For Sunday December 22nd, 2024

A gracious hello to all. Einstein's E=mc2 is an elegant representation of how energy is condensed to create physical matter. We know that matter can be created and destroyed, but energy is constant. This tells us that the universe was created out of an astonishing abundance of energy – energy which already existed. I submit to you that condensing that energy required an intelligence far beyond our own to accomplish it, and a powerful motivating force to do so.

 
Could that be the Total Knowledge and Unconditional Love we've heard of so often?

May we sit tomorrow evening in awe. May we be open. May some miniscule moment of God's Will be done in and through us.

Submitted with reverence,

Richard

For Sunday December 15th, 2024

Hello good and wonderful people, let's consider the following. There is truly only One Consciousness. Our seemingly individualized consciousness is connected to it through our hearts. When something of spiritual note occurs, or is about to occur, or even needs a place to occur – our heart knows it first. Our heart signals our brain which, when in perfect tune, will immediately plan an appropriate response.

However, our brains are often scrambled with thoughts of the day, recycling of emotional situations, personal foibles, and dogmatic training.

 
If we can quiet our minds, even for a bit, we'll receive our heart's signals more clearly. Thereby, God's Will gets done through us. May we sit this evening listening to the beauty of our own hearts in tune.

Thank you all for absolutely everything,

Richard

For Sunday December 8th, 2024

Hello to everyone, history's great teachers tell us that what we need spiritually may be massively uncomfortable to endure. With all that's happening in the world right now it's important that we witness – 'be with' in our hearts – those who suffer, even if it's only for 20 minutes.

May our energies uphold them. May our hearts lighten theirs. May they feel we are one human family.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday December 1st, 2024

Hello, loving people. According to Tom Sawyer's standard; at the time you successfully obtain a full meditative state, you will be functioning clairvoyantly and superluminally. Doing so would allow you to zero In on anything past or present, in any subject matter. And, it would be equivalent to a full fledged near death experience or spontaneous spiritual awakening. This is why meditation has been culturally and historically important for spiritual enlightenment.

Apparently, anything less than a full meditative state can be considered as practice. So let's practice.

May we sit this evening with the mental discipline required to release monkey mind as often as needed. We have something greater to attend to, and it calls us forward. May we answer lovingly.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard 

For Sunday November 24th, 2024

Hello once again good people. The sum total of all politics, philosophies, and religions of the past thousands of years has not changed the human race enough. We are still brutally violent to each other.

 
The absolute transformation of many individuals is required, far more than has yet occurred. What we all have inside is what we really need – the heart and its connections.

May we sit Sunday evening looking at ourselves and how we relate to others. Where can we create beautiful connections? What truly is the light inside and how can we share it?

With love and blessings for all,

Richard

For Sunday November 17th, 2024

Hello to all and welcome to another time of quietness. Let us take time tonight to simply disconnect for a bit. Let the quietness be. Let our minds be. Let our moods settle in, and just be.

Set all your worries, hopes, and cares on an imaginary shelf. You can pick them up afterward, completely unscathed. I promise.

Submitted with reverence for you all,

Richard 

For Sunday November 10th, 2024

Hello, beautiful people. Reactions to the recent election have run the gamut from despair to elation. Yet, for those who love outwardly our task remains the same; to assist others through the experience of being on Earth.

This requires taking care of ourselves as well as being attentive to the spiritual needs of others. It sounds like such a cliché but it's still true; we help them find the light in their lives by being the light in our own lives.

May we sit this evening with the knowledge of a larger perspective to help us deal with daily perspectives.

 
With love and grace for all,

Richard

Fwd: Thoughts in the middle of the night...

Although the spiritual transformation of humanity is a given thing, the process, the path taken to achieve it, is ours to build. We can voluntarily commit ourselves to the efforts required, or wait until we're driven to them in a fit of desperation. The choice has always been ours to make.

It is no longer safe to coast along trusting things will work out in time, with minimal efforts on our part.

This is the time to meditate deeply, pray, sometimes pray fervently, and do what comes to hand to be done. It may be simply to take a shower, eat and rest well, and treat others beautifully. Or, it may be a spontaneous act of loving kindness while in meditation or the sleep state.

Each of us, with our own talents and abilities, has a role to play. Please, play it lovingly and fully.

"Dear God, show me what you would have me do. Lead me to those who need me. Lead me to where I am needed."

With reverence and love,

Richard

For Sunday November 3rd, 2024

Hello everyone, it has been said that meditation is not for eliminating the ego, but for understanding it, for grasping what it is, then using it spiritually. After all, 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 lives, and how well we use the ego to serve a higher purpose in life.

May we sit this Sunday for our continued development. May we see ourselves clearly, without judgement, with discernment, and for the best of all.

Blessings to all,

Richard

For Sunday October 27th, 2024

Here is an early Hello to all. I'll be away in VA Beach at the NDE retreat this weekend, so this is Sunday's meditation, already.

 
We all have monkey mind while trying to meditate. I've been 'enjoying' it for years now. However, in the book Spiritual Sight by Melvin Morse and Isabelle A. Chauffeton Saavedra, there is a pretty neat way of handling it. They offer that we acknowledge the thought as occurring, recognize its importance, then state that it cannot be resolved within the time frame of the meditation – so it will be set aside for now.

It can be simple, as if you're saying to your busy mind, "Yes, that's a problem, but it cannot be resolved in the next hour so let's set it aside." No judgement. No denying. No struggle. Repeat as necessary, without judgement.

May we give this a try this Sunday, or anytime, and see what happens.

Offered in loving grace,

Richard

For Sunday October 20th, 2024

Hello, to all and sundry. In his book An Urgent Message for Humanity, Melvin Morse describes an encounter a medium had with a pre-selected target. The medium reported going to the target, an older woman hospitalized with atrial fibrillation, saying hello to her, touching her arm, and telling her that her daughter would be coming to visit in a few minutes. Upon returning to the sitting room, where her body had been the entire time, the medium wrote down what happened and drew a picture of the woman.

The older woman was questioned. She reported that someone said hello to her although no one else was in the room at the time, and that she felt a hand on her arm. A few minutes later her daughter arrived to visit. And, her atrial fibrillation was gone.

There are many of these seeming 'angel encounters' which were actually brought about by living people who managed to become fervently and lovingly focused.

May we sit this evening with the intention to practice a fervent, loving, focus, then let our hearts lead us on. You never know what may happen by developing even a degree of it. Let's find out, shall we?

Bless you all in all you do,

Richard

For Sunday October 13th, 2024

Hello beautiful people. By the time Tom Sawyer was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis he had already beaten the typical life expectancy for that disease. Typical life expectancy was five years from the onset of symptoms. He had lived eight years by then. When he was included in a research study for a new treatment, he was the only one who really benefited.

His explanation – attitude changes everything.

How we approach a problem has no effect on the problem itself, but it makes a HUGE difference in how we bring solutions. With our free will we can bring an attitude of sad, defeated subordination or we can bring an attitude of 'well, what can I really do here?' You can feel the difference in your body chemistry and emotional outlook.

 
This evening let's set an intention to develop our attitudes. May we face our lives with openness, willingness, and curiosity. We already set intentions to find a good parking space, right? Let's expand on that.

With blessings for all,

Richard 

For Sunday October 6th, 2024

Hello, beautiful people. Here's a familiar human foible: A situation occurs in which we're not sure what the outcome will be. We react with fear, which is uncomfortable. So, we replace fear with anger. Focusing anger on the situation gives us the illusion of power and purpose. Anger, power, and purpose gives us something to do, which is far more emotionally comfortable than the unknowns of fear. Anger, power, and purpose driven by fear creates chaos – which then drives fear, anger, power, and purpose to recycle again. If not interrupted, it is endless.

On the other hand, we know love casts out fear. The question is, how do we love in the original situation?

 
The answer to that varies based upon the individuals involved, the actual situation, and perhaps a degree of intuitive timing. You may not know anything until it's time to know it. The key is in the searching.

May we sit this evening being open to what may come from honest searching, for the trust that answers will come, and for the courage to follow through.

Bless you all for who you are,

Richard