For Sunday June 25th, 2017

Hello everyone, a recent healing class was instructed that if they did not perceive the light flowing through them, they should imagine it doing so. This can lead to problems. 

For many individual reasons perceivable light does not always accompany a healing or an attempted healing. If the designated healee is not to be healed for some reason then light may well not flow. If the designated healer is doing something which blocks the flow of energy they would be better off knowing so than covering it with their imagination.

When doing spiritual work it is important to know the reality of a situation. To 'fill in' what you think is missing is to practice self-deception at a time when you most need to know what is true.

May we sit this evening for seeing clearly, for knowing truth, for having the honesty to face what is. May we see ourselves as we are.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday June 18th, 2017

Hello everyone, existing in a three dimensional world is a gift because it allows the opportunity to see ourselves, if we take the time. When we observe ourselves, without comparison or condemnation, in every relationship we have whether it be with people, events, or even things we show through clearly – because our side of the relationship comes entirely from us.

Just as any form of judgement is too often used as an ending of a thought process, seeing clearly allows further insights.

May we sit this Sunday for the freedom of non-judgement. May we look at the world as it is and ourselves as we are. May we find what is just beyond our self-limited thinking.

With reverence,

Richard

For Sunday June 11th, 2017

Hello to all, I'm sending this early but summer must be in full bloom by this particular Sunday. It can be a reminder that we ourselves are always in some stage of bloom. Arctic wooly bear caterpillars survive through 5-7 winters before transforming – and: 

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths." 

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

May we find our way to becoming the beautiful people we are meant to be.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday June 4th, 2017

Hello everyone, in this time of strife I'd like to return to Thomas Merton's interpretation of the Taoist sage Chuang Tzu:

So, when the shoe fits,

The foot is forgotten.

When the belt fits,

The belly is forgotten.

When the heart is right,

"For" and "against" are forgotten.

May we find the way to get our hearts 'right' and to then connect the 'right' way with others in this time of need.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday May 28th, 2017

Hello everyone, may we sit this Sunday for everyone involved in the Manchester bombing. May we include those who lost their lives, those who were injured, the un-injured concert goers, the general public, and all who lost their innocent naivety on Monday. 

Such attacks can surely harden the heart with fear and anger in a world where there is already too much of both.

If you would care to, please also sit for the perpetrators of the bombing. The desire to bend the world to your liking through violent actions is not only misguided but brings a heavy toll upon the soul.

In reverence,

Richard

For Sunday May 21st, 2017

Hello to everyone, the many variations of external power, money, position, military might, are bound to fail in the long run. Being that the only true power in the universe is Love it needs to be brought forth. One miraculous looking way of doing this is through healings. 

If you describe yourself as a healer, or have had healing experiences while in the sleep state, the call is to get better at it. Learn to do it while awake, you'll do a better job and others may more easily see.

May we sit this evening for all healing, the healing we need, the healing we can do, and the healing of all.

With reverence,

Richard

For Sunday May 14th, 2017

I'll be away from my computer for a week or so. So I'm sending this coming Sunday's and next Tuesday's meditations today. Enjoy!

Hello everyone, Edgar Cayce says to remember the recipe of making three people laugh every day. He doesn't say whether it should be the same three or three new people every day - but the message of spreading joy is clear. 

May we find it within our hearts to smile and may we spread that smile to others.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday May 7th, 2017

Hello everyone, in a time of such political discord it becomes all the more important to treat each person we meet with the best of our human grace. We have no idea how many miles they have walked, nor how well their shoes fit our feet. 

May we sit this Sunday to be the gentle spot someone may need, to be the relieving moment of laughter, to be the honest smile in a difficult time.

May this era of discord be eased by our grace.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 30th, 2017

Hello everyone, if we had been working telepathically you all would have been telling me to slow down and not try to do everything at once. So it seems that's a good focus for this evening – the care and nurturing of the self.

May we take our time to heal. May we sit back and breath. May we let ourselves rest.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 23rd, 2017

Hello everyone, it is possible to affect the future of the world with attitudinal changes. A change of attitude from less loving to more loving is one of the most beautiful things a person can experience or observe. Such changes are entirely internal yet can have an enormous affect on the outer world. 

Here's an exercise: choose someone you feel would benefit from an improved attitude. It can be a world or national figure, someone down the street, in your family, or a random passerby. It's your choice, anyone you want. Choose them, then love them. Love them absolutely. Try desperately to love them enough that they love themselves enough to change their attitude.

You can spend as much time on it as you wish, five minutes or five years, but it must come honestly from the heart. 

NDEers tell us that in our life reviews we will see the fruits of our labors.

Thank you everyone,

Richard

Good grief...

It's only this morning that I realized I had missed yesterday's meditation completely. I have an excuse for being distracted, if it helps at all. My step-brother passed away on April 1st. Yup, he was a big time joker and somehow it was very fitting for him to pass on April Fool's Day. The thing which was such a distraction for me was that I had been asked to officiate at his funeral service which was held on Saturday the 15th. Somehow I was completely wrapped up in preparing for that and looking forward to Easter at my daughter's house on Sunday. The Sunday evening meditation never entered my mind. Sheesh...

Well, I guess we have to accept our human frailties as lovingly as we can, then carry on. So, Tuesday's focus will be coming soon and I'll 'resurrect' my efforts for next Sunday.

Thank you all for your understanding,

Richard

For Sunday April 9th, 2017

Hello everyone, we humans are fantastic at justifying absolutely anything. Whatever impulse occurs within us can be instantly justified by our mind. We then gleefully follow that impulse with the unshakable belief that it was the justification which came first.

Yet the teachings of Buddhism tell us to watch what our minds are doing. There is always a wise, outwardly loving path available. Are we searching for it or simply following internal impulses and justifications?

May we sit this evening for the awareness of our own inner workings. May our biases, angers, grievances, and habitual thought patterns become clear. May we search for the wiser way.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 2nd, 2017

Hello everyone, division creates war. The war may be outwardly destructive or internally conflicting.  Whether it's geographical, cultural, ideological, financial, power based, or a selfish artifice of politics, as long as a pattern of division exists in our hearts and minds we are bound to produce war. 

We look for external forces as protection, military and legal, against that which we continue to create internally. All this while science gets closer and closer to proving what the ancients have said for eons, that we are One.

May we sit this evening for the greater truth. May we set aside our thinking mind. May we release conflict and find connection.

Thank you,

Richard