For Sunday, October 30th, 2011

Hello all, there is a growing global awareness of the sanctity of human life. From civil and women's rights in America, to Tiananmen Square in China, to the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, people are saying, "We ought not be treated this way." With violence decreasing worldwide (see Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of Our Nature, Why Violence Has Declined") the basic spiritual foundation of 'love thy neighbor as thyself' can be seen beginning to emerge in our lifetimes.

 

As subordinate groups establish equanimity and dominate groups concede, sometimes begrudgingly, we arrive at a balance point. From there the enhancement of care and concern for one another is available and perhaps more readily attainable.

 

May we sit this Sunday for the ongoing growth and ultimate resolution of this process. It is occurring world wide yet it begins at home, within our own hearts. So, may we sit for our own personal development as well as for the ripples which may lovingly ensue.

 

Thank you,

 

Richard

For Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Hello all, in the mix and jumble of life as we live it there is much we can be concerned about. From the world, to nations, to families, to personal health, everyone is dealing with something. And yet, amidst all these difficulties, there is a place for gratitude. From the basic simplicity of being able to breath to the complex arrangements of a grandchild, gratitude is available and open to all.

Taking a moment to find your own personal gratitude can be heart opening, and bring a sense of quiet. May we do so this Sunday. For our brief time, and whenever else we wish, may we experience our gratitude, and be grateful for it.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Hello all, the end result for all humanity is clear, God doesn't throw anything away. The path to be traveled, however, is created and recreated moment to moment by free will decisions. Our part is to be willing to take whatever steps may be presented to us, willing to learn our own lessons, willing to reach out to others, willing to participate in the process of re-discovering our spiritual essence.

 

May we sit this Sunday for our own willingness, the willingness of others, and Divine willingness, may they all align in this world.

 

Thank you,

 

Richard

 

 

For Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Hello all, we watch the difficulties on news programs as people attempt to run the world by depending upon constructs born of human frailty; ideologies, isms, greed and revenge. There is a missing piece in all of it, the understanding and internal "knowing" of the sacredness of life. 

 

Without this higher, broader, more encompassing perspective we are bound to continually miss the goal. All arrangements of politics, economics, society, and personal life are seen differently from this view: life is a sacred experience.

 

May we sit this Sunday for the deep knowing, personally and for the world at large, of this loving perspective.

 

Thank you,

 

Richard

For Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Hello all, since the 1950's young people have been seen as a source of income by advertising media, entertainment sensationalism and the industrial drug complex. Herded through an educational system increasingly designed for financial concerns, and lacking the experience to sort these forces out, they are often left adrift in life, searching for purpose without higher guidance.

 

Six decades of targeted self-absorption takes a toll on society. Can we, in our own lives, enact some difference? This Sunday may we sit for our youth, for what we may do, for their highest good, and the good of all.

 

Thank you,

 

Richard