For Sunday April 25th, 2021

Hello to everyone, as we adjust to the changing currents of life we are involved in what the Japanese call Fudo-a-Shin, to move without moving. The concept is that you have a goal which you never lose sight of, but what is required to attain that goal may continually change. So you make adjustments, like a ship heading to port while being blown by wind and water, you make the needed adjustments which will bring you home.

The goal as Cayce says is, "Be a channel through which others may gain an idea and a manner of closer approach to the thrones of grace - mercy, peace, joy - as come from service to humankind, and from keeping the precepts of the Creator." How you be that channel, always guided by love, may change often.

May we sit this evening to find that channel, minute by minute, which will bring not only ourselves home, but some others as well.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 18th, 2021

Hello to all of you, the recent flurry of mass shootings indicates not only a rise in personal anguish but a loss of reverence for life as well. When people are seen as a means to an end (whether by countries, corporations, politicians, or individuals) rather than as equal co-creations in this world, we all lose.

Our job then is to look at our own reverence, for the victims, the lost-soul perpetrators, and our own lessons in loving unconditionally.

May we sit this Sunday for the people involved. May we sit for reverence in the world. May we become what we want to see in the world.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 11th, 2021

Hello to everyone, the Civil Rights marches of the 1960s, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest in Beijing, the Arab Spring, and today's flushing out of sexual predators can all be seen under the same heading. While there have been differing levels of success, with slow but steady increase, each comes from the position of, "I am human. I ought not be treated this way."

As people on the foundational levels of society find their voices, as hearts are opened to the awareness of mistreatment, humanity moves forward. While we don't know the length or the many curves in this road its outcome has long been known, open-hearted Oneness.

May we sit this evening for the lighting of our travels. May we sit for the furthering of this road. May we open our hearts that Oneness may make itself known.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday April 4th, 2021

Hello again to all of you, if you've ever been involved in a birth, other than your own, you'll know that it's a messy affair. The bringing forth of new life while spiritually beautiful can be slimy and tortuous. So while birth is untidy to say the least, rebirth is even more so.

Rebirth requires not only all the attendant difficulties of birth but also the death and release of what was.

As we watch the many changes sweeping across our physical environment, the political landscape, and our personal health, it is helpful to recall that we are in the messy part of prepping and building our future. We would do well to keep an eye on ourselves that we may clearly see how we are playing our part.

May we sit this evening for assistance. May we receive the assistance we need, be the assistance others may need, and become mid-wives and mid-husbands to an emerging world.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday March 28th, 2021

Hello everyone, the state of consciousness is an ongoing, flowing, moving awareness of which we all have a part. In doing our part we work toward what could be called spiritual fulfillment for ourselves and for humanity at large. In this work patience and reverence are essential. Patience for the time it takes for us to find our way, and reverence for the process of our learning.

As we sit patiently this evening may we find reverence for the sometimes scrambled paths we take in our learning and therefore, patience for the scrambled paths of others as well.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday March 21st, 2021

Hello to everyone, it's important to watch our thoughts. The Dalai Lama tells us it's best to have a well trained mind, and you may have heard this in another way, "What you think about, you bring about."

Our basic human frailties can often lead us into less than loving areas of thought which are best noted as indications of our progress, and done so without dwelling upon them.

May we sit this evening for the personal awareness to set aside less than ideal impulses. May we see ourselves clearly. May we make choices in line with Divine will, because we have more power than we may realize.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday March 14th, 2021

Hello and happy Pi Day to all, 3.14 is the beginning of a mathematical expression of a physical situation. The physical situation is absolute and familiar, a circle with a line through its middle. The mathematical expression is of the relationship between the outside of that circle (its circumference) to the line through its middle (its diameter). For some as yet undiscovered reason that relationship is endless in digital form. It begins with 3.1415... and goes on infinitely.

With some artistic license we can compare that to our finite physical world being backed up by an infinite spiritual one which, like spiritual mathematicians, we are often called to explore. We begin the exploration even though we cannot see the ending.

May we sit this evening with the openness to delve into what is not seen and as yet unknown. May we explore with loving curiosity. May what we find benefit the world.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday March 7th, 2021

Hello everyone, through the ages great teachers and prophets have encouraged us to cultivate a personal relationship with God. Being that truth and worldwide spirituality are essential at this time in human history it behooves us to do so.

What can be done by greeting everyone with Namaste in our hearts? Perhaps we can find out by putting it into practice.

Let us sit this evening for the depth of truth, honesty, and spirituality in our personal lives. May we extend it to others we meet. May our lives touch other lives with beauty.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday February 28th, 2021

Hello to all, darkness isn't an equal and opposite force of light. It is simply a natural occurrence of having a lack of light. The moment you introduce any amount of light at all, that which we call darkness is dispelled.

It is similar with Love. All the foibles and frailties of human psychology can be traced to a lack of Love. They are sign posts along a continuum, indicating just how far we are from the state of unconditional Love.

 
May we sit this evening to be aware of our personal sign posts. May we see our emotional reactions as indicators of Love we have yet to attain. May we, by our efforts, increase the amount of Light in the world.

Thank you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday February 21st, 2021

Hello everyone, a rainbow after a storm is a reminder. Typically after a natural disaster people reach out to each other, help each other, step in to share what they have, and simply 'join in', resulting in a general spiritual upgrade for all involved.

 
However, when heads are full of thoughts and opinions the heart can go unheard, causing an interruption to the instinctive response.

May we sit this evening to quiet the distractive and separating chatter of the mind. May we see that all are One. May we allow our Divine Source to shine.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday February 14th, 2021

Hello to all of you, the term 'pagan religion' has been used derisively but at the core of them all is an honoring of nature. The connection and reverence which indigenous people have for Mother Earth can be clearly seen in these videos of the Kogi Indians of Columbia.

From the Heart of the World – The Elder Brother's Warning, 1990:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgTtrQOiR0 

Aluna, A Journey to Save the World, 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftFbCwJfs1I 

 
Our western world, who they refer to as 'younger brother', has much to learn.

May we sit this evening to give a Valentine to Mother Earth. Our bodies are made of hers. Our quality of life depends upon how we take care of her. Our continued survival is linked to developing a deep and abiding connection not only to Mother Earth but to all of human-unity.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday February 7th, 2021

Hello everyone, a basic rule of thumb for assessing our spiritual progression is our level of contentment and satisfaction with life and the resulting action of whether conflict arises or decreases in our presence. Edgar Cayce puts it this way, "Let your light shine that it will lighten the way for those that are stumbling here and there about you."

As we sit tonight, let us not be lost but offer kindness and empathy to those around us. May we let our candles shine.

Thank you all,

Richard

A Ripple Effect video on spiritual matters

Hello everyone, this is a video from The Ripple Effect of a chat I had today with Michael McGinnis and Tom Williams. It covers some thoughts I've had about an experience which Tom Sawyer had in the 1980s, concerning an event which happened in Italy in 1401 and still has relevance for today's world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8tDZkYaV7E&feature=youtu.be

Please let me know if you find it useful or enjoyable or have any questions about it.

Thank you all,

Richard