For Sunday November 25th, 2012

Hello all, as the holiday weekend winds down may we take one more opportunity to give thanks for who we are in this life, for those who are with us, and for the eternal guidance which brings us through.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday November 18th, 2012

Hello to all, this Sunday as the situation in the Middle East heats up, and people try to accomplish peace with weaponry, may we sit for Divine Light to come down upon all concerned. May our lessons be of the Highest. May Divine guidance be known. May true Grace be our way forward.

Thank you,

Richard
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For Sunday November 11th, 2012

Hello to all, in his excellent course "Awakening Kundalini" Lawrence Edwards teaches that meditation 'prepares the container of the mind' to accept various energies with equanimity. On a basic human level this allows us to take on personal challenges with greater ease and stability, from a greater perspective.

From that higher perspective, everyone, everywhere has a thirst for the Divine, and is equally lovingly important. With the co-incidence of this Veteran's Day may we sit for that higher sight which sees all wars, all peace, and all people as being on the same path, and with whatever difficulties, as moving toward the same goal.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday November 4th, 2012

Hello all, this Sunday I would like to ask us to sit for all who are involved in our political election process, especially the politicians themselves whose souls are sorely tested by the intense distractions of money, power, and influence ad nauseum. To be in a position of great responsibility and to also be spiritually lost cannot be a good thing.

May we sit for the politicians, for us voters, and for gratitude that it will soon be all over.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday October 28th, 2012

Hello to all, many people understand the need for a fundamental change in how we live on Earth. Even as politicians seek power, corporations seek money, and various wannabees seek influence, the essential requirement of life is to live through the heart. Humanity needs the experience of it's inter-connectedness, it's interdependence. We ought not use each other for personal gains nor are we truly enemies of each other. We either deeply know our connection or we miss it.

May we sit this Sunday for the expansion of our connection, for the 'knowing' of our connection, for us knowing ourselves. May we reach out to those who are still asleep, to those who are waking, and to the sleeping parts of ourselves. May we join in the one thing which can balance the Earth, our highest and truest self.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday October 21st, 2012

Hello all, here's a quote from Mary Ann Williamson sent in by Ceri Booth:

I think about how "temporarily inaccessible to the power of the Atonement" (ACIM) a heart must be, to think it right to shoot a little girl because she says she wants to go to school. 

But it's not like with the Nazis during WW2, where if you simply got rid of them, the phenomenon they promulgated was for all intents and purposes gone. We can't just kill enough Taliban and make it all go away. There's an ideology there -- deep and entrenched and being taught to thousands of children -- that bullets alone cannot destroy.

That's why, in answer to those who think we should keep the subject of spirituality far away from politics, I think the exact opposite. We didn't say, "Spirituality has nothing to do with AIDS," and we shouldn't say, "Spirituality has nothing to do with war." There HAS to be a spiritual solution to this, or the tragedies will only get worse. We are burdening our military with a mission that we should all be contributing to. That

's why we need a holistic politics. Military might is like allopathic medicine; it needs to be backed by psychological, spiritual and emotional support.

So let's do something radical: let's meditate today, and pour God's light on every extremist of any kind. Let's remember that that which is not love is a call for love. Let's spend a minimum of five minutes every day, pouring the Light and Love of a Divine Creator onto those who we are tempted to fear, or even hate. Imagine extremist groups, then send love to them like the medicine it is, to heal their minds and restore us all to sanity. For only love has the ability to cast out fear. Let us pray for a divine intercession from a thought system beyond our own. We cannot do this by ourselves. For true peace on earth, we need a miracle. Amen

 

 

"Life is not measured by the
breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath
away"

Thank you for being part of my life!!

Have a Blessed Day! Ceri

May we sit this Sunday for those whose hearts are closed; for those whose thoughts and emotions run without guidance; for those who, like ourselves, have weaknesses and vulnerabilities. May we sit for God's Light to come down and illumine the future of all.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday October 14th, 2012

Hello all, it is said we must 'see with a new Light'. As we look upon our world and our troubles we must see with new eyes. What it takes to change others I do not know. What it takes to change ourselves is in our hearts. May we look upon the world in a loving manner. May we see it as lost, in need of guidance from Above coming through each heart.

May we sit this Sunday for those new eyes, these new hearts, and a world in touch with inner, higher beauty.

Thank you all lovingly,

Richard

For Sunday October 7th, 2012

Hello all, it's easy to be disappointed in our political system. With election day approaching each party becomes more entrenched, the level of discourse worsens, and the time and effort spent on swaying a few undecided voters skyrockets. Under the heading of "Thou shall not worship false idols" we find money, power, influence, prestige, money again, and (it seems) more money.

Fortunately, the only true power in the universe is Love. All else falls away as this lesson is learned.

May we sit this Sunday for that continuing lesson. As we stumble our way along, guided by an unseen hand, may we find good footing and a loving outcome. May we raise the spiritual level of our own selves and petition the Light to shine down upon those who are still unseeing.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday September 23rd, 2012

Hello all, according to Cynthia Bourgeault in her excellent book "The Wisdom Way of Knowing", when the Light of the Creative Forces shines through humanity into the physical world, pure Love is broken down into qualities of trust, courage, honesty, integrity, compassion, faith, humor, and love of others. These are sometimes called 'the fruits of their labors' when someone is looking to another for guidance.

Those with spiritual aspirations must be as clean stained-glass windows so we may project our personal colors and shapes without diluting or polluting the original loving intentions of the Light.

May we sit this Sunday for such clarity in our political leaders, in the world at large, and most of all within ourselves, for the Light we share is only bright when our hearts are clear.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday September 16th, 2012

Hello to all, a few of us on this list will be in Sedona, AZ this Sunday. Sedona has been a place of spiritual connection for thousands of years. As always, we will seek to deepen our own connections on this trip. May all of us join in on Sunday, from wherever we are, for a greater 'knowing' of our own Oneness with that which is Above, with all who share this journey on Earth, and with the Earth itself.

Thank you,

Richard

Tom's physical birthday today...

Hello all, I was just reminded that today was Tom Sawyer's physical birthday. Let's give him an astral shout-out of congratulations for all he did while he was here when we connect tonight.

And a big loving thank you to all of you as well,

Richard

For Sunday September 9th, 2012

Hello all, from humanity's point of view the flow of Truth, Beauty, and Healing all start with the mind, turn toward them and ye shall receive. Looking from the other direction, from the point of view of spirituality, the mind is the last obstacle in the way of delivering Truth, Beauty, and Healing. It is the desire of spirituality to assist humanity, to Love us. Our free-will minds, so easily wrapped up in material desires, are the road block.

This is rarely more evident than in a political season when the media is filled with stories of childish grasping. Powerful people, wielding massive amounts of money, struggle desperately to earn even more power and influence. Might that be a definition of a lost soul?

May we sit this Sunday for those who may be lost and unknowing, for those who are lost and searching, and for ourselves as we seek our way home.

Thank you,

Richard

For Sunday September 2nd, 2012

Hello to all, as the Earth reminds us of the need to maintain a minimum level of 'spiritual glue' to keep things in balance, and politics shows us how much we can miss by, may we sit this Sunday for TLC; Truth, Love, and Courage. May our inner peace be alive that we may share.

Thank you,

Richard