For Sunday October 1st, 2017

Hello to everyone, a living caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon and dissolves into a messy white goo before emerging as a butterfly. There is nothing about the goo which suggests a butterfly. However, if you closely examine an adult caterpillar you'll find the beginnings of a set of wings just beneath its skin. So it sometimes is with us. 

We each have what we need inside to take flight but often have to go through a transformation first; minds need to expand, and most importantly, hearts need to open. The white goo is a messy but essential step. 

May we sit this Sunday with an acceptance of whatever 'white goo' we may find in our lives. May we take comfort in the wings within. May we see the wings in others.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday September 24th, 2017

Hello everyone, here's a quote from Vincent Van Gogh. "The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides, and in its depths it has its pearls too." 

We see the the storms in harsh antagonistic attitudes, the tides in the swing and sway of public opinion, and the pearls come forth in the way strangers swarm in to help each other during times of disaster. 

May we sit this Sunday for those who are caught up in natural disasters, for those caught up in disasters of their own making, and for the beautiful friends and strangers who swarm in to be of help.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday September 17th, 2017

Hello everyone, we are exposed to a lot of strife in this world. We find far too many opportunities to engage in the anger of it's 'us' against 'them' or the paranoia of 'they' are against 'us'. This mangled frenzy of 'divisiveness above all' was sorely put to the test with hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Sadly, it too often takes a natural disaster for people to wake up to their inner heart and reach out a helping hand yet – it did happen. 

Huge masses of people worked together to help out neighbors and strangers alike before, during, and after the storms. 

This is where we find the real truth of humanity, in our natural compassion. Such disasters are not designed to be 'tests'. The Earth and the weather have to do their thing, after all. But we can see it as having passed a test of our innate spirituality.

May we sit this Sunday in gratitude for our actual truth. May we remember it well into the future.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday September 10th, 2017

Hello all, if you would care to let us take not just this Sunday but this full weekend to pray for all those involved with Hurricane Irma.

Respectfully,

Richard

For Sunday September 3rd, 2017

Hello to all, as has been said many times - those who aggravate us are our greatest teachers for they bring emphasis to the least loving facets of our natures. The justifications for our opinions can be unassailable in our minds and our righteousness unquestionable in our minds. But if we are less than loving, then it's all in our minds.

Anger carries great power, fear subverts responsibility, revenge claims to be its own reward. Yet all of them come from the smaller self, which is separated from our home in Universal Consciousness.

May we sit this Sunday for true knowledge of ourselves. May we find the self-love which becomes outward-love, which is the language of Universal Consciousness.

Thank you all,

Richard