For Sunday February 2nd. 2014

Hello all, the old question, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?" has an answer. No. 

The question isn't really referring to physical trees but rather to physical existence itself. Science shows that without observation potentials never resolve into being, nothing occurs. Now science does a great job of pointing out wondrous things for us to observe. But it has a great reluctance to look backwards at what is doing the observing. Certainly things exist without our physically being there to look at them, the backside of the moon for example, or the interior of the Sun. But something finer than our crude, fragile human bodies is at work here. It is something which we are intricately involved with and connected to, deeper than breath itself. 

May we sit this Sunday for that place where the physical falls away, the place known in some cultures as 'the void' or 'the no place' where the mystery of mysteries resides. May we sit for that reaching. May there be attainment.

Respectfully,

Richard

For Sunday January 26th, 2014

Hello all, in his Commentaries on Living Series III J. Krishnamurti says, "The earth and everything upon it became holy. It was not that the mind was aware of this peace as something outside of itself, something to be remembered and communicated, but there was a total absence of any movement of the mind. There was only the immeasurable."

May we sit this evening for that absence of mental movement, for that which is beyond description and beyond knowing, for that which is immeasurable. 

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday January 19th, 2014

Hello all, difficulties such as the atrocities in Syria deserve loving attention, that we may move toward One Humanity.

May we sit this Sunday for those involved, those suffering, and for those who may well be called 'lost souls' on this Earth. May the Light shine upon them. May answers be found. May they see past distractions of the self and open themselves to Divine guidance.

Submitted with reverence,

Richard

For Sunday January 12th, 2014

Hello everyone, as our culture launches itself forward into the thrill of new technologies we would do well to look back and learn from what's been left in our wake. With an estimated 300,000 people being affected by the chemical spill into the Elk River near Charleston, WV it behooves us to give energy to the needs of those people, and to the river as well. It also behooves us to be aware of the implied lesson; it is entirely possible for our culture to drown in its own garbage. 

May we sit this Sunday for 'cultural wisdom', may an all encompassing compassion be prized over personal desires of the self. May we attend to those in need and also tread lightly upon our home, the Earth.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday January 5th, 2014

Hello everyone, a watch is known as a timepiece, something which keeps time. However, a watch is not like a silverware drawer which keeps your knives and forks ready for use again when needed. When a watch 'keeps time' it simply keeps it. You don't get it back to use again.

As each moment is precious in itself, absolutely unrepeatable, it behooves us to spend it wisely, lovingly. Each sunset is its own performance. Every smile brings its own sunrise. As we sit this Sunday may we smile within and engage in a Divine performance of the moments of our lives.

Thank you,

Richard