For Sunday June 15th, 2014

Hello all, this is early because I'll be at the Southeastern Spiritual Conference for the coming week. It's wonderful to reconnect with old friends each year, many of them are on this list. There's something about being face to face and sharing a hug which email cannot convey. 

So let us be thankful this Sunday for that which a physical world provides. The love, the warmth, and even our struggles are all here for our greater learning. May we bring our greatest love in and take our greatest lessons out.

With thanks for all,

Richard

For Sunday June 8th, 2014

Hello all, Horace McKee and Susan Yoakum are donating time and Reiki at an Episcopalian retreat center this Saturday. The center is focused upon helping people who are dealing with HIV. As with anyone who is in a state of dis-ease, it always creates an opportunity for others to respond lovingly, to fulfill an obligation to love unconditionally.

Even though Sunday evening is the end of the weekend, may we send energy to the attendees, support and appreciation to Horace and Susan, and may we answer such calls from our hearts whenever they may occur in our lives.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Tuesday June 3rd, 2014

Hello all, David Bennett, Tim Bourke, and Barbara Whitfield await our intentions this evening while a gentle rain plays with the leaves in my backyard this morning. May the nodding agreements of the leaves bolster the loving nourishments we will give.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday June 1st, 2014

Hello everyone, poet Maya Angelou died this past Wednesday. One of her well known quotes is, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." 

Maya Angelou made people feel wonderful. Her wisdom was born of experience seen through a loving heart.

We all may not have her poetry in our bones but we all have experiences and a loving heart to view them with. May we bring them together in our lifetimes for the highest good of all, for the highest good of ourselves. Even if we raise ourselves only a speck, it's still very worthwhile.

Thank you for everything,

Richard

For Sunday May 15th, 2014

Barbara Whitfield has sent in this request for Sunday night. The attached picture is looking across the famous Coffee Pot Rock toward Oak Creek Canyon.

"And could we pray also Sunday night for the safety of people living in Sedona Arizona. And let's visualize rain falling in the canyon to put out the fires!"

In the karma and chaos of everyday living may we always respond from our hearts.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday May 18th, 2014

Hello all, when we've had a degree of heart opening we find a deep compassion bubbling up from within. This compassion has no bounds. It's not only for those whom we already love and enjoy the company of but extends to those we may have hurt in this life, and even to those who may have injured us in some manner. 

This moment of intense clarity also contains intense pain, pain from knowing what we have done, and from knowing what others will feel during their own heart-opening moment - without the built-in protection of mind games; those thoughts, ideas, prejudices, and dogmas which so cleverly justify our attitudes and actions.

With the understanding that this very appropriate pain is a teacher, may we sit for the fulfillment of compassion. May we sit for its fulfillment in ourselves, in others, and in the world at large.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday May 11th, 2014

Hello all, the continuing tragedy of the Boko Haram kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls is manyfold. From the children themselves, to their families, to political distractions, to those whose attitudes and thoughts bring them to be involved in such atrocities; so many are lost in so many ways. 

Sitting here at this distance may we trust that spirituality uses everything which occurs, whether purposeful or chaotic, for the highest good of all. May we search ourselves that what we bring to this world is helpful. May we petition the Light to come down upon all those who suffer, in whatever form, in this situation.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday May 4th, 2014

Hello all, for those among us who may have ever done something which caused pain in another; in the course of time we come to a point of full awareness of what we've done and the fullness of its effects, then there is a deep sadness. It is an intensely painful sadness which is not endless but is immeasurable in its depth. At that moment we would do anything to set things right. Likewise, when someone has injured us they will also, at some point, go through a similar painful intensity. 

These situations are a natural outcome of increasing compassion. It ain't easy, but it's one of the greatest teaching experiences of life. 

May we sit this Sunday for the willingness to be open to such compassion. May we sit for fullness, awareness, and the realization that we truly are all One. 

With reverence,

Richard

For Sunday April 27th, 2014

Hello all. Aleppo in Syria is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. The current violent conflict there is heart-wrenching to hear about. Sadly there are still people willing to trade human life for power and control. 

May we sit this evening for Divine Light to shine down upon them all.

Thank you,

Richard

A mildly embarrassing correction for Sunday April 20th, 2014

Barbara Whitfield has just told me that the race is on Monday. I feel a little goofy but I'm very glad to know it. Thanks Barbara.

Hello all, may we sit this week for everyone involved with Monday's Boston Marathon. May the 50,000 runners, their support teams, and all of the spectators come together for the enjoyment of each other, all that comes with companionship, and the beauty of the day. 

With a more timely reverence,

Richard

For Sunday April 20th, 2014

Hello all, may we sit this week for everyone involved with Sunday's Boston Marathon. May the 50,000 runners, their support teams, and all of the spectators come together for the enjoyment of each other, all that comes with companionship, and the beauty of the day. 

With reverence,

Richard

Fwd: For Sunday April 13th, 2014

Hello everyone, we are all involved in an immense process; the realm of the infinite manifesting itself into the finite. Each in our own irreplaceable way, by the fruits of our labors, plays a role. 

May we take the time in the opportunities presented to plant seeds that our fruits may be harvested. May we sit this Sunday for our completeness in this process, in the world at large and the world within.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 5th, 2014

Hello all, it's been said that anxiety is a measure of the distance between you and your higher self. While our lower selves worry and fret, our higher selves see a larger more loving view of us and how we fit in the world. 

May we sit this Sunday for that distance to diminish. May we be in touch and see ourselves from that greater perspective.

Lovingly proposed,

Richard