For Sunday June 7th, 2026

Hello again to this gracious group. We come into this world with gifts from spirituality to give to humanity; music, art, dance, literature, humor, love of friends and family. All of these are of benefit to God through the upliftment of us. 

We also bring personal issues to be worked through; anger, fear, mental illness, and all the typical 'deadly sins'. These are the difficult karma that we either resolve or burn off through experience in this life. This is also of benefit to God by means of our cleansing.

It may seem odd, but tonight may we celebrate these manyfold opportunities to cleanse and enhance ourselves, to uplift humanity, while paradoxically improving that which is already perfect.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday May 31st, 2026

Hello wonderful people. Life is a physical manifestation of Divinity, of the Source. With our free will we are allowed to direct our lives up or down any path we desire. Speaking in rough generalities, our choices are between karma and grace.

The path of karma, driven by selfish desires, is cyclical. The path of grace, the desire to be outwardly loving, leads us on to our higher callings.

May we sit this evening for the ability to discern our individual paths, for the courage to choose wisely, and for the ability to release that which no longer serves us.

Bless you all,

Richard

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For May 24th, 2026

Hello, and a gracious good day to all. When asked to give an example of unconditional love many people reply, “A mother for her child.” But that is a very conditional love, having grown the child within her body. Unconditional love is not dependent upon anything; not who you are; not what you've done, positive or otherwise; not where you came from or are going to; not dependent upon anything whatsoever. You are simply loved throughout your existence.

If we could tap into a tiny piece of that powerful, all-encompassing love it would change the world. In fact, to sit in openness may be the bravest thing we can do in a world of turmoil.

May we sit this evening being open to that love. May it flood our hearts. May our awareness of its power lead us onward.

With reverence for all,

Richard

For May 17th, 2026

Hello to all, and here's a story. One day an enormous elephant was walking through a clearing. It came upon a tiny little bird laying on its back. The bird's wings were spread out wide, with its feet gripping the ground fiercely. The little bird's breath came in gigantic heaves, gigantic for such a small creature that is, as it struggled mightily with its task.
“What are you doing?” Asked the elephant.
Between grasping breaths the little bird croaked out, “I'm holding back the darkness.”
The enormous elephant stared at the little bird for a moment, “You? You weigh what, two maybe three ounces at most?”
The little bird looked the enormous elephant straight in the eye and spoke clearly, “One does what one can.”

That's where we are folks. In this world of turmoil we do what we can. Let's give it another go tonight, shall we?

 
With your permission, may we sit for truth, honesty, and Divine will be done.

Reverently offered,

Richard

For Sunday May 10th, 2026

Because I'll be away from my computer for a few days I'll send this out tonight. (rather than being late)

Hello, and thank you for all the beauty you bring to this world. The phrase 'to forgive someone' is often seen as giving something valuable to someone who has hurt or harmed you in some way, and does not seem to deserve it.

 
There is a far better way to consider it.

Forgiveness is about releasing the pain and anger within ourselves which was triggered by their words or actions. It's not 'it's ok that you did that to me'. It was wrong and will always have been wrong.

 
You are forgiving yourself for carrying destructive pain and anger within you.
You are forgiving yourself for carrying a feeling of righteous power over those who wronged you.
You are forgiving yourself for playing a victim role when you are actually a beautiful child of God.

May we sit Sunday evening for the spiritual clarity which comes of forgiveness. May we see hurtful people as being lost. May we be loving of ourselves enough to love others in turn.

Revertently offered,

Richard

for Sunday May 3rd, 2026

Hello, and welcome once again to my hopefully genial jabberings. It has been suggested that all transitions have three general stages: the long goodbye; the messy middle; and the new beginning. We're clearly in the 'long goodbye' section of this spiritual transition as we watch those who cling to external power grasp ever more desperately to keep it.

 
There is a time for every season under heaven, and we're in this one. Therefore courage, tolerance, and resilience are essential elements of our love.

May we continue our journey from karmic law to the law of Grace; internally for ourselves, and externally for others. May our energies be put this evening to God's will, and our abilities to fulfill it.

Thank you all on this sacred journey,

Richard

For Sunday April 26th, 2026

Welcome to this beautiful day. As political turmoil mounts once again let us sit this evening petitioning God to send down light upon all involved in it.

 
And, may we continue to treat each person we meet as being the expression of God they truly are.

Bless you all for all the beauty you create,

Richard

For Sunday April 19th, 2026

Hello to all once again. A two year old child has no concept of there being consequences for its actions. It responds to its own impulses in innocence. Humanity at large is no longer in the innocent stage. We know we're burning Mother Earth's skin with our chemical pollutants, our electronics, and our attitudes.

 
April 22nd, celebrated as Earth Day, is approaching. Let's do something for our physical and spiritual Mother, who gives us our bodies, our sustenance, and our opportunities to love.

May we sit this evening in loving embrace of The Big Blue Marble, our Mother Earth, the only home our bodies know.

Reverently offered,

Richard

For Sunday April 12th, 2026

Hello, wonderful people. J. Krishnamurti tells us that repeating a mantra to quiet the mind doesn't really work. The repetition of a mantra, as beautiful as it may be, is more a matter of not letting the mind get a word in. So a part of your mind is quiet while another part is forcing that quietness.

 
Two things; it's not a truly quiet mind because part of it is working and; it removes the self-awareness of seeing how our mind works. A truly quiet mind watches the chatter without engaging in it, as if watching from afar and without judgement.

May we try once again this evening to attain a quiet mind which simply observes. We don't recall the difficulties of learning to walk and talk as children, we simply kept trying naturally. Let's use that same innocent beauty tonight.

 
With blessings for all,

Richard

For Sunday March 6th, 2026

Hello all, we may be asked to do hard things as this spiritual transition progresses. Think of the effort involved in personal transitions, relationships ending, working to control weight gain, overcoming addictions, all of which have very difficult moments. Now expand that to an entire planet changing its orientation from material to spiritual.

It's big, and we all have a part to play in it. No matter how large or small your part may appear to you, it's still essential in completing the whole.

May we sit this evening pondering Tom Sawyer's essential guidance – "keep breathing and be willing."

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday March 29th, 2026

Hello to all in this ongoing transition. We're watching forces and sources work to maintain their positions of external power; financial, political, and military. We also see those who are responding from their hearts; reaching out to those in need, helping neighbors, supporting each other.

It's a desperate balance at the moment.

Let us sit this Sunday evening giving energy to those who respond from their hearts, who are hopefully 'looking upward' for guidance. May we cushion the difficulties, enhance the beautiful, and always be willing.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday March 22nd, 2026

Hello, loving lights. We are told that true meditation is not musing nor daydreaming but, as your body is made up of the physical, mental, and the spiritual, it is the attuning of the mental body and the physical body to its spiritual source.

As millions of practitioners can tell you, it doesn't come easily.

However, shall we try again? Any one or two second flash of pure quietness, in between all the chattering, just like any honest effort, is righteous and worthwhile.

 
With blessings and encouragement for all,

Richard

For Sunday March 15th, 2026

Hello, and grateful greetings to all. In this life it's easy to follow rules which define virtue and humility for us. But true virtue and humility is not learned, not something to be practiced. But rather, in seeing vanity, pride, greed, and all the rest of that nonsense create disorder for us, in the observing of that disorder we come to choose different directions which, when viewed in total, are called virtue and humility.

We learn who we are as we go.

May we sit this evening being lovingly aware of our disorder. May we see ourselves clearly, and choose new paths.

Bless you all,

Richard