Excuse me, please

Hello, I missed again. I've been dragging myself through the week with a head cold. I've had a great inspiration for the meditation but apparently I thought I had already sent it out so it didn't enter my foggy mind until Eileen sent me a reminder. Thank you, Eileen. I guess I need a minder to keep me on track.

Keep your fingers crossed for next week, eh?

Foggy but healing Richard

For Sunday September 18th, 2022

Hello everyone, it has been said that meditation is not for eliminating the ego, but for understanding it, for grasping it fully. With this understanding we remember that we came here for a purpose, a purpose to be fulfilled with that same ego.

The trick is between how much we let the ego run our material lives, and how well we use the ego to serve the higher purpose of our material life.

May we sit this Sunday for the continued 'enlightenment' of ourselves. May we see ourselves clearly, without judgement, but with discernment. May we use the best of ourselves for the best of all.

Blessings upon you,

Richard

PS I remembered to use the larger font!  :o)

For Sunday September 11th, 2022

Hello everyone, humanity is learning great lessons. As politics splits the nation we have the opportunity to see ourselves at our worst, or at our best. Up/down, left/right, for/against, all with complete justification, we put ourselves on display to be seen by the world. Yet it is seeing our very own selves which holds the most value.

 
Do we feel anger?
That is our lack of compassion.
Do we feel fear?
That is our lack of understanding.
Do we feel separation?
That is our lack of connection.

May we sit this Sunday to see ourselves as we are; fraught with human frailties, yet bursting with great potential.

 
May blessings be with us,

Richard

For Sunday September 4th, 2022

Hello again to all, in trying times it is well to look for strength and courage. Joseph Campbell tells us, "Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called 'the love of your fate.' Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, "This is what I need." It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment – not discouragement – you will find the strength is there."

The key point is not the stern stoicism of putting your head down and grinding through worldly chaos with bitterly gritted teeth – but of raising your head and lovingly taking on the challenge as your own – that's when you may be open to receiving strength and guidance.

May we sit this evening to face whatever travails may come with an open heart. May we lead ourselves with the love we find. May we lovingly enjoin with humanity's transition.

Bless you all,

Richard