For Sunday March 26th, 2017

Hello everyone, this quote still resonates, "...humor and irony are proof that we are only travelers through this world, not trapped within it." 

The ability to find a larger perspective is always at our side.

May we sit this evening with the awareness that new perspectives are always available and often needed. May we see. May we see farther. May we see ourselves anew, as if from afar.

Respectfully submitted,

Richard

For Sunday March 9th, 2017

Hello all, being that we are spiritual creations a promise lies within us, a promise sometimes dormant, sometimes ignored yet still holding as true and pure as the moment it was given.

Heaven on Earth awaits for us to join the dance. And, in the words of T.S. Eliot, "At the still point, there the dance is."

May we sit this Sunday for the dance which is found in stillness, for 'Heaven on Earth' to be, and our promise fulfilled.

With loving reverence,

Richard

For Sunday March 12th, 2017

"Hello everyone, life today is pretty easy for us. We don't have to hunt for food, we don't have to walk to the creek for water, and we have hot water all day long. That's why it's not always easy to know which way a USB plug needs to be facing and why it's so difficult to get a tiny phone charger cord plugged in. It's an attempt at keeping the pioneering spirit alive."

These are the kind of thoughts which come to mind after four days without electricity due to a windstorm here in Rochester, NY.

All is well now so let us sit this evening for those who work in extremely adverse conditions for the benefit of others. From the electrician repairing broken wires high in the air with 50mph winds and below freezing temperatures to the hospital nurses figuring out how to 'make do' until the roads are clear enough that relief workers can arrive, let us sit in appreciation for them all.

Gratefully submitted,

Richard

For Sunday March 5th, 2017

Hello everyone, there is a joke under the heading of 'Sayings of a Jewish Buddha' which goes. "If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?" It's a fun way of saying that we have to take care of things on both levels, physical and beyond. 

Our bodies are exceptional vehicles which allow us to do our work here in the physical world and it's best to take care of them. Tom Sawyer once generalized that babies and old men have decreased abilities when it comes to remote healing.

May we give our bodies the care they need. May we use our presence here lovingly. May we join them both in one.

Thank you all,

Richard