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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Sunday, March 31

For Sunday March 31st, 2024

Hello gracious people, there is a FaceBook meme stating, "I screamed at God for allowing starving children, until I realized that starving children was God screaming at me."

Astonishing as it may seem, food and medical aid for innocents in Gaza has not become regular.
 
May we sit this evening for that exact outcome. May hearts be moved and aid be given.
 
Bless you all,

Richard 

Saturday, March 23

For Sunday March 24th, 2024

Hello good people, here is a simple request for this Sunday. May we petition God to shine its Light down on the world's troubled spots; Ukraine and the middle east.

With all reverence,

Richard

Sunday, March 17

For Sunday March 17th, 2024

Greetings and (setting aside that he ended the nature-based spirituality of Ireland) a gracious St. Patrick's Day to all. Given all that has, and is, changing in the world, let us look at the various areas of gratitude.
 
First and easiest is gratitude for what you have; shelter, food, clothing, friends, etc. All of these are fully worthy of your gratitude, but are external to you.
Next comes gratitude for your experiences; the warmth of the sun, the love of friends and family, the many wonderful moments of your life.
And then gratitude for what you are, for what got you through life thus far; the inner strength to face the problems you've encountered, the willingness to listen to inner guidance when unsure which way to go, gratitude for the insights you've gained, gratitude for your willingness to help others, for the incredible beauty you've brought to this world by just being in it.

May we sit tonight with the awareness of the absolute best of who we are and have been. There are many reasons to love who you are.

In reverence,

Richard

Sunday, March 10

For Sunday March 10th, 2024

A gracious good evening to all, the power of fervent prayer lies in its ability to remind the cells and molecules of the body of their Divine Source. Likewise, prayer reminds individuals being prayed for of Divine Source.

At this moment all those involved in getting food and medical assistance into war torn areas comes most easily to mind.

May we sit once more for the continued push to get people what they need for survival. May the sanctity of life be remembered. May Divine will be done.

Reverently offered,

Richard

Sunday, March 3

For Sunday March 3rd, 2024

Greetings again, good people. Tonight let's focus our loving hearts on the people in Gaza who are left without food, as well as those who could be delivering food. May God's Light shine down upon all.

It's just that simple,

Richard

Sunday, February 25

For Sunday February 25th, 2024

Hello everyone, in her book Nine Days of Eternity, Anke Evertz mentions that we don't need our bodies, that we continue on afterward just fine anyway. However, she also goes on to say that our bodies need us. As fantastic as our bodies are at the automatic things of breathing, healing, and heart beating, it still needs us to clip its toenails, keep it clean, and motivate it to get up and go spread the work of our souls.

It's a tough job.

Our souls know the work we need to do, and our bodies need our love.

May we sit this evening in reverence for the bodies we've been given. May we love our bodies as we find them. May 'putting our house in order first' be our guide.

Reverently submitted,

Richard

Sunday, February 18

For Sunday February 18th, 2024

Hello good people, tonight's meditation will be simple. Let us petition God to send Its Light down upon all those involved in the invasion of Ukraine.

May the greatest good be done for all.

With reverence,

Richard 

Sunday, February 11

For Sunday February 11th, 2024

Hello and a gracious good day to you all. The heart wave is much more than a method of communication. It also contains wisdom, intelligence, empathy, and connection. Like an old fashioned party line telephone, or a Zoom call of the heart, if we could all be on at once it would change the world.
 
Connecting to the heart wave comes from intense listening, with everything you've got. To pay absolutely full attention with our full selves, without biases, comparisons, attitudes, beliefs, judgements, or any kind of prejudice, to another person is rare. The operations of the mind have to stay completely out of it as we observe fully, with complete freedom.

May we sit this evening with that complete freedom. May we simply observe, even if it's only as a practice. Even if there's no apparent thing to observe, observe anyway. You might be surprised.

With patient love for us all,

Richard 

Sunday, February 4

For Sunday February 4th, 2024

Hello and good evening, fine folks. If it is true that one of the greatest bulwarks against societal degradation is social connections, then our responsibilities to humanity are clear.
 
Talk to people, smile at people, hold a door open, let someone go first – the stuff we learned in kindergarten – is essential for the entirety of our lives.

May we sit this evening to find what blocks us from this. May we respond when it is offered. May the world improve by our presence.

Bless you all,

Richard

Sunday, January 28

For Sunday January 28th, 2024

Hello again loving people. The life lessons which are ours to learn often come in the form of storms and trials. The heartbreak which follows is the opening needed to allow the lessons inside. As we adjust, adapt, and absorb the lessons on all levels – healing occurs.
 
It is in this more contented, healed state that we manifest those lessons into physical reality, put them to work.

May we sit this evening for that healing, that contentment, which allows the Creative Forces to work through us, for ourselves and for humanity at large.

With Blessings for all,

Richard 

Sunday, January 21

For Sunday January 21st, 2024

Hello again beautiful people. We have 3 new people on our list tonight. So, as a reminder, we sit for 20 minutes beginning at 9pm, for which we are all grateful. Here goes:

We sometimes ask, "What are we doing here in this world, dealing with such strife, chaos, and anguish?" The answer is profoundly simple – we are learning the value of divinity.

Our Divine Source knows its own divinity – is only divinity. In order to have the experience of not being divine, and to then experience the amazing transformation of regaining divinity it created our physical universe – and we decided to come along. Probably because it looked like fun at the time.

So here we are, desperately striving for our own divinity, and valiantly dragging along those not interested in divinity at all. We're workhorses so to speak.

May we sit this evening for the strength and courage to carry on. May we shine our lights from where we are. May the Divine reach down to assist us.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard

Sunday, January 14

For Sunday January 14th, 2024

Hello bright and beautiful people. As we understand it no one is promised perfect health. When our souls come into a body we, on a spiritual level, willingly take on all the chaos that can come with inhabiting materiality.
 
The difference is all in how lovingly we attend to the chaos. Not to say that we instantly love all variations of dis-ease. We may well have to go through the many steps of grieving for lost health before coming to acceptance.

It's knowing that we're working our way toward acceptance, which helps smooth the path, even as we keep working on it.

May we sit this evening for all facets of life which require acceptance, and further work, whether it be internal or external to us.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard 

Sunday, January 7

For Sunday January 7th, 2024

Hello to one and all. The 'great replacement' is a white nationalist far-right conspiracy theory which purports the idea that non-whites are being assisted in taking over society. While being widely ridiculed for its blatant absurdity, the paranoia and fear of it has taken hold of a large section of the population. 

Fully one half of the 1200 people who were arrested for the January 6th insurrection were doctors, lawyers, and business owners who subscribed to that theory. They felt they had something to lose.

While the theory flies in the face of 'all men are created equal' and 'everyone is a child of God' the fear and paranoia of it has been pushed by self-serving leaders around the world.

This evening may we petition God to send down its Light on all concerned, that we may find compassionate answers to today's complex problems. May cooler heads and warmer hearts prevail.

Offered in reverence for all,

Richard