“64 Days of Peace” January 31, 2010

Today, as we embark on the 64 days of peace, let us look back to some of the outstanding leaders of the past. Immediately, we remember Mahatma Gandhi who, through passive resistance, changed the course of history by freeing India from British tyranny. Following Gandhi’s legacy of non-violent action to eliminate social injustice, Henry David Thoreau, the American philosopher, stated that he was morally justified to peacefully resist unjust laws. Then, Martin Luther King Jr. rose to prominence as the great civil rights leader who, with quiet determination, stayed committed to his great dream of social and political equality among all races and creeds.

 

As we celebrate these leaders, let us make the commitment to individually and collectively continue in this great endeavor to bring peace and justice throughout the world. Peace truly does begin within each of us, and together we can bring to manifestation the Divine Plan of a planet free from war, a planet where all people live in peace and harmony. As we walk this path in unity of purpose, we create a world that truly does work for everyone, a world in which every individual dwells in the light of Divine peace, love and abundance.

 

By Catherine Carriere, RScP Emeritus

“Cultivating the Observer Consciousness” January 24, 2010

Every thought has its consequence, and every experience has a causative thought behind it. All things in one’s life have a thought that precedes them; therefore we need to learn to monitor our thoughts in order to create the kind of experience we want to have. So often the thoughts that are running through our mind are beneath the radar of our conscious mind. Then we wonder why our life seems to be so full of problems no matter how regularly we repeat affirmations of good. When we cultivate the observer consciousness, we train ourselves to be instantly aware of any negative thoughts as soon as they arise, replacing them with thoughts of a positive nature.  Thoughts are things, and do manifest according to their nature.  Our lives reflect back to us that which we are thinking.  The Law works mechanically according to what is fed into it.  Our minds can be trained to only project the images that we want to be reflected back to us.  When we understand this simple fact, the road truly is made smooth and the crooked way straight, and the way we experience life is transformed.

 

By Catherine Carriere, RScP Emeritus

A Reading by Rev. Sandy Moore, Sunday, January 10, 2010

This is my blessing for you:

 

I have faith in you, because I have faith in God in you.

I do not pray for you to be better than you are;

            I pray for you to be as good as you are.

I pray for you to express your true essence, your Christ self.

I do not pray for you to be happy in the way I think your happiness lies.

I pray for you to follow your indwelling light,

which always leads to fulfillment and happiness.

I do not pray for you to be free from responsibilities.

I pray for you to be free from worry and anxiety,

to be the fearless, wise, confident, capable being that you are in Spirit.

I do not pray for you to conform to my idea of success and achievement.

I pray for you to express and expand your God-given abilities and talents

in your own unique and wonderful way.

I pray for you, knowing that you are God’s Beloved.

I bless you without reservation.

I love you as God loves you.

 

Let this be your blessing for others as well.

 

 

 

“With God All Things Truly Are Possible!” January 17, 2010

Ernest Holmes often stated the basic tenet of the Science of Mind in one sentence: “There is One Life, that Life is God, that Life is perfect, that Life is our life now!” We know that that Life is one of unlimited potential, so as it is our life, there is no limit to what we can do when we allow that Life to fully express in, through and as us. However, our mind must conceive what it is that we want before the Creative Energy which is the Law can produce the desired results. We must supply the avenue through which It can work. It is only when we consciously use the power of our word that we are able to bring that which we desire into manifestation. Often we do not experience the full expression of life because we do not truly believe that all the good that God is is available to us right here and now. We may judge ourselves as unworthy, undeserving of all that good. However, it is only our limited ideas that put limitations on us. All seeming limitations are self-imposed. As we become fully conscious that we are unique, individualized expressions of the One Life, we are free to experience the life that we were created to live. With God all things truly are possible! Let us resolve to let God be God in us and watch our life unfold in wonderful ways in the coming year.

 

By Catherine Carriere, RScP Emeritus

“How Receptive Are You to Spirit?” January 10, 2010

 By Catherine Carriere, RScP Emeritus

Spirit works for us by working through us.

 

The Thing, then, works for us by working through us and is us, always.  It cannot work for us in any other way.  It spreads Itself over the whole universe and shouts at us from every angle, but It can become power to us ONLY WHEN WE RECOGNIZE IT AS POWER.

 

We cannot recognize that It is, while we are believing that It is not.  Hence, it is written: “they…entered not in because of unbelief.”  (Heb.4:6)  We may enter in because of our belief, but we cannot enter while there is unbelief.  Here we come to a house divided against itself.  If we say we can only experience a little good, then we shall experience but a little good.  But, if we say, with Emerson, “…there is no great and no small to the soul that maketh all,” then we may experience a greater good because we have conceived it.

 

Therefore, our belief sets the limit to our demonstration of a Principle which, of Itself, is without limit.  It is ready to fill everything, because It is Infinite.  So it is not a question of Its willingness, nor of Its ability.  It is entirely a question of our own receptivity.