For Sunday April 28th, 2019

Hello to everyone, it is said that as the pure white Light of God shines through the stained glass window of your soul, your individual beauty is brought to shine upon the world. 

Our job is to keep the window clean, free of the scratches, dirt, and cloudiness which so easily poor forth from our human psychology and frailty. Personal discernment is essential.

May we sit this Sunday for the clarity of our shining. May we bring our personal beauty fully into the world. May God shine through us onto all others we meet. 

Thank you all,

Richard

A TED Talk that goes well with this evening:

https://www.ted.com/talks/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt?language=en#t-1071703 

For Sunday April 21st, 2019

Hello everyone, Charles Whitfield has defined humility as the willingness to learn more about ourselves, or in other words, the willingness to have doubt. Absolute surety can be a self-made prison as we search our way forward in this life. It can stop us from seeing and close us off to what is and what may be. Absolute surety can be the end of openness and wonder.

None of us can know the full truth. The true full truth is beyond human consumption. The human body cannot contain it. Yet it must be moved toward. 

May we sit this evening for the willingness to see ourselves clearly, without the obstruction of surety. May we trust in a higher good. May we reach out to touch that which cannot be seen, which can only be known in the realm of the heart.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 14th, 2019

Hello everyone, it is possible to love someone who is in a state of fear, and when they are angry. It's even possible to love someone despite how they may have hurt you personally. Doing so can be called the beginnings of unconditional love, of reaching out to others. It's also essential to do the same for ourselves. 

The self-honesty which brings an awareness of our own internal difficulties is also an invitation to love others despite their human frailties. The forgiveness we wish for ourselves can be extended to all others.

May we sit this evening for our own forgiveness. May we extend it to others. May we begin to touch upon Unconditional Love.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 7th, 2019

Hello to everyone, in his book The Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav describes 'external power' as the use of military, financial, and legal processes as a means of controlling this world; and 'authentic power' as the spiritual realm of the human heart. He goes on to say that the long prophesied spiritual transformation of the Earth depends upon society, and whole countries, making the transition from a reliance upon external power to a full integration of the authentic power of the heart.

It begins with individuals. It begins with us. As we make our own personal transitions to authentic power, to guiding our lives with the deep intelligence of our hearts, we affect the world around us and bring us closer to that ancient promise of our own future.

May we sit this evening for the fulfillment of that ancient promise within ourselves. May our thoughts and actions bring it closer. May we create the foundation which we came here to build.

Thank you all,

Richard