For Sunday October 29th, 2023

Hello to one and all, Carl Jung tells us that where there is love, there is no need nor any will for power. And, where lust for power predominates, there love is lacking.

 
This can apply to individuals, countries, and even religions.

 
May we sit this evening for the love which is lacking in the world. May we find it in our hearts. May we spread it across Mother Earth.

 
Love and Light to all,

Richard

For Sunday October 22, 2023 - late again

Hello lately again, due to my foolish lifestyle I'm late once more. So may we please sit for those involved in the tragedy in the middle east.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday October 15th, 2023

Hello to all and sundry, though all of us are important. The tragedy in the middle east can be seen as the current failure of all major religions, the highest teachings of which are 'God is One'.

Minds of separation tend to rely upon external power to fulfill their desires in the world. As in, "My 'rules of life' are paramount. I am entitled to impose them upon you."

However, being separated and being individualized are not the same.

Tomorrow evening, as individualized creations of the One, may we remember our commonalities. We all love our friends, family, and children. We all strive for a contented, satisfying life. We all suffer heart-break.

May we sit for our heart-felt connections in this world.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday October 1st, 2023

Hello fellow seekers, J. Krishnamurti tells us the word 'seeking' implies that we have lost something and intend to find it. And that when we find it we'll be able to recognize it and, if we can recognize it that means – we've already known it.

So we're not so much seeking as recovering what has previously been known to us.

Can we sit so still as to look deeply, clearly into our spiritual beginnings? Can we uncover any degree of that which has been displaced? May we sit this Sunday evening toward that beautiful effort.

Blessings upon us all,

Richard

For Sunday September 24th, 2023

Hello to all, we're told that if we face the Light, the shadows of our burdens will fall behind us. However, constantly facing the Light can take some serious searching of our hearts, as we're all susceptible to human foibles.

Being human we are astonishingly good at justifying anything to ourselves, even in the face of 'love one another'. This is why scrupulous discernment is essential when spiritual progress is our goal.

May we sit Sunday evening in observance, and releasing of, our human foibles. And in remembrance of this – once we're in the Light, there are no shadows.

Blessings on us all,

Richard

For Sunday September 17th, 2023

Hello beautiful people, drawing on the work of Dr. Charles Whitfield in his book Healing the Child Within we learn that people from dysfunctional families are not broken but more accurately are wounded. Rather than needing to be 'fixed' they need to heal.

 
To be honest, we all have something we need to heal from. As we heal we become better healers ourselves, sometimes simply by our presence. And, we need not be fully healed to do this beautiful work. We can still be very helpful by coming from a 'place of healing' and letting spirit guide us when healing is needed for others.

 
May we sit this evening to find that 'place of healing' within us. By setting aside our personal foibles for just a bit, we may well be exactly what others need.

 
May all be well,

Richard

For Sunday September 10th, 2023

Hello to all, peace on the world stage is described as being the absence of conflict. Yet this peace is maintained by conflict, whether it's military might, financial requirements, or political influence. All of these are forms of conflict – peace enforced upon divided peoples from external sources.

 
In personal terms, to have peace one has to live peacefully. Personal peace comes from Oneness, of there being no divisions or competitions between people to begin with.

May we sit this evening for our own personal peace. May we see others as ourselves. May we create the peace which is ours to own.

 
Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday September 3, 2023

Hello everyone, as I'll be away at the IANDS conference this weekend I'm sending out Sunday's meditation early. I hope I'm not catching you unawares.

In the world of performance clowning failure is seen as funny, try to take the top off of a can of raisins and the bottom drops out, spilling raisins all over the floor. This leaves the clown in the unenvious, but hilarious, position of trying to gather up the raisins without stepping on them. The clown's problems and creative solutions are delightful, because we are observing them from a safe distance.

And, we can learn to see problems in our daily lives from a safe distance as well. That safe distance is knowing that we are eternal spiritual beings who are, at the moment, caught up in the 'raisin gathering' of material life. Not to say that everything we meet in life will be hilarious, but that we will come through it in some fashion.

 
May we sit this coming Sunday for the fortitude to face our lives knowing there are some very serious 'raisin spills' to be handled, and that there is always an end game.

 
Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday August 27th, 2023

Hello to one and all, who are One anyway. May we take some time to sit for those involved in the Maui wildfires this evening? As prayers are vibrations, which accumulate with each added person, and the intentions of consciousness bend emerging probabilities, may we ask that God's will be done.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday August 20th, 2023

Let us start by wishing a gracious good day to all.

 
And now, being human we have our material and psychological needs and desires. Some are essential for maintaining our existence on Earth, some are not. We have varying degrees of attachment to all of them. If we could drop them all, even for a minute, humanity would be transformed.

 
However, our attachments are extremely strong. To drop all of them, even for a moment, is to launch ourselves into a vast unknown. Therein lies the problem: strong attachments VS the vast unknown. We don't even know how to let them go.

May we sit Sunday evening and take a chance. Can we release everything and simply be? Whether we make it or not, it is always worth the effort as honest effort is always considered righteous. Let's give it a go.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday August 13th, 2023

Hello again beautiful people. Casting a glance at the difficulties in the world today leads to a general conclusion: there are those who are attached to their illusions of power, loving inwardly of their selfish desires; and there are those who love outwardly, caring for the conditions of others.

There are many manifestations of each form, individual to the person and the situation, but quiet observation brings it clear.

May we sit tomorrow evening in support of a loving vibration within the material plane. May those who love outwardly be energized. May those who love inwardly come to see themselves more clearly. May we once again apply ourselves toward "As Above, So Below."

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard

For Sunday August 6th, 2023

A gracious hello once more. Look at the phrase 'mind is the builder' which is colloquially restated as  'what you think about you bring about' and notice how powerful that is on a personal basis. It may not be the totality but it's an important facet of creating our own reality.

 
And, as long as we're creating our own reality, the turmoils of the world notwithstanding, let's choose a good one.

May we sit Sunday evening with the intention of facing whatever the world holds for us with strength, courage, and calmness. May we be the Light we wish to see. May we walk upon the Earth in such a way that Love shines through us.

Bless you all,

Richard

For Sunday July 30th, 2023

Hello to one and all. The Native American phrase 'walk in balance' refers to living your life in concert with spirituality. You must take care of your physical body and livelihood in order to be here – to do your spiritual job.

 
Perhaps this is what the Buddha meant by 'the middle way' of not fully rejecting the physical world nor of getting lost within it.

May we sit this evening to find our balance, our middle way, the singular path we make for ourselves in service to both the personal and the greater good.

Bless you all for all you do,

Richard