human is a dynamic process and requires ongoing attention. Keeping our emotion center healthy takes awareness, and often courage, compassion, strength, and faith. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou Affirmation: I am blessed and grateful for my emotions and feelings. |
April 24, 2022 - Boldly GO....
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It’s time to not just think or live outside the box, we need to destroy the box, recycle the pieces, and repurpose the space where the box was sitting. What is yourparticular box? Are you ready to bless it, let it go, and move into life more creatively, more imaginatively, and more energetically? How can you start today? What one small thing can you do in the next 15 minutes, the next hour, the next two days, to live as a bold and expressive being? “A new moon teaches gradualness and deliberation and how one gives birth to oneself slowly. Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe.” ~ The Essential Rumi, translations by Coleman Banks; page 151, © 2004 Affirmation: I dare to be me; I am hot stuff! |
April 17, 2022 - Reveal, Release, Rise
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Create a new and transcendent narrative for your life based on what is possible, not what has been. Write a new story of self-love, self-care, and self-expression. Dare to “cross out” the doubting words of others, the negative headlines on CNN, and the dogma of religious fear. Instead of saying, “Why me?” replace it with, “Why not me?” Emerson wrote: “God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Always, always do what you are afraid to do. Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.” Every step we take in growing our awareness of the Divine and our awareness of our oneness with It will lead us further and further from familiar, comfortable realms of thought and belief. It may feel scary, unpredictable, or nerve-wracking. But this sacred life you are living is not a rehearsal, nor is it a punishment. Dare to see yourself as a victorious being of Pure Spirit. Dare to LIVE as more than you ever have. What in your consciousness needs to be revealed for you to release what no longer serves you, so that you can rise up to be the best version of you? Reveal Truth. Release the blocks. Rise up! And then, do it again! “In order to eliminate duality, we have to consciously see ourselves as being simultaneously both divine and human.” (The Third Appearance, by Walter Starcke; © 2004, page 121) Affirmation: Daily I rise in wonder, gratitude, power, and glory! |
April 10, 2022 - Dancing With the Donkey
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As we dance our lives, we can be inspired by the blessed wisdom traditions of others. We can choose to admire and honor Muslims celebrating Ramadan. And in our honoring of the teaching of Islam, we too can fast from any negative and limiting habits of belief. We can turn away from thoughts that have kept us separate from God. We can establish a discipline of mind which keeps us centered, aligned, and conscious of our Oneness with Infinite Spirit. And as we fast from judgment, fear, and separation, we can embrace equity, social justice, and keep our hearts open to creating and maintaining a world which does work for all. When we choose loving awareness, we move into our own Passover experience. Leaving behind those ways of thinking which no longer serve, we bless what has gone before and perceive our histories as dance floors we left behind. Finally, when faced with challenges, struggles, or loss, hold yourself in love, gentleness, and compassion. Look for people and places which remind you that you’re always supported by an “unlimited reservoir of strength,” every step of your sacred path. “Spiritual truths can’t be restricted by time and place…The ability to receive any spiritual teaching depends on your level of awareness.” (Chopra, Deepak; The Third Jesus, page 109; © 2008 Affirmation: I am an open, creative channel for inspiration and peace. |
April 3 2022 - Say Yes to the YES
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Go to God first (Spiritual Practice), ask what Spirit wants to create by means of you. Amplify your intuitive sparks and leadings with delight and curiosity. Choose an area of your life that is calling for change or even a minor shift. Write down what you want in the present tense as if you have it NOW. Be imaginative: how do you want to be and feel? Journal about limiting/old beliefs. Acknowledge them, look at what the origins of those beliefs could be. Perhaps you’ll discover a belief that suggests you can’t do something or you’re not good enough. Become curious about where that idea may have come from. Was it a parent? A teacher? An old religious paradigm? Know that it is NOT who you are TODAY. Dismantle that belief by declaring often that you LIVE and MOVE and HAVE your entire being in God, and that NOTHING can oppose the Truth of your own innate and wonderful wholeness. Celebrate all of your discoveries and demonstrations. Whether they seem small or huge, they are evidence that “It” (Spiritual Law) is working! The great, self-evident fact, which cannot be too often repeated, is that when we change our thinking for the better, we automatically change our lives for the better. (Working With the Law, by Raymond Holliwell; page 21; ©1992) Affirmation: I know myself as Spirit knows me: creative, unique, wonderful! |
March 27, 2022 - So Happy Together
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This week, with the sacred wonder of Joy and Love in your heart, explore the many ways in which you can share a life of play with your loved ones! Find a partner to dance with, play an inclusive board game. Carry this energy into the entire community. Let play be the gateway into deeper relationships! “We didn’t realize we were making memories; we just knew we were having fun.” Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne Affirmation: I am Joyful in my community. |
March 20, 2022 - I'll Rest When I'm Dead
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This week, with the sacred wonder of Peace in your heart, explore the ways in which you can sink into the bliss of sustained rest. Schedule it on your calendar and hold it sacred. Learn to say no to any tasks that attempt to take precedent. Plan out your day of rest by choosing creative activities that are refreshing and encourage relationships. Understand that true rest is different than just not working. As the Cat in the Hat wisely said, “It is fun to have fun, but you have to know how.” Nothing could be more important, and you are worth it. “We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.” Thich Nhat Hanh Affirmation: I rest in Divine Joy. |
March 13, 2022 - A Spoonful of Humor IS the Medicine
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This week, explore the profoundly supportive aspect of Joy and laughter in your life. I encourage you to find something that gets you belly laughing every day for a week and see how it changes you. When you are experiencing the uplift of laughter, I invite you to look at the more stress-inducing aspects of your life and see if there is one habit, thought, or belief you can shift to support your own health of mind, body, and heart. Commit to finding a path to laughter, real rollicking laughter, every day. Stand-up comedy specials, your favourite silly old movie or participating in Laughter Yoga are great ways to get started. “Your body cannot heal without play. Your mind cannot heal without laughter. Your soul cannot heal without joy.” Catherine Ripperger Fenwick Affirmation: Laughter reveals my Wholeness. |
March 6, 2022 - Playing Twister With God
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This week, with the wonder of Joy and play in your heart, explore the ways in which you let a God of Joy into your life. Seek ways to play, to giggle, to laugh out loud, and to celebrate the unimaginable beauty of a life spent playing Twister with God. “Play is the exaltation of the possible.” -Martin Buber Affirmation: I am having fun with the Divine. |
February 27, 2022 - Love and Fear
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Fears come from false beliefs. If we continue to feed them every day, we give them more power. Fear has kept us in ignorance and “managed” us through guilt, blame, and shame. This makes us believe in a non-existent power, leading us to believe that we are not valuable. Love has the power to transform our fears. When we learn to love ourselves, to be gentle with ourselves, to take care of ourselves, to praise ourselves, to be our first love, we transform ourselves. The first step when an emotion arises is to recognize it, to identify the fear, and to know that I have the option to choose love, not fear. Let us choose to live calmly, in balance, in a state of gratitude, loving everything we do and feeling that our life is important and relevant. Let us contribute to making our world better, knowing that as we change, our world will change. If we are better, our children will be better, our family will be better, and the world will be better. Affirmation: I give to the world my love, trust and joy. |
February 13, 2022 - Cause or Effect?
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What you are, you choose to be, and you are demonstrating it at all times. Your way of communicating, your attitude, your actions, your life, your "reality" are the results of your consciousness. When we think that God punishes, we are creating a God in the image and likeness of man. God does not punish; there is only an impersonal Law that responds automatically because that is Its nature. There are only consequences according to the use we make of the Divine Law. To think that God punishes is like thinking that Light produces darkness. God is Love, so how can it be that Love punishes? What kind of Love are we talking about? God IS Love and this Love is unconditional. Oneness with God is the greatest and most important revelation there is. If we do not know ourselves, we cannot know anyone. Just like if we can’t love ourselves, we can’t truly love anyone else People seek out and run away from many things, and they do not understand that what they seek outside, as well as what they run away from, is actually inside them. It is the unconscious, where all programming is engraved. And what we seek - Love and Happiness - are already within us; they are what we already are. It is the awakening to our sufficiency that will liberate us, because the resolution of everything is within us. God is the Principle of Life and the Law is Love. Only when we live connected to God will we be connected to Love, because God is Love and Law. Love or Cause, shows us the way; and Law, makes this way possible “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (Mt.7:7,8) Affirmation: I am the co-creator of my life. |
February 6, 2022 - Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
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Words are energy; we live in a quantum field, which means that everything is vibrating. A word comes into existence through its vibration. The sounds we utter in our language, programs our reality. "The Universe responds with the same energy we emit". If we give ourselves love, the Universe will return that same energy we radiate. Every action has a reaction; every cause has an effect. Our soul projects the beliefs it has accepted as truth, so creation is a product of the soul, and reaction is a product of the programming of the mind. We are the cause through our thoughts, and the effect is our reality, our life. We spend our lives struggling to change the "effect" without realizing that the "effect" is a product of the "cause," that is to say, we "cause" the events in our life. If we change our thoughts, our life will change. A mature mind sees cause and long-term effect. An immature mind sees only instant gratification regardless of consequences. “God is everything, an energy of Love that possesses an incomprehensible Wisdom and Power. We are all comprehended in God, for He is in each and every one of us, He is the substance of our being.” - Dr. Brian Weiss, Only Love is Real Affirmation: The Spirit within me is God; that Spirit is perfect. |
January 30, 2022 - Prove It!
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Twelve-step groups transform lives because people work the steps. They take responsibility for their lives and they practice! The same can be said for Science of Mind. It transforms our lives when take responsibility for our spiritual growth and we practice! But. we. have. to. practice! In See No Stranger, Valarie Kaur writes, “we become what we practice.” A demonstration is the result of embodying something so fully and completely that it takes form. And the only way to reach that level of understanding where we know that we know that we know, is to practice. We become what we practice. Over the course of the next eleven months, we will have many opportunities to practice in different areas of the laboratory of our lives with a variety of practical tools that prove spiritual principles. Life is an experience that must be experienced. Our great experiment this year is to discover how approaching Life with awe, wonder, curiosity, and inquisitiveness transforms our experience of It. Oh, the possibilities! Affirmation: I become what I practice. |
January 23, 2022 - Question Everything
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When we are inquisitive, life becomes an endless opportunity to learn and grow. What are you curious about? Ask questions. Make a sacred inquiry and listen. Live in the question and allow Life to live the answer through you. Seek first the Kin-dom of God and experience glorious wonders every day. “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein Affirmation: I ask new questions and allow the answers to come. |
January 16, 2022 - Embracing the Now
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“As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.” – Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Over the next eleven months we will be exploring Living Everyday Wonder as it relates to various aspects of our daily lives: inner life, play, creativity, emotions, body, relationships, nature, work, finance, home and community. There may well be an area or two of life where you may be experiencing some challenges or wanting things to be different than what they currently are. The invitation is to disrupt the inclination to try to change or fix anything. The invitation is to wonder, embrace curiosity, and be inquisitive as we explore these aspects of Life through their everyday wonders. Affirmation: I am present with what is. I open to possibilities. |
January 9, 2022 - Wonder, Wonder Everywhere
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We are surrounded by and immersed in awe-inspiring Beauty, Wholeness, and Perfection. The universe is abundant and magnificent. There are no limits to the magnificence of the wonder Spirit has created. Each person, each flower, each stone, each animal, and drop of water is a necessary and glorious part of the Whole that is the Divine. The more we orient ourselves to the daily wonders we encounter, and the more we appreciate them as parts of ourselves or parts of ourselves we don’t yet know, the greater our capacity to love and to experience joy. If we aren’t walking around with our mouths constantly agape in awe, then perhaps we should start paying more attention. “If you remember how to wonder, then you already have what you need to learn how to love.” – Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger Affirmation: I see awe-inspiring Beauty everywhere I look. |
January 2, 2022 - Living Everyday Wonder
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Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh tradition, said, “Truth is high, but higher still is truthful living.” It is not enough to know spiritual Truth, we must live it, experience it, and allow ourselves to be transformed by it. The Truth is there is only One Life and we are all One. The Truth is the Universe is magnificent and Beauty is everywhere. The Truth is there is only the Eternal Now. The Truth is Divine Wisdom is ever-present and available and we are Divinely guided and governed. The Truth is that we prove It when we live It. This month we will have opportunities to explore these truths and live them. Spiritual living doesn’t just happen on the meditation cushion or on Sunday mornings. Spiritual living is a way of life that happens every moment of every day. It is applying spiritual tools and principles to every area of our lives on a regular and consistent basis – a daily basis. When we do so, life flows easier, choices are clearer, and seeming miracles are everyday occurrences. There is wonder in every day just waiting for us to live it! “Something very extraordinary is happening here: there are no ordinary moments in your life.” – Mary O’Malley, What’s in the Way is the Way p. 197.4 Affirmation: I recognize the extraordinary in the ordinary. |
December 26, 2021 - The Light of a New Dawn
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Find the perfect balance of dwelling in the past, the future and the now. Know that you are Perfect Life in human form. Be free from all discord and consciously make moves today that bless you and blesses future generations. You are the ancestor our future is depending on. Write and sing the song of Splendor as you live fully in your perfection. Affirmation: Life is all I am and all I am is Life! |
December 19, 2021 - The Gift of a New Journey
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Engage a beginner’s mind. Add in some fresh new perspectives to whatever issue, challenge, or problem you may have. Take some inventory of yourself to see how you have integrated all your learnings and how you can use them to foster an even greater vision for not only your own life, but for the life of others around you. As we go into the new year, it is always our charge to shine new light on ancient truths, back to the beginning. We can use these teachings to transform our viewpoint and thus, create harmony and peace in our lives. “A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.”- Rachel Carson Affirmation: The Spirit within me makes all things new. |
December 12, 2021 - The Joy of Becoming
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The end of a solar cycle, the end of one year, and the coming solstice (be it Summer or Winter) brings a time for pause, not just in our selves but also in the natural world and the Cosmos. After the pause is another plunge into the next year, the next cycle, the growth or diminishing of the light, but for now we are in the pause. And sitting in the pause is the opportunity to sit in stillness, listening and reflecting, as the still small voice whispers to us. Be still and know. Be still, and come in to the quiet glory and deep joy of God-in-us, now. “Quiet the mind, be still, and watch the breath of God rise and fall in all things. Allow God’s breath to be your breath; allow God’s nature to be your nature.” - Haven Trevino, The Tao of Healing, p 16 Affirmation: I sit in joyful expectation of the revelation of God. |
December 5, 2021 - Surrender is Action
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“Be Still and Know You Are God.” Saying it, thinking it, and affirming it is not enough. We are called to live it more and more in our own unique way for ourselves and for others. When we struggle it helps to say:” There for the Grace of God go I!” Oh, and smile…….Infuse it with light and compassion. We just need to recognize the simple wonder of being alive, of being a part of life, and say an unconditional “yes” to being fully present at this moment of transition. Through this “yes’ we open ourselves to what life needs." ~ Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Affirmation: I lay all burdens on the Altar of Divine Love. |
November 28, 2021 - Gratitude Beyond Gifts
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Let’s practice unconditional gratitude, knowing that we live in a whole and integrated generous and giving universe which is working for us, and through us. Our level of consciousness manifests whatever we are experiencing; and our beliefs determine whether we are suffering or thriving. Let’s be grateful for being available to serve and for being co-creators of the next part of our journey. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others.” - Cicero Affirmation: I am grateful for everything I am, do, and have. |
November 21, 2021 - Celebrating the Triumphant Journey
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We are invited to hold a new awareness of ourselves: We are spiritual beings having a spiritual experience in a spiritual world which operates according to spiritual laws. Are we willing to let gratitude, joy, and a vision of what’s possible be the tools we choose and use for transformation? Are we willing to keep nurturing consciousness, in order to experience more of our own magnificence? And are we willing to live our values and beliefs out loud and proud so that we actually do create a world that works for everyone? “With an attitude of gratitude, you’ll realize that you already do have it all. Everything you could ever desire is already inside of you… appreciate it…love it…nurture it enough so it is fully expressed in your life.” The Daily Motivator to Go, Ralph Marston Affirmation: Today, I live as the Power, Joy and magnificence of God in dynamic demonstration. |
November 14, 2021 - Seeing Beauty, Feeling Grace
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Each point along our journey has been integral in shaping who we are today. There is an exquisiteness and beauty to this Divine Order. Without even the smallest step we took, or the tiniest choice we made on the path, we would not be where we are today. Today we see the beauty and we feel the Grace. Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite. – Francis Bacon Affirmation: I appreciate Beauty and Grace that dwell within all creation. |
November 7, 2021 - The View From Here
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Our task in any situation is to look beyond the appearances and seek the spiritual truth of what is before us. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance” Affirmation: I lift my eyes to the highest and grandest view of Life. |
October 31, 2021 - I Will Meet You There
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If we stay in the field of right/wrong duality, we will never experience the true Freedom and Love of the Universe. We must let go of old stories, beliefs, hurts, fears and angers. We do this not by wrestling with them, but by “looking up” to Source which is our Freedom. Spend time each day taking an area of concern – personal or global - and sit with eyes upward and invite Spirit to shed Light on that circumstance. Then listen, without analyzing, to the wisdom that might seem from “beyond the veil,” yet is living within us always. And to my loved ones that have passed, I will meet you there. “To the enlightened individual it appears as a vivid and overwhelming certainty that the universe, precisely as it is at this moment, as a whole and in every one of its parts, is so completely right, as to need no explanation or justification, beyond what simply is.” ~ Alan Watts Affirmation: I step out beyond my old limiting ideas into a fresh new field of Freedom. |
October 24, 2021 - Dig Deep
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Call to Action: We are united with God and connected with each other. Every person’s Inner Wisdom knows this Truth. We are called to get our bloated nothingness out of the way and allow the divine currents of Truth to move in us, as us, and through us. We work for a world where lack and limitation no longer exist; where shelter, food, and physical needs are met. We act to ensure peace and freedom for all. We make these goals real through our collective, deepening consciousness of our humanity and by building a global community of spiritual beings living in harmony. “Awakened doing is the alignment of your outer purpose-what you do-with your inner purpose-awakening and staying awake. Through awakened doing, you become one with the outgoing purpose of the universe.” (A New Earth Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Eckhart Tolle) Affirmation: I am because we are. |
Sunday, October 17, 2021 - We>Me: Going Further Together
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The stronger the ‘me’, the stronger the ‘we’. The more we appreciate the uniqueness of everyone in our community, the more we all grow and expand in our unified richness. Each patch on a quilt is beautiful on its own, yet the entire quilt is a magnificent reflection of the collective patchwork. The forest is held together by a shared root ecosystem of the individual trees. All benefit as each is a reflection of the whole, each one bringing their own unique signature and making the collective picture more bright, colorful, and glorious. As we go and grow together, we flourish. “Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of the other person. You can call it compassionate listening.” (Eric Butterworth, In the Flow of Life, p. 140) Affirmation: As we go and grow further together the world brightens. |
Sunday, October 10, 2021 - Share The Dream
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We are personally responsible for how the world around is. When each of us takes up the mantel, we do our part to move the world to a higher expression of Spirit through our actions. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, page 146 Affirmation: My dreams are the stuff of Spirit Itself. |
Sunday, October 3, 2021 - The Divine Community
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Our calling is to deepen our connections with one another now! When welcoming others, we extend our selves to do the work of justice, peace, and compassion in the world. The Divine Community is established upon the rock of love that knows no bounds but creates an everlasting bond in the heart and soul of humanity. When we’re are at home, we belong to one another enough to companion each other through the joys and sorrows of life. Let this place and this love that we declare be the measure of our faith that is capable of welcoming each other home. …Beloved Community is not an idea that ‘has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.” ~ G.K. Chesterson; What’s Wrong with the World Affirmation: I am a presence of Divine Love wherever I am. |
Sunday, September 26, 2021 - And Still I Rise
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You are well and wondrously made by the Divine Intelligence and Creativity back of all. Despite the appearance/experience of obstacles and adversity, the way of Life is always rising, expanding, and evolving. Every part of your journey is useful and necessary for that which Spirit wants to express as you. Nothing is wasted. All is good. As you rise, up into a life that works, Spirit use you to help others rise. This is how we create a world that works for all. There is no resurrection without the crucifixion first. All of our problems come from trying to rise before we surrender to our own crucifixion. -Glennon Doyle Affirmation: The power of God rises in me and I am free. |
Sunday, September 19, 2021 - When The Road Gets Rocky
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Oneness: There is One Infinite Reality. We call it many names, including but not limited to God, Life, Universal Spirit, Infinite Intelligence, First Cause, or The Thing Itself. The One Infinite Reality is undivided, complete, and whole within Itself. This Oneness creates everything out of itself, and therefore includes both the absolute and relative, tangible and intangible, physical and metaphysical aspects of reality. Let us acknowledge Divine Order regardless of conditions. When I judge my road as rocky, I look for the lesson. And I affirm: I allow, I accept, I receive, soothing healing Love. At the level of Being, one recognizes that all suffering is illusory. Suffering is due solely to identification with form. (Practicing the Power of Now – 26-4 Eckhart Tolle) Affirmation: Every step of the way is an extension of my Faith; the further I go the higher I rise. |
Sunday, September 12, 2021 - Transcend and Include
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Call to Action:
Help to bring the “Beloved Community” into existence in our centers, communities, society, and the world. It is through the critical mass of individuals who have transcended the world of conditions and effects through their individualized consciousness that the “Beloved Community” can be actualized. This requires Spiritual Transcendence where one can experience the sacred where these experiences affect one’s self-perception, feelings, and the ability to transcend one’s difficulties, and increases one’s capacity to express compassion and forgiveness to others. "Feeling and thinking and sensing this Allness, we enter into conscious communion with It, and in some subtle way we do not understand, Its essence flows out into our acts, spilling Itself in and through everything we do and bringing to bear upon the problems of life an Intelligence greater than the human and a Power that is transcendent." – Ernest Holmes, 365 Science of Mind, p. 69 Affirmation: I transcend to the totality of all; inclusion made manifest. |
Sunday, September 5, 2021 - Reaching Higher
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Call to Action:
Live from the presence, the pure state of Being, the present moment, the only one that exists. The past and the future can only exist in the present moment. It is always The Present. To be able to inhabit the present when facing an issue:
“The key to transformation is to make friends with this moment. What form it takes doesn´t matter. Say yes to it. Allow it. Be with it.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Affirmation: “I believe in myself because I believe in God.” |
Sunday, August 29, 2021 - Rise and Re-Emerge
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Call to Action:
As we embark on our continued journey, timeless wisdom and evolutionary vision invites us to pause for guidance and self-renewal before beginning the next leg of our journey. During this pause, we get to take time for a tune-up, enjoy a playful pause, spark our imagination and navigate our way using our G.P.S., and most of all we get to nurture our relationship with ourselves through self-renewal as we rise and re-emerge. Your call this week is to gift yourself time to be aware, aligned, and renewed. “In Every moment of your life you have the option to choose peace for yourself.” - Wayne Dyer Affirmation: Today, I rise and re-emerge fully nourished, restored and renewed! |
Sunday, August 22, 2021 - G.P.S Guidance/God Positioning System
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Call to Action:
S.T.O.P. and pay attention to your own still small voice that can only be heard when we take a pause from the busy-ness of life and truly listen. Listen to the need to recalculate your own route in Life that enhances your own personal Spiritual Quotient. What can you do to slow down and feel the Presence today? No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. ~ The Bible John 4: 12 Affirmation: I hear the still small voice expressing its Love through me. |
Sunday, August 15, 2021 - Sparking Imagination
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Call to Action:
Add or amplify an intention to be mindful and appreciative of your fertile and vivid imagination. This may mean you adjust, attune and redirect your spiritual practices to include more imagination and creative expression. Notice each time you have new thoughts, ideas, feelings, inklings and intuitions. In those moments of imagination, notice the feelings or qualities that arise, then notice any emotions flowing from those feelings, and then notice how those emotions change your body. Notice how your imagination shifts your entire being - spirit, mind, and body. “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” – Oprah Winfrey Affirmation: My imagination grows my consciousness and expands my life now. |
Sunday, August 8, 2021 - A Playful Pause
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Call to Action:
Where in your life have you stopped yourself from experiencing the full expression of Spirit through you in play? What activity, game, creative endeavor or hobby did you used to love but stopped doing because it was a “waste of time”? You are invited to see the joy and creativity of Spirit working in and through you in everything you do, including and especially play! “Being playful is a key component in making us happier, healthier, more present and connected in all of our relationships.” – Meredith Sinclair Affirmation: I take time today to play with and as Spirit! |
Saturday, July 31, 2021 - Time For A Tune Up
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Call to Action:
Just like cars need a tune-up, we also need to take time one a regular basis to have a Spiritual Tune up. Take this week to re-evaluate your life. Get support with a prayer practitioner. Sign up for classes and be willing to be humble and teachable. And most of all, be willing to lose those things that don’t look good on you. And I’m not just talking about clothing! Judgment just isn’t flattering on anybody! Start being that which you want to experience more of in the world. You ALREADY have it within you. “Our troubles begin the moment our teachers believe they know it all, and our learners think they are not teachable.” ― Israelmore Ayivor Affirmation: Today I am realigned with Spiritual Truth. |