About Heart Sessions

Hello all. This blog is intended to honor the group meditations initiated by Tom Sawyer, now carried on by friends of his since his passing. Being physically spread out as we are we have agreed to sit down in our own homes at the same clock time, 9pm EST on Sunday nights. We sit for at least 20 minutes, although sitting for longer periods is no problem if you so choose.


There is no specified technique for these meditations. Precisely prescribed actions sometimes become unauthentic and what is meaningful for one person may not be for another. So if you choose to assist you may use a favored technique or listen within, apply self-honesty, and allow growth. There is no political or economic agenda involved. There are no dues or dogma. The essential point is an honest willingness to help.


Each week there is a suggested focus as posted on this blog. We previously had been using an email list but now, through the kind assistance and generous guidance of Barbara Whitfield and Donald Brennan, we have the pleasure of this blog forum. Loving thanks to you both. Comments may be left by clicking the "Leave Comments Here" link below each post.

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Tuesday, August 29

For Sunday September 3, 2023

Hello everyone, as I'll be away at the IANDS conference this weekend I'm sending out Sunday's meditation early. I hope I'm not catching you unawares.

In the world of performance clowning failure is seen as funny, try to take the top off of a can of raisins and the bottom drops out, spilling raisins all over the floor. This leaves the clown in the unenvious, but hilarious, position of trying to gather up the raisins without stepping on them. The clown's problems and creative solutions are delightful, because we are observing them from a safe distance.

And, we can learn to see problems in our daily lives from a safe distance as well. That safe distance is knowing that we are eternal spiritual beings who are, at the moment, caught up in the 'raisin gathering' of material life. Not to say that everything we meet in life will be hilarious, but that we will come through it in some fashion.
 
May we sit this coming Sunday for the fortitude to face our lives knowing there are some very serious 'raisin spills' to be handled, and that there is always an end game.
 
Bless you all,

Richard

Sunday, August 27

For Sunday August 27th, 2023

Hello to one and all, who are One anyway. May we take some time to sit for those involved in the Maui wildfires this evening? As prayers are vibrations, which accumulate with each added person, and the intentions of consciousness bend emerging probabilities, may we ask that God's will be done.

Bless you all,

Richard

Saturday, August 19

For Sunday August 20th, 2023

Let us start by wishing a gracious good day to all.
 
And now, being human we have our material and psychological needs and desires. Some are essential for maintaining our existence on Earth, some are not. We have varying degrees of attachment to all of them. If we could drop them all, even for a minute, humanity would be transformed.
 
However, our attachments are extremely strong. To drop all of them, even for a moment, is to launch ourselves into a vast unknown. Therein lies the problem: strong attachments VS the vast unknown. We don't even know how to let them go.

May we sit Sunday evening and take a chance. Can we release everything and simply be? Whether we make it or not, it is always worth the effort as honest effort is always considered righteous. Let's give it a go.

Bless you all,

Richard

Saturday, August 12

For Sunday August 13th, 2023

Hello again beautiful people. Casting a glance at the difficulties in the world today leads to a general conclusion: there are those who are attached to their illusions of power, loving inwardly of their selfish desires; and there are those who love outwardly, caring for the conditions of others.

There are many manifestations of each form, individual to the person and the situation, but quiet observation brings it clear.

May we sit tomorrow evening in support of a loving vibration within the material plane. May those who love outwardly be energized. May those who love inwardly come to see themselves more clearly. May we once again apply ourselves toward "As Above, So Below."

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard

Thursday, August 3

For Sunday August 6th, 2023

A gracious hello once more. Look at the phrase 'mind is the builder' which is colloquially restated as  'what you think about you bring about' and notice how powerful that is on a personal basis. It may not be the totality but it's an important facet of creating our own reality.
 
And, as long as we're creating our own reality, the turmoils of the world notwithstanding, let's choose a good one.

May we sit Sunday evening with the intention of facing whatever the world holds for us with strength, courage, and calmness. May we be the Light we wish to see. May we walk upon the Earth in such a way that Love shines through us.

Bless you all,

Richard