The pivotal moment of my deepest awakening, up until now, was the day, twenty some years ago, that I decided to stop trying to fit the Creator into my life and instead fit my life into the Creators. It was the day I realized that no matter how intelligent, clever, resourceful, imaginative and controlling I was, I was no match for the natural enfoldment of the perfection of the Law. For forty some years I had directed and to a... Read more
A personal purpose for life is probably the most gratifying of all intentions. When fulfilled, it motivates and attracts everything else. When not fulfilled, it represses, depresses, and repels everything that brings joy to the individual. I did not always know this. I used to think that what was missing in my life could be solved by having more stuff. I reference my own personal practices often: contemplation, meditation and Spiritual Mind Treatment. The thing about these spiritual practices is... Read more
Being that it was Memorial Day in the United States yesterday, I thought we might take time from our barbecues and celebrations to revisit Abraham Lincoln’s iconic Gettysburg Address. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and dedicated, can... Read more
What is happening in form in the world around us is this: humanity is waiting for us to step forward. When we talk about 100 million “cultural creative” waiting to join our teaching, we are selling ourselves short. There are over seven billion people who are waiting to learn, understand and move into that which we teach and the principles we espouse by any name whatsoever. I saw a bumper sticker once that read, “God is too big to fit... Read more
As ministers of any denomination, it is incumbent upon us to remain “open at the top,” as Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science used to say. Recently, I had the opportunity to explore the parables, and of course, the first and, I believe, the most important is the parable of the two debtors. If we understand this parable, we will understand all subsequent parables. And the Teacher said, “There were two debtors: one owed him five hundred denari and... Read more
Changing Boxes I’m facing a significant on Saturday. I’m moving from one of the boxes I frequently check – that little box on surveys where I have to indicate my age range. I’d not given it a lot of thought until recently, but this year, I’m being forced into a new category: the 50 and over category. I’d like to think as we slide from one demographic category to another, we become wiser, more educated and spiritually evolved. Like the... Read more
Just like a great many others I am anxiously awaiting any news that will bring light on the motive from the surviving Boston bomber, 19 year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. I suppose we just want to hear the reason why anyone would do such a heinous thing, even though we know there is no reason that could make it right or justified. I would suggest that it is a human condition to attempt to rationalize such acts, and we await the... Read more
With this most recent violence of the bombing at the Boston Marathon and the recent killings of children at Sandy Hook elementary in Newtown Connecticut, the mall shootings in Oregon & Virginia and even the shooting at Taft High in California are all a cry for help. They are the call to prayer and the shout-out that we need to be more vigilant in the care and attention to our children. I know there is a great deal of call... Read more
A living idea in the Mind of God has inherent in it everything required to grow and flourish. It does not require you, me or anyone else to maintain it. It derives all of its requirements from First Cause, Spirit. On more than one occasion in my life I have struggled and fought to maintain a form that disappeared as soon as I turned my back on it. This was a living idea in my mind and required everything in... Read more
Our blessings and our prayers go out to Boston today after, yet again, another senseless act of violence perpetrated on innocent people. I ask that each of us take a moment and pray for those afflicted, and once again, I ask that we pray for our world and our advancement into a peaceful unity and mature response to these heinous and destructive acts. It is obvious that the traditional responses that we as a world society have implemented for thousands... Read more
The Principles of Spiritual Living
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