For Sunday July 2nd, 2023

Hello again everyone, as I'll be out of town and not sure of a return date I'll send out Sunday's meditation now. Maybe it'll give you a chance to prepare yourselves.

J. Krishnamurti tells us that a different kind of action occurs when there are no masks of pretension or defense. This action is fresh rather than based upon accumulated knowledge or experience and, as with all innocence, it is totally vulnerable.

From that place of innocence and vulnerability, free of both memories of the past and thoughts of the future, comes an extraordinary thing in which there is no sorrow, nor pain, nor pleasure, but instead an unlimited amount of joy.

This Sunday, may we set down even if only for a moment, all which stands between us and our spiritual birthright – a nearly inexpressible joy.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday June 25th, 2023

Hello lovely people, there may come a time when your desire to heal a situation is tempered by how to help the healing process. Basically the options are any of the energetic techniques – Reiki, fervent prayer, and their cousins, which are highly effective and often quick; or the subtle, intuitively based mustard seeds which, when spread out over time, can bring about a change in attitude and behavior which then creates the healing.

Both are essential in their uses.

Discernment between the two is based on underlying causes, immediate needs, and long-term viability. A potential problem, simply stated, is when someone's dis-ease is a function of their attitude toward life. A quick energetic zap can alleviate their discomfort then 'wear off' in time due to their unchanged attitude, leaving them more dis-heartened than before.

May we sit with this awareness this evening. May our sight be clear. May we understand and choose well for the benefit of all.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday June 18th, 2023

Hello and Happy Father's Day to one and all, especially since all are One. As we look at the world we see those who are more and more desperately grasping onto the illusions of external power, financial, political, military, etc. Their grasping becomes more extreme as their fear grows and their fear is a trap, they cannot see a better future.

 
They do not realize this – that which they fear, adores them.

We all hold onto something which stands between us and that which adores us. Otherwise we'd all have become fully enlightened already.

 
Our 'job' this Sunday, as at all times, is to connect more fully with that adoring energy. We are loved beyond our measure. May we measure out a little love ourselves to all who need it.

Blessings, and thank you to Our Father,

Richard

For Sunday June 11th, 2023

Hello beautiful people, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been ongoing since 1938, 85 years so far. They have found one thing which correlates with health, and with happiness, and long life, and well-being – warm relationships with people. The relationships can be with a spouse, family members, friends, co-workers, or the clerk at the store. They all have positive impacts.

It can be seen as a physical manifestation of 'we are One'.

 
May we sit this evening in favor of these warm relationships. May they bring us peace. May we be at peace.

Love and Light to all,

Richard

For Sunday June 4th, 2023

Hello to all and sundry. ...I wrote that on a whim, then took a moment to look up 'sundry' – "Various items not important enough to be mentioned individually." It brought me to laughter because, in the grand scheme of Love we are each at the center of the universe.

 
We are all held in a Love which is beyond our ability to conceive it. Any particle of this love which we can spread to ourselves and others is beauty made manifest, as we are here to do.

May we sit this evening in grateful appreciation for how we are held, for how we manage to hold, and for what the future can bring.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday May 28th, 2023

Hello to all, our souls, being from the pure love of the Divine, seek to express that love, their Divinity, within the material world. Our souls operate through our physical bodies to do this; through our thoughts, words, and actions.

If our selves; our egos, identities, psychology, and uniqueness could awaken to this fine point – the world would immediately change.

May we sit this evening with this awareness. May we find any way that our Divine love may peek through into this world. May we see how it changes our immediate world.

Thank you for your loving work,

Richard

For Sunday May 21st, 2023

Hello everyone, we are told to watch our thoughts, for they tell us who we are, and are the builders of our lives. As our desires become thoughts, those thoughts lead us either into the karmic law of cause and effect or into grace, depending upon their qualities.

 
Because of free will, we get to choose.

May we sit Sunday evening for the awareness of what flows through our minds. May we choose what to focus upon wisely and lovingly. May we build more beautiful lives in doing so.

Thank you all,

Richard

For Sunday May 14th, 2023

Hello and a gracious Mother's Day greeting to you. We are told to have dominion over the Earth. Would this be a modern, psychological, masculine domination concept of dominion? Or, having been made in God's image, perhaps a more spiritual understanding is required?

Given that to heal is to attune to spiritual heritage, perhaps we should attune ourselves to loving the Earth and all which lives upon it.

May we sit this evening exploring the many aspects of love which would please our great mother, the Earth.

Blessings for you all,

Richard

For Sunday May 7th, 2023

Hello everyone, we are told to not despair over the condition of the world, for there is much to learn from what we commonly call 'failure'. From the loss of loved ones, to witnessing the worst of humanity, to hearing a baby's laughter, we are learning our way into a promised future by the touching of our hearts, if we but listen.
 
This is not the only moment we exist but rather – it is about how we exist.

We are learning to live our lives 'in tune' with the universe. Our ups and our downs give us guidance, perhaps slowly but definitely. May we each sing the songs of our lives in our turn.

Thank you all,

Richard

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For Sunday April 30th, 2023

Hello everyone, we are told that whether by drugs, surgery, or gentle care; all healing is the attunement of the living cellular body to its spiritual heritage. 

The fly in that ointment is that there can be spiritual requirements for facing some dis-ease. At that point discerning which treatments, and with what attitude, to face the dis-ease becomes essential.

May we sit Sunday evening for ourselves and others who may be facing such distress. May we find and share courage, strength, and faith. May we fully be where we find ourselves, and be of assistance to others.

Thank you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday April 23rd, 2023

Hello everyone, we are told that during our sojourn on this Earth we constantly meet ourselves. Everything we do is us doing. Everything we react to is us reacting. If we can stand aside and observe this process as we go through it, we can learn.

 
As we learn to see ourselves more clearly we see others more clearly also, and perhaps with a bit of compassion for what they're going through.

May we sit this evening for the quickening effect of seeing clearly. Honesty and courage will be our bywords in this. May love and understanding be our results.

Bless you all,

Richard 

For Sunday April 16th, 2023

Hello everyone, birds instinctively know dawn is coming. They begin singing long before the sky lightens. In a similar manner many people were born in this time period to assist and celebrate humanity's spiritual dawn.

 
One of the stumbles between where we are and where we want to be is forgiveness. It can be very difficult to forgive someone who has injured you in some way. And yet, knowing that we are all One, it must be done in order to move forward.

 
May we sit this evening for the fortitude it takes to look honestly and compassionately at those who may have caused us distress. Our holding of grievances is us holding our own selves back from where we were born to go.

 
Offered in reverence,

Richard

For Easter Sunday April, 9th, 2023

Hello beautiful people, as so many in this world celebrate the situation of the Resurrection may we celebrate the unimaginable love which prompted it.

 

The power and intensity of such love cannot be conveyed by mere words to mere minds. However, silent contemplation may bring us closer.

May we sit this evening while allowing expansion beyond our thoughts. May we be open to the loving guidance which can show us the way forward. May our efforts heal us, and thereby the world.

Offered in reverence,

Richard