For Sunday October 30th, 2022

Hello everyone, Edgar Cayce says the human soul is the greatest in all creation, because it can become one with the Divine Source. So it seems that humans, currently fraught with all manner of physical and psychological frailties, can become One with God while in physical form – as above, so below.

This calling, which so many of us attend to, is tempered by how we face our frailties. A determination to see our failings and missteps honestly, unflinchingly, is essential. By doing so we learn exactly who we are and therefore how best to move forward.

May we sit this Sunday evening for the strength and courage required to face ourselves as we are, the wisdom to follow Divine guidance, and for the Love which powers all.

Thank you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday October 23rd, 2022

Hello everyone, as we work our way through karma, on our way toward grace, we find our egos transforming. At our very best our egos become implements of divine will.

There can be many lessons coming from the missteps we make along the way.

Tonight may we sit for the willingness to try, the honesty to recognize, the humility to learn, and the courage to realign ourselves as needed to divine will.

Blessings on all,

Richard

PS And may it all happen in large font!  :o)

For Sunday October 16th, 2022

Hello everyone, Edgar Cayce tells us that the experiences of life are manifestations of divinity. He adds that our minds are the builders, that by choosing to follow the Creative Forces we can translate spiritual law away from karma, with its endless cycling of cause and effect, into grace – and thereby move into our higher calling.

Our job then is to discern the subtleties between our typically human, psychological reactions and what truly comes from the Creative Forces.

May we sit this coming Sunday evening for the honesty and insight to tell the difference; the courage and strength to choose wisely; and the guidance to see clearly.

Blessings upon us all,

Richard

For Sunday October 9th, 2022

Hello everyone, fifty years ago I met a young woman who nearly sat on me after entering the room I was quietly sitting in. That's when I realized she was blind. We became fast friends and have remained so all these decades.

Some months ago she had an episode of brain bleed and fell down her attic stairs. Her Apple watch called the ambulance, saving her life. Her brain however hasn't been right since.
She has been one of God's bright Lights for her entire life, and still is.

Even though her brain doesn't work right, her gentle, loving personality still shines. She will soon move into an assisted living situation with many other people. Instead of spending the rest of her life seeing her boyfriend and a few close friends, she'll be shining on many people every day.

Where do you use a flashlight? In the dark.

I desperately miss my friend with whom I could discuss anything and laugh about everything. Yet even with my personal pain, I whole-heartedly applaud her spiritual work.

It's difficult to know when our circumstances are part of a larger plan. Let's go forward in life knowing we can be useful exactly where we are. May God's will be done, and may we have the strength to fulfill our part in it.

In loving honor of Judy Joy Weidenborner,

Richard

For Sunday October 2nd, 2022

Hello again, and on time this time, whew. Those who are addicted to personal power are threatened by even a glimmer of authentic power from those whom they wish to control. This plays out as a violent forcing of adherence to ideologies or personal loyalty rather than encouraging or allowing individual growth.

The protests in Russia over conscription into an unpopular war, and in Iran with the crackdown on head scarves, are examples of clinging to external power in the face of a growing sense of personal worth.

May we sit this evening for those who feel the pull of personal worth, for their struggle. May we encourage the bits of light shining through the growing cracks in authoritarian armor. May we support those dealing with the most difficult aspects of this spiritual transition.

Thank you and bless you all,

Richard

Excuse me, please

Hello, I missed again. I've been dragging myself through the week with a head cold. I've had a great inspiration for the meditation but apparently I thought I had already sent it out so it didn't enter my foggy mind until Eileen sent me a reminder. Thank you, Eileen. I guess I need a minder to keep me on track.

Keep your fingers crossed for next week, eh?

Foggy but healing Richard

For Sunday September 18th, 2022

Hello everyone, it has been said that meditation is not for eliminating the ego, but for understanding it, for grasping it fully. With this understanding we remember that 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 material lives, and how well we use the ego to serve the higher purpose of our material life.

May we sit this Sunday for the continued 'enlightenment' of ourselves. May we see ourselves clearly, without judgement, but with discernment. May we use the best of ourselves for the best of all.

Blessings upon you,

Richard

PS I remembered to use the larger font!  :o)

For Sunday September 11th, 2022

Hello everyone, humanity is learning great lessons. As politics splits the nation we have the opportunity to see ourselves at our worst, or at our best. Up/down, left/right, for/against, all with complete justification, we put ourselves on display to be seen by the world. Yet it is seeing our very own selves which holds the most value.

 
Do we feel anger?
That is our lack of compassion.
Do we feel fear?
That is our lack of understanding.
Do we feel separation?
That is our lack of connection.

May we sit this Sunday to see ourselves as we are; fraught with human frailties, yet bursting with great potential.

 
May blessings be with us,

Richard

For Sunday September 4th, 2022

Hello again to all, in trying times it is well to look for strength and courage. Joseph Campbell tells us, "Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called 'the love of your fate.' Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, "This is what I need." It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment – not discouragement – you will find the strength is there."

The key point is not the stern stoicism of putting your head down and grinding through worldly chaos with bitterly gritted teeth – but of raising your head and lovingly taking on the challenge as your own – that's when you may be open to receiving strength and guidance.

May we sit this evening to face whatever travails may come with an open heart. May we lead ourselves with the love we find. May we lovingly enjoin with humanity's transition.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday August 28th, 2022

Hello everyone, the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand shows the beauty of humanity. Over the course of nearly three weeks more than 10,000 people, from 17 different countries, came together to try and save the lives of 12 kids and their soccer coach.

 
Despite our endless wars, the distraction of political justifications, and the illusion of separation – the entire world was treated to a demonstration of compassion, and an answer to the question, "What is the value of human life?"

 
May we sit Sunday evening in gratitude for that compassion. May it uplift our lives. May our compassion lift the lives of those around us.

Thank you all,

Richard

"Thirteen Lives" a movie by Ron Howard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue 

For Sunday August 21st, 2022

Hello to all, some species of beetles have eltrya, wings that, due to circumstance, have hardened into shields. This seems to be an excellent metaphor for the human tendency to willingly reduce our flight in exchange for protection. There may well have been a time in each of our lives where we 'pulled our wings in' out of fear for our safety, emotional or otherwise.

This may have been a wise and useful choice at the time. But the beauty of releasing protections to regain flight is easily forgotten.

May we sit this Sunday in search of those moments where it is now safe to once more spread our wings. May we find what needs to be released to continue our ascent. May we support others on our way.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday August 14th, 2022

Hello everyone, when Tom Sawyer had his NDE he was 'blasted' into the spiritual realm. Afterward he could immediately go into the highest meditative state at will. It can be very different for those of us who've not had that launch.

However, we are encouraged in our efforts by the anonymous 14th century mystic who wrote in The Cloud of Unknowing:
"...in the beginning is it usual to feel nothing but a kind of darkness about your mind, or as it were, a 'cloud of unknowing'. You will seem to know nothing and to feel nothing except a naked intent toward God in the depths of your being. Try as you might, this darkness and this cloud will remain between you and your God. You will feel frustrated, for you mind will be unable to grasp him, and your heart will not relish the delight of his love. But learn to be at home in this darkness. Return to it as often as you can, letting your spirit cry out to him whom you love. For if, in this life, you hope to feel and see God as he is in himself it must be within this darkness and this cloud. But if you strive to fix your love on him forgetting all else, which is the work of contemplation I have urged you to begin, I am confidant that God in his goodness will bring you to a deep experience of himself."

This fits well with Tom's advice to do 'nothing' meaning to attain the Buddhist concept of the 'no thing' in your meditations.

 
May we sit this evening, and every time, for 'nothing'. It could be the greatest 'something' we've ever had.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday August 7th, 2022

Hello everyone, this Sunday may we focus our loving intentions upon those impacted by the flooding in:

Eastern Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Southwest Virginia
West Virginia
Las Vegas Valley
Phoenix
Flagstaff
Death Valley National Park
and Eastern Kentucky – again!

Thank you all for your kindness and your good hearts,

Richard