For Sunday December 22nd, 2019 - I forgot to attach this image

For Sunday December 22nd, 2019

Hello everyone, what happens when you say, "I love you," to your own heart? This simple act of self-healing can bring a sense of ease, and fortitude in difficult times.

In this sometimes chaotic, battered world it can be a chance to 'catch our breath'.

May we sit this evening for our very personal selves. May we bring ourselves to peace within. May we breathe in love.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday December 15th, 2019

Hello all, Krishnamurti claims that wisdom is born of an abundance of compassion, and further, compassion comes from knowing our innate connection. 

Proof of Krishnamurti's comment can be seen in the current propensity toward separation and division. You can watch it nullify compassion and push us away from wisdom. To counter this we each have the opportunity to see some piece of ourselves in every other person we meet, and treat them accordingly.

May we sit this Sunday for the connections we all share. May we treat each other as fellow humans. May we love one another as we are loved.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday December 8th, 2019

Hello everyone, perhaps not absolute saints but the rest of us can be seen as having two motivators. There is a part of us which is continuously connected to Universal Consciousness, and there is a part which has been consciously separated from Universal Consciousness, our personal ego. The need, for those who strive to love outwardly, is to identify where our daily impulses are coming from.

The fruits of the ego, anger, fear, and revenge, are powerful, addictive, and temporarily satisfying. But the fruits of the spirit bring contentment, an encompassing satisfaction, inner peace, and kindness toward self and others.

May we sit this Sunday for the capacity to identify and choose well from among the impulses that arise in our lives. May we have the courage to search for higher guidance, and the strength to follow it.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday December 1st, 2019

Hello everyone, there are thousands of years of teachings about how to make the world a better place. They all agree on how to do it – make yourself better.

If every drop of ocean water could and would self clean, the entire world's oceans would be immaculate.

May we sit this Sunday for the beauty, insight, wisdom, and love required to self-clean. May we see ourselves clearly and have the courage to act. May our inner work be in keeping with Divine Will.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday November 24th, 2019

Hello everyone, Vincent Van Gogh says. "The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides, and in its depths it has its pearls too." 

Harsh antagonistic attitudes of individuals create the storms. The swing and sway of public opinion can be as regular as the tides. And the pearls, the true pearls of the heart are found in the many strangers who pitch in to help each other in times of disaster. 

May we sit this Sunday for those who are caught up in natural disasters, for those caught up in disasters of their own making, and for the beautiful friends and strangers who willingly dive in to be of help.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday November 17th, 2019

Hello everyone, science tells us that all the planets, stars, and galaxies are in their exact positions because all of the others are in their own exact positions. It is the great harmony of nature, the great balance inherent within Universal Consciousness.

Humans, with the free will to separate themselves from Universal Consciousness, have drawn themselves out of balance with a love of power, wealth, and the various attractions of material sensations.

Yet the connection to Universal Consciousness is still there. It can be found in an appreciation of nature, the laughter of a child, and in meditation.

May we sit this evening for our own connection. May we find our internal balance. May we 'set things right' within our own hearts.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday November 10th, 2019

Hello to all, the entities of the higher realms have an exquisite love for us, in spite of some horrific human foibles on our part. The depth and purity of their love allows them the ability to accept our shortcomings.

We would do well to try for the same. If we strive to look lovingly upon those who do harm, as we are loved, we bring ourselves closer to the prophesied goal of Oneness on Earth. 

May we sit this evening for the ability to reach beyond our limited foibles. May we find a love which encompasses all. May Divine Will be our constant guide.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday November 3rd, 2019

Hello everyone, the preciousness of life doesn't change. We can have good days and difficult times. We can have personal glory and be made to feel a fool. But the preciousness of life remains.

We have been gifted with a place to get this schooling, to learn such lessons. We've been given an opportunity to apply ourselves to grace in difficult times.

Let us sit this Sunday with the awareness of where we are, of what we've been given, and of what we've been challenged with; to bring the beauty of heaven into this world.

Thank you to all who bring good news,

Richard

For Sunday October 27th, 2019

Hello to everyone, as long as a sense of separation remains within us we will continue to have the problems we now face in the world. There is a deep 'knowing' available, to all of us, of the interconnectedness of all people. It is our long-prophesied hope.

Practicing forgiveness, compassion, and gratitude brings us closer to knowing that connection.

May we sit this evening for the fullness for which our hearts yearn. May our many connections become clear to us. May Divine Will be done.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday October 20th, 2019

Hello to all, history shows that humanity is moving away from the acquisition and application of external power – from the divine right of kings, to the signing of the Magna Carta, to the end of slavery, to suffragettes, to civil rights, to Tiananmen Square, to the Arab Spring; and toward the authentic power of the heart, with the acknowledgement of the sacredness of human life. 

There are still hold-outs, desperately clinging to money, political influence, and military might. But the arc of history will complete itself. The human heart will shine through because compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity for life. Compassion may well begin from pain, but achieves its fullness in joy.

May we sit this Sunday the 20th for the opportunity to engage compassionately with others. May we bring forth the best of our hearts - to someday arrive at joy.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday October 13th, 2019

Hello everyone, it is possible to love someone who is in a state of fear, and if they are angry. It's even possible to love someone despite whatever 'wrongs' they may have committed.

Doing so can be called the beginnings of unconditional love, reaching out to others. It's also essential to do so for ourselves. 

The self-honesty which brings an awareness of our own internal difficulties is also a loving doorway for viewing the same difficulties in others. Then the forgiveness we wish for ourselves, once given, can be extended.

May we sit this evening for our own forgiveness. May we extend it to others. May we begin to touch upon Unconditional Love.

Thank you all,

Richard

Re: For Sunday October 6th, 2019

Hello to all, the following quote was written in 1921, after WWI; published in 1946, after WWII; and still holds true today:
"The world has not been prepared to accept or even comprehend the new cosmology until now... The world needed to suffer to in order to understand the simplest of universal principles, the unity of man with man and with God. The world of men had to reap the harvest of its seeds of hate, selfishness, and greed it had been sowing for centuries. It had to reap this harvest in order to learn that universal law is inevitable and inescapable."

So we are teaching ourselves, apparently through the process of elimination, that nothing else works.

May we sit this Sunday for what is variously known as Universal Law, Ultimate Truth, connection to Source, the One way, Oneness, and many other cultural names. May we connect within ourselves. May we bring it forth on Earth.

Thank you all,

Richard