spirit speaking

Imagining

2009-04-06T09:52:00.000-07:00

What if God isn't a noun to be empowered and worshiped
but a verb of creation powered by love?

What if every single tree drawn in primary school is a sacred work of art worthy of joyful notice?

What if our lives are built on a web of kindness, a net, which holds everything living. What if the rocks are alive singing strength and courage; vibrating from our feet right up to our heart?

What if we loved ourselves as deeply as the mountain who, caressed by water, surrenders herself into sand?

What if our most loved, intra-national pastime was a game of entertainment where we all win?

What if no one aspired to be a millionaire and money no longer had power
but was simply a means of tenderness.

What if transforming our world by imagining it can actually make it happen?

- Deborah Rodney

2009-04-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

This week I focus on my thoughts and feelings about myself. When there is self-recrimination I pause ... and then I consciously practice self-love and unconditional friendliness toward myself and allow it to bring to light new ways that I can better appreciate who I am as a child of God. I am caring and kind to the most important person in my life . . . me! I love my gay, wonderful self so much.

a penny

2009-03-12T14:49:00.001-07:00

usually I don't write about my dreams here, but since it relates to my new class I thought I would.

I dreamed that I saw a penny on the ground, and I picked it up, this I normally don't do, but in my financial freedom class, we talk about that spirit gives us abundance in accordance to what we are willing to accept.

So I leaned over and picked up the penny, and then I saw another penny, and I picked up that one too. Pretty soon I was picking up plenty of pennies, and the pennies were getting larger and larger.

I looked over in the sand and I saw a glint of silver, I reached over and it was a crown.

I then found another crown, and each crown was getting bigger and more elaborate, then they starting become Golden Crowns, finally there was more than I could carry.

I saw some people and I said to them, "Come here, there are Gold crowns here, and I have more than can use.

Maybe the dream means nothing, maybe it means that if spirit gives you a little, you need to accept it , be grateful for it, and once you are, that opens yourself up for more and more, until you have more than you need.

New Class - New thoughts

2009-03-09T12:57:00.001-07:00

new thoughts - can we change the way we think about things, change our attitudes, make our own lives better?

in the class I'm taking, we were asked to think - to go back and look at our first money memory, and what we learned from it.

I thought and thought, and I flashed back on my mother (stepmom #2) and how it was her birthday - I had no money to buy her a gift (I was 9 or 10) and I was told to get out of the house and not to come back until we had a gift for her -

my sister and I scrounged up coke bottles and the like, until we had a couple of bucks, and then we went to the drugstore and bought some thing.

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What I learned from this; is that you are worthless unless you have money, unless you have a gift to bring, you are useless.

of course this doesn't make it true, it is just what I brought away from it.

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I confessed this at the class, and later I felt so incredibly free and lighter that I ever had before.

Happy Holy Days

2008-12-28T10:50:00.001-08:00

I believe in Christ, the man and the god, that dwells within in us all, but I don't believe in hate, though hate is easy to be found...

Sometimes it is harder to find the love, it takes a little bit more work to see the love that surrounds us, that love is really the only thing that makes life worth living.

Sometimes, if we are alone, it is easy to think that there is no love, but that is only a filter which one can, with practice, take off.

To experience love, we must first give love, for when you practice what you want, it will find its way to you.

So I wish for you, my readers and the others in my life, a life full of the practice of giving love, so that it may find you.

Chris Michaels

2008-10-19T09:37:00.000-07:00

When we cooperate with spiritual law and learn how to think, we automatically become powerful and prosperous.

What is Prayer?

2008-10-07T11:37:00.000-07:00

To Religious Scientists, Prayer or what we like to call Spiritual Mind Treatments, is the conscious alignment or affirmation of yourself with the Truth that is beyond this experience and is the truth about yourself in God's Mind.

We like to do this in five steps, the First we call Recognition; in this step we recognize the Attributes of God, the One Mind, the One Spirit that is in all things.

the second we call Unification, this is where we align ourselves with the One Presence.

The third step we call, Realization; this is where we restate our True thoughts about ourselves, in our experience we sometimes get focused on what seems to be true about us, i.e. not enough money, in the step realization, we focus on what is the truth, that we already have all these things, that they already are ours

the fourth Step we call Thanksgiving or Celebration, this is where we express our thanks for this desire, being already present in our lives

And the Fifth Step is called Release this is where we release our word into the perfect Action of Law (not God's love or the universe)

begin Wk 10

2008-03-06T10:03:00.000-08:00

1, Your Personal Declaration of Spiritual Reality in a printed form suitable for
reading aloud. (You may choose, also, to give copies of your Declaration to
your teacher and to all the class (or Small Group) members.

2. An object from your home or office or anywhere which seems to you to
symbolize your Declaration, or the growth process through which it was
created.

homework

2008-03-05T20:51:00.000-08:00

THE STAGES OF TREATMENT

What are the Five Stages of Treatment?
Recognition
Unification
Realization
Thanksgiving
Release

What is the reason for the order in which the stages proceed?
- First two steps are to open ourselves to our clearest awareness of spirit's presence within and around us. the 3rd step we are directing out thoughts into the realization of our specified desired good now we can realize, claim and accept the good we have placed into the law, the fourth step is thanksgiving, not thanking God (for that would imply a separateness), but thanking for the gift already given - the fifth step is release - which we do with heartfelt emotions that Law can do its proper work without our interference.

What is the Content and the purpose of each stage?
- 1 Recognition - we state or recognize - acknowledge the truth of what god is and that god is all there is.
- 2 Unification - we unify ourselves with this God force - that I am one with this Source, that God is me , expressing as me.
- 3 Realization - we state the truth about ourselves - that I clearly see the good that I desire as already mine, tha I am open and ready to receive the good that I desire
- 4 Thanksgiving - we state our thanks for this being the truth about ourselves and for the fact that the gift is already given
- 5 Release - we release or let go - believing and accepting that my good is now coming into mansifitation

THE PURPOSE OF TREATMENT
How do you arrive at a statement of purpose for a treatment for yourself? for another?
first state the purpose (the desire or problem) then state the the changed condition

How do you change the problem into a spiritual truth for the statement of purpose?
State the problem or condition then state the different experience that they wish to manifest.

Why do we write a statement of purpose before entering into treatment?
to place into law a mold or mental picture of the specific good that I desire, this allows me to be free for full realization of the Truth of my (or others) being and affairs

DIFFERENCES IN WORDS USED IN TREATING FOR SELF AND OTHERS
In what stage do we begin to talk about the person who has asked for treatment and why at that point?
IN the unification step - because my purpose is to see the truth about the person I am treating for.

How do we refer to the one for whom you are treating during your treatment work?
By their name

Why do we NEVER use the word "you" during a treatment?
Because I am treating myself, for me to see the truth about someone. we are not talking to them, even if they are in the room to experience your words.

THE APPLICATION AND PROCESS OF TREATMENT

Why do we refer to treatment as the "directive" mode of spiritual practice?
because we are consciously "DIRECTING" our thoughts to the realization of a specific good

What are we trying to change when we are treating for another person?
We are treating ourselves realizing the truth about someone, so Id say we are changing our perceptions

Exactly what is being done for the person for whom we are treating?
we are acknowledging to ourselves the truth about someone

begin Wk 9

2008-02-28T10:04:00.000-08:00

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: GENERAL
a. In your Student Workbook, read: 'Spiritual Disciplines,' p 9-2. 'Spiritual Growth Assessment,' p" 9-4.

b. Write your perceptions of your original position and present status on the Assessment Form for 'Marking My Progress,' p. 9-5,

TREATMENT PRACTICE

a. In your Student Workbook, follow the instructions for completing the exercise titled 'A Fishbowl of Questions on Treatment,' p. 9-7. Write your answers as directed and bring them to class for the exercise.

MEDITATION PRACTICE

a. ln Journey of Awakening, read: Chapter Vlll, 'The Journey of Consciousness,' pp. 208-218, Choose a passage that especially
speaks to you to share with your classmates. 8-13

One Love

2008-02-27T10:00:00.000-08:00

One Life, One Presence that is and expresses through all things. One Love that knows only love, expresses only Love

I am one with this Perfect Love, this Perfect Universe. I am one with this Spirit that never blames, that only loves and gives. I am one with this Spirit that only loves, and that sees the Truth and Perfection of Who and What we are. And so this too, is the truth about Sue, That she is unique expression of the One Spirit, that she is the delight of God.

Knowing the truth about Sue, that she is surrounded, and enveloped in the God Essence that expresses as Love, is Love, and knows only Love. I now speak this word about Sue she experiences and expresses her true nature, which is Perfect Love. That She now remembers and embraces who she is, and is able to open her heart and experience this love and that I know that as we give, we so receive. I know that Sue allows herself to express this love and so is ready to receive this Love that already surrounds her. That she already allowing more love, the perfect expression of this love, more of that which her own heart embraces, desires and delights in.

And I am grateful that I know that this is the truth about Sue I give thanks for this word which is now unfolding into realization, and I celebrate the Perfect Love of God that is even now waiting for Sue to accept and allow for the realization of this love which is already present in the heart of God.

And now I release my word into the Law, into the infinite creative activity of the law, knowing that I as know the truth and feel, it is now done. And so it is.

begin Wk 8

2008-02-22T10:08:00.000-08:00

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: GENERAL

a. ln Can We Talk to God?, read: Ch. 8, 'On Becoming Receptive to the Divine,' pp, 49-53; and Ch. 12, 'What I Believe,'pp, 75-79.

b. In your Student Workbook for Week 8, read 'The lmportant and the Unimportant', p.8-2 'This Week, ' p. 8-3. 'When Meditation and Treatment 'Don't Work.'' p, 8-5. 'Getting Free,' p. 8-11

TREATMENT PRACTICE
a. In your Student Workbook for Week g, read: 'Thinking Habits That Get Us Stuck;..and Unstuck...in Treatment,' p. 8-9,

HAND IN

b. Write the indicated treatment for the prayer-partner selected in your Focus Group, and use it in your
personal treatment work during the week.

c. Write in your Treatment Journal,

MEDITATION PRACTICE
a, In Journey of Awakening, read: Chapter Vl, 'Getting Stuck,' pp, 166- 1gT, Chapter Vll, 'Getting Free,' pp. 1gg-ZOT,

b. In your Student Workbook, read: 'Meditation Notes,' p. 8-12, and ponder the questions
noted.

c. In your daily personal Meditation Practice, use any or all of Ram Dass's suggestions for 'getting free'
of any snags that seem to be showing up,

d. Write in your Meditation Journal,

One loving presence

2008-02-21T10:02:00.000-08:00

One Mind, One Spirit, One God. All there is, is God. The substance of the stars and planets, Creator of all, Source of All, that delights in giving, for God is only love. A Presence that knows only love, never blames, All loving and accepting.

I am one with this Perfect Love, this Perfect Universe. I am one with this Spirit that never blames, that only loves and gives. I am one with this Spirit that only loves, and that sees the Truth and Perfection of Who and What we are. And so this too, is the truth about Linda, That she is unique expression of the One Spirit, that she is perfect and blameless in the eye of God.

Knowing the truth about Linda, that she is surrounded, and enveloped in the God essence that expresses as love that is the One Mind, I now speak this word about Linda, she experiences delights and remembers her true nature, which is God. That She now remembers and embraces who she is and dances and delights in these truths, and that I know that as we give, we so receive. I know that Linda is able to give of her heart and soul to all around her, and in doing so, she opens herself up to the abundance that is God, allowing more good, more abundance, more of that which her own heart embraces and delights in.

And I am grateful that I know that this is the truth about Linda, I give thanks for this word which is now unfolding into realization, and I celebrate the Abundance of God that is even now waiting for Linda to accept.

And now I release my word into the Law, into the infinite creative activity of the law, knowing that I as know the truth and feel, it is now done. And so it is.

Uni-Verse

2008-02-20T10:06:00.000-08:00

One Song - One living thing
Albert Einstein asks " Is the universe Friendly?"

Wk 6

2008-02-19T10:12:00.000-08:00

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: GENERAL
a. In Can We Talk to God?, read: Ch. 7, 'The Secret of Spiritual Power,' pp. 41-47

b. In your Student Workbook for Week 6, read 'Taught of God,' p. 7-2 'This Week ' p 7-3
'Mystics and Psychics,'p 7-5. 'Total Trust in Life's Process,"p.7-6 'The Unity of All Life,'pp. 7-9.2.

TREATMENT PRACTICE

a. In your Student Workbook for Week 7 read: 'Release: Willingness to Let Go and Let God,'
pp. 7 -7 , and 'One Challenge, Two Treatments ' p 7-8

HAND IN
b. Write the prescribed treatment for the prayer partner selected tn your Focus Group.

c. Write in your Treatment Journal

MEDITATION PRACTICE

a In Journey of Awakening, read: Chapter V, 'Losing Your Way,' pp 143-165

Also, the material on Mindfulness, pp. 87-91.

b. In your Student Workbook, read: 'Meditation Notes,' p 7-l2. Write down a list of common meditation 'traps.' You may share your list in class.

c. In your daily Meditation Practice, follow the instructions in JAA, pp. 87-91 , with special attention to Joseph
Goldstein's meditation's on the Mind's p 88. Choose one of the suggested processes or make up one for yourself .

d. Write in your Meditation Journal.

Francisco Goya

2008-02-18T10:09:00.000-08:00

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels

ONE

2008-02-13T20:49:00.000-08:00

One Mind, One Spirit, One God. All there is, is God. The substance of the stars and planets, honeysuckle, coffee, whales and turtles, and all the creations of this Universe, great and small.

I am one with this Perfect Love, this Perfect Universe. I am one with the Planets and the stars, one with the essence that expresses as honeysuckle and coffee, one with the whales and turtles, and the fishes of the sea, birds of the air. And so is my sister Linda, made of the same god substance of the planets and the stars, and all the creatures of God great and small.

Knowing the truth about Linda, that she is surrounded, and enveloped in the God essence that expresses as Nature that is the One Mind, I now speak this word about Linda, she experiences delights and remembers her true nature, which is God. That She now remembers and embraces who she is and dances and delights in these truths

And I am grateful that I know that this is the truth about Linda, I give thanks for this word which is now unfolding into realization, and I celebrate the Divine Beauty of God that is now unfolding in Linda's dreams and every waking moment.

And now I release my word into the Law, into the infinite creative activity of the law, knowing that I as know the truth and feel, it is now done. And so it is.

Kahlil Gibran

2008-02-08T10:14:00.000-08:00

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from the same cup. Give one another your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

2008-02-07T11:53:00.000-08:00

My friends have come to me unsought. The great God gave them to me.

Week 5 - Reading

2008-02-07T10:48:00.000-08:00

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: GENERAL

Read: Can We Talk to God
Ch 6 - Spiritual Evolution pp 35-39

Read: Student Workbook
All is Love Yet all is Law pg 6-2
This Week pg 6-3
Behind all that is Visible Lies the Invisible Pg 6-5
Personal Project update pg 6-10

TREATMENT PRACTICE
Work Book - Read: More About realization pg 6-6
Thanksgiving: An Amplified Sense of gratitude pp 6-7
Same Challenge: Two Treatments p 6-8

Write the self-understanding exercise
An Attitude of Gratitude p 6-9 - retain in workbook

Write Treatment for Prayer Partner - HAND IN

Write in Spiritual Journal

MEDITATION PRACTICE
READ: JOA Chapter IV pgs 104-142 - also material on Movement pp 78-86

In workbook
READ: Meditation Notes pg 6-11 - as you read write five question you would like to put to Ram Dass in personal interview

READ:
Journey of Awakening pg 78-86 Choose one of the visualizations offered or find your own decide and follow for 1 week

Write in your Meditation Journal

One

2008-02-06T10:35:00.000-08:00

One Mind, One Spirit, One God. All there is, is God. Perfect Love, Perfect Peace, Perfect Divine Order.

I am one with this Perfect Love, Perfect Peace and Perfect Divine Order. I rest in the Strength of God within me. Everything unfolds and reveals itself in perfect divine order. As this is the truth about me, so is this the truth about Allan. At this moment and always this is who Allan is, a divine perfect expression of the One Spirit. Perfect Love and Perfect Divine Order is what John is expressing and flows through him, expressing as him.

Knowing the truth about Allan, that he is surrounded by Perfect Divine Love, Harmony and Peace that is the One Mind, I now speak this word about Allan, The Creative Expression of Spirit expresses though him now and always, allowing the strength within him to place each thing in its divine Order. Perfect Divine Peace is his as he embraces and celebrates this order.

And I am grateful that I know that this is the truth about Allan, I give thanks for this word which is now unfolding into realization, and I celebrate the divine order that is now unfolding in Allan’s home.

And now I release my word into the Law, into the infinite activity of the law, knowing that I as know the truth and feel, it is now done. And so it is.

Reading - Wk 4

2008-01-31T11:23:00.000-08:00

Read: Can We Talk to God
Ch 4 - Law & the Servant of the Word - pg 25-28
Ch 5 - The Energy Back of Thought - pg 29-34

Read: Student Workbook
The Great and Infinite Reservoir pg 5-2
This Week pg 5-3
The Answers are Within Pg 5-9

Treatment Practice
Read : Realization: the Directive Mode of Treatment pg 5-7
Treatment Tips from Emmet Fox pg 5-10

Write Treatment for Prayer Partner - HAND IN
Write in Spiritual Journal

MEDITATION PRACTICE
READ: JOA Chapter III pgs 74-103 with special attention to the materials on visualization, pp 74-78

READ: Meditation Notes pg 5-12

Journey of Awakening pg 75-78 Choose one of the visualizations offered or find your own decide and follow for 1 week

There is

2008-01-31T11:18:00.000-08:00

Only one life, One Spirit, One Divine Order, which is Complete & Whole.

I am one with that Divine Order, One with that Divine Completeness, and I am whole.

I accept and allow that wholeness to be my realization of who I am, that this wholeness, completeness and acceptance is my life now, That this completeness is the truth of my being. I accept that what is done in the past does not define who we are for all time, that the truth of our being is always true.

I am grateful and full of thanks that this is so, I am grateful for the love of these others in my class who are also speaking the truth of my being.

I now release my word into the law of action and so it is.

Thursday Evening - Wk 1

2008-01-28T11:27:00.000-08:00

Class begins, it is a small class

First question is what is a Spiritual Mind Treatment?

Acknowledgment of who we are and what we are desiring in our life, thankfulness of where we are are releasing it into the hands of our greater good.

- (added thoughts by others) Lifts us in connection with the divine spirit - Allowance - alignement - rekindling - remembrance -

Second question what is meditation

Being present in the still presence of our own inner spirit which is god adn listening to the voice which knows the truth of our being

Thursday Evening - Wk 3

2008-01-24T11:34:00.000-08:00

Meditation - Chanting

This week we chanted something in a different language - what follows are my thoughts

When I know the words, I can really get into the emotions of what I am chanting about - When I know the words yet don't know the meaning (foreign languages) Then I am able to get into a rhythm which I call the heartbeat of the universe or God. When I find difficulty with the words, I find myself concentrating on trying to say the words (and I get frustrated). I usually enjoy chanting - this one I found difficult, but I could find comfort in this one given time.

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Word Association - Attributes of God

? Joy, Love, Acceptance, Compassion

Finances -Patience, strength, abundance, truth, power, freedom, source, substance, Supply, energy, limitless

Health - Radiance, wholeness, beauty, divine vitality, serenity, harmonious , perfection, pure substance of spirit flowing through our bodies, balance , peace, abundance, brilliance, stillness, guidance, wisdom.

Relationships Love, passion, intelligence , compassion, delight, humor, kindness, acceptance, presence, oneness, unity, harmony

Career & Self Expression creative, beauty, truth , vision, openness, support, abundance, possiblity, divine potential, bliss, joy , infinite, harmony, acceptance

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learn to listen

One Mind

2008-01-24T11:20:00.000-08:00

God is all there is, there is no situation where God is not, for God is all there is. God is the infinite love that is never judging and all accepting.

I am one with this infinite love that God is, I am one with the complete love, understanding and acceptance that is the mind of God, and I dwell in this Presence, always and forever, and this is also true of Allan. Allan is one with the infinite love of God and loves and accepts all things as expressions of God.

I speak my word for the truth of Allan’s being, that he is one with the all loving Mind and Spirit that is God. That he is dwells in the essence of this love and looks at all expressions of God Recognizing them as God, and so embraces the god within them.

I give thanks for this awareness of the truth of Allan’s being, his understanding, unending love and acceptance of all of Gods expressions.

I now release this word into the perfect action of the law, knowing that as it is spoken, so it is.

Weekly Journal - Wk 2

2008-01-23T11:36:00.000-08:00

MEDITATION PRACTICE
1. Type of Meditation Practiced. - Mantra & the Buddha Within

2. My Response to this type of Practice.
Fri- I practiced this today, but it was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Sat- I practiced this today, but it was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Sun- I practiced this today, but it still was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Mon - I practiced this everyday, but it was easier to fall asleep and to find my mind wandering

Tues I read today instead, and I came across something called the Buddha within ((Journey of Awakening Page 75)), I also Chanted on the way to work while driving, I then took a breath in and out before I answered the phone, bring forward in my though the Buddha within.

Wed I practiced the Buddha within again

Thur I read and then I practiced a mantra that was about Gratefulness - I am so Grateful for all that I have - my home my teachers my growing spiritual practice

3. How my Response reflects in my Daily Affairs Starting Tuesday after I started practicing the Buddha within I had a much calmer day at work and I wasn't as short tempered

TREATMENT PRACTICE FOR MYSELF

1. Purpose of Treatment

2. Treatment Formulated (day)

3. Treatment repeated: (days)

4. Demonstration Experienced: Day & Event

5. How Demonstration Reflects in My Daily Affairs

TREATMENT PRACTICE FOR MY FOCUS GROUP PARTNERS

1. Partner Allan

2. Purpose of Treatment to be nonjudging, and more accepting

3. Treatment Formulated (day) staring on the theory that god judges on intention and not perfect word I though there was no reason to not start right away, so I started Thursday night, I started with God is all there is and that God was loving and understanding and accepting of all people, that God did not judge, I then aligned myself with that and then started that Allan was one with that as well, I then spoke my word about the truth about Allan, and then gave thanks and then released it into the law of God.

4. Treatment repeated: (days) I started Thursday night and I repeated this each day at night and in the morning

5. Demonstration Reported: (Day/s)

Home Study for Week 3

2008-01-20T11:23:00.000-08:00

Read: Can We Talk to God
Ch 3 - The Unity of God and The Individual - pp 19-23
Ch 9 - Principal and Practice - pp 55-60

Study questions - week 2

2008-01-19T11:25:00.000-08:00

READ : JOURNEY OF AWAKENING - PP 26-41 & PP 51-57

What is the "best" kind of experience in meditation?

How long should a beginners' meditation last? Does a regular time and place matter?

What is Satsang?

What kind of things can we use as mantras?

Is the use of a mantra a form of concentration meditation?

- Spiritual Practice Journal Questions

How do I know when I have been really listened to by another person?

What happens within me when I am really listening to another?

Meditation - Week 2

2008-01-18T11:52:00.000-08:00

Last night we learned a new kind of meditation - what is called a mantra - A Mantra is words repeated over and over again, in your mind, - I tried it this morning, and I it was different and I wanders off for a bit, but then, I noticed that and was able to bring my self back to the meditation

Homework - Week 2

2008-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

for home work we are to do a spiritual mind treatment for our prayer partner.

Going by the thought that God works through our intentions , and not a "perfectly" formulated prayer, last night as I lay my head down to sleep I thought, why not start right now, So last night I started a Spiritual Mind Treatment for my partner.

When I woke up I thought of him again and started another one.

Interesting side note, as I thought of him I thought of others, who are in need of prayer.

Foundations Class

2008-01-18T10:06:00.000-08:00

I'm looking for my notes

Thursday Evening - Wk 2

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ACTION ITEMS:
Week 4 Altar & Snacks
Week 5 - Opening / Invocation
Week 7 Benediction

Mantra - A word - a name of God - A quality of God or spiritual phrase that connects us the the sacred, and is repeated over and over again.

Examples:
There is only one life, that life is God's life, that life is perfect, that life is my life now.
God is the peace taht I am.
God is the ocean, I am the wave, I live in the sea of spirit.

Other thoughts - Take what is on your plate and transform it until it feeds you.

Meditation - Mantra -
There is only one life, that life is God's life, that life is perfect, that life is my life now.
Over and over, breathing, in and out , realization, acknowledgment, that there is only one life, that we are all connected, all part of the same life, the same god force, not separated from each other, parts of the same whole. There is only one life, and I am part of it, and that life is perfect.

Core Concept Exercise - Prayer Partner - Allan
Purpose - To release the tendency to judge myself and others, to see god in every one he encounters - Self critical - not getting praise - observes insignificant things - opens up and be the perfection of God - Practice smiling - the joy of God - Knowing more in his life - Let go of the tendency to be judgmental

In - Out

2008-01-16T11:51:00.000-08:00

my meditations , I am using the an " In-Out " breath through the nose mediation.

Sometimes I fall asleep, sometimes I get lost in thought. in my experience (from the different times I have tried meditations, this seems to work the best for me).

I have noticed that when I first sit down to meditate, I'm kind of anxious, I noticed this because after I start, I find myself relaxing. I am able to keep my focus on, well, I don't find myself wandering into work thoughts as much or other issues that have been bothering me.

There is only One Life

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That life is God's life... God is perfect patience and understanding, God is Joyful and delights in the seeming chaos that is life expressing itself daily.

I am one with that life, I am one with that patience and Understanding, I am joyful and delights in the various expressions that is God expressing.

I align myself with that patience and understanding, I accept that I am joyful and am able to delights in all the expressions of God that grace my days.

I am thankful that the delight and joy of God's creation expresses in my daily work. blessing me with the ever changing kaleidescope of creation itself.

I release my word into the law of God, know that as I speak it is already so.

Study questions - week 1

2008-01-12T11:26:00.000-08:00

How does Ram Dass define a liberated being?

How can my ego both imprison and free me? Is there some way I can make my ego my servant?

Are my own personal motivations for meditating mentioned in the list given?

Is any idea expressed by the writer at variance with my own convictions?

What is meant by the one-pointedness of mind?

Sunday - the last formal class

2007-11-18T11:31:00.000-08:00

I see in you the face of god, the wisdom, the joy. Delighting in the form & function. Dancing in the rain and the wind. Touching and warming every life.

Come, join me in expressing the god within you delighting in the challenges and the steps we must take to discard that which is not us. Namaste

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What I received was more than I expected to see and feel the acceptance and unconditional love from these people that both don't know me and and see my secret heart and strengths.

They give me courage to take the next step placing one foot in front of the other. NO longer looking at the ground fearing to place my feet in the wrong place. Rather now I can hold mt head up looking at the goal that is where I am already.

Now I am free to put down my old doubts and beliefs that were wearing me down.

Now I am free to be me.

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I accept that I am strong and courageous in expressing the truth of who I am.

Saturday - Class Continues

2007-11-17T11:29:00.000-08:00

My block is fear, fear of success fear of love and all that means. Fear of revealing myself, fear of being called to be called to a higher purpose.

I fear talking to those I don't know, afraid that they won't like me, afraid that they will walk away. I hold this fear close to me a constant companion. I use this fear to push people away not violently, put as a silence, a wall to prevent them from sharing with me. a wall to keep me from caring about them.

I don't let fear go, because then I would be alone How then do I use fear to strengthen me to help me, to let it become my ally.

Why am I afraid to Dance? Why am I afraid to cry, to laugh, to sing? Can I learn to sing & to dance. and if I can then when?

Friday - Class begins

2007-11-16T10:15:00.000-08:00

Parts of me that used to be shut down are now accepted and cherished parts of me.

action item - BRING ALTAR ITEM

My intention, I want to feel free from worry about finances and health, free from my own self doubts, free to try new things and free to express myself in new and frightening ways. Free to let go of my old fears and self doubts, free of my own self imposed shackles of what people might think.

Free of the worries that they might not like me. Free from the fear of success