For Sunday May 3rd, 2015

Hello everyone, seeing the results of earthquakes, tsunamis, riots, war, and dis-ease, we may well ask, "Why am I here?" At times the question is asked as a victim's plea, "Why do I have to put up with such and such?" But it also can be a request for insight into an outward-loving purpose in this life, "How can I be useful and helpful?"

Taking a tip from Edgar Cayce, "...get the answer from the mental self! Then enter into meditation, in the wee hours of the morning, when the world at large is quiet - when the music of the spheres and the morning stars sing for the glory of the coming day, and ask the soul; and let the spirit of self answer. Audibly? Yea, within thine own heart will come the answer..."

May we sit this Sunday for those quiet, individual answers. May we find how we each are to be helpful, to be useful, to be spiritually fulfilled. 

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday April 26th, 2015

Hello all, it can be amazing to realize that the solution to many of the world's problems are well within our simple reach. The spread of AIDS can be stopped immediately and completely with monogamy. Racism is avoided by tolerance and cured by compassion. Religious differences fully settled with Ram Dass' comment, "Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery." (Thank you, Barbara)

Simplistic? Yes, elegant answers always are. The difficulty lies in the application. 

May we sit this evening for the courage and wisdom it takes to fulfill our spiritual selves. May we find it within. May we encourage it in others. May we be and spread the seed.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday April 19th, 2015

Hello everyone, many know the difficulties of our lives have purpose in the long term. Each soul meets itself continually on the path to reconnection. And not only our lives serve these purposes but the life of the world at large as well. Roughly put, we are teaching ourselves eternal lessons, at sometimes great immediate cost. 

As the costs pile up, environmental and human, it's good to remember that Love is the only actual power in the universe. Our love and compassion for lost souls is an essential piece of reconnection, to them, within ourselves, and to the Infinite.

May we sit this evening for the compassion of reconnection. May we find it honestly, May we share it fully. May it light our way forward in this world.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 12th, 2015

Hello all, it may not be true that our greatest fear is the fear of death. Our greatest fear may be that of not being loved. A person may face death a number of times before they actually die. But the fear of not being loved can be an ongoing thing, endlessly warping a person's life.

As we look at the world today what do we see which may indicate a lack of love in people's lives? Nearly everything; from addictions, to obsessions, to misunderstanding wealth and power as happiness; from racism and religious intolerance to atrocities enacted upon other humans due to an attitude or belief system; we are astonishingly creative at what we're capable of in the absence of love.

Yet we have barely begun to touch what we're capable of when our hearts are full.

May we sit this evening for those full hearts. May we sit for those who are here and those yet to come. And may we sit for the sharing of the love within our own hearts this day.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday April 5th, 2015

Hello everyone, what if the biblical phrase, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" is an incomplete quote? It is typically mentioned as if it ended with the words "to me", making it a personal statement of martyrdom. However, when you imagine it as, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do to each other" it instantly becomes global in meaning, deeply relevant to all the ages of humanity, and tightly bonded to another well known phrase, "Love one another."

May we sit this Sunday for religious/spiritual readings to be seen from the most loving perspective possible. May we find it ourselves. May we share our love with others. May we all simply, "Love one another."

Thank you,

Richard