December 25, 2024 – WE ARE REBORN!
“This above all; to your own self be true.” — William Shakespeare.
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” 1 Corinthians 12: 4-7.
“We die daily and are reborn by the process of eliminating the thought that we are material and replacing it with the truth that we are spiritual.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 179.
“The same wind that uproots trees makes the grasses shine. The lordly wind loves the weakness and the lowness of grasses. Never brag of being strong.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 43.
“The Light of God revealed to us (the thought came to me first) that life is of God, and we are inseparably one with the Source; that we inherit from the divine and perfect Father. What that revelation did to me was not at first apparent to the senses. But it held my mind up above negation, and I began to claim my birthright and to act as though I believed myself the child of God, filled with His life. I gained in health and understanding.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 199.
“God embraces both rich and poor, and He wants them to understand each other, to share with each other their suffering and their happiness, and to work together for peace and social justice.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 80.
“When my mind is imbued with spiritual truth, it is a law of elimination to all discords, all inharmonies, all injustices, all sins, all diseases, all false appetites.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 96.
“The power of God presses at every point of being, waiting to be drawn forth. How do you draw it forth? Is not the best way to let it draw you forth? For you can use the power of God to the extent of your capacity, but God uses you to the extent of His capacity.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 97.
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force – that thoughts rule the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.” Psalm 51:10-12.
December 18, 2024 – SUPERMIND ACTIVITIES!
“The superconscious mind within each man is the realm of perfect ideas.” — Florence Scovel Shinn.
“Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2.
“Whatever you affirm or deny in your conscious mind determines the character of the supermind activities. All power is given unto you both in heaven and in earth through your thought.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 177.
“Give up wanting what other people have. That way you’re safe. ‘Where, where can I be safe?’ you ask. This is not a day for asking questions, not a day on any calendar. This day is conscious of itself. This day is a lover, bread, and gentleness, more manifest than saying can say.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 41.
“Now, that which you receive from the Mind of God is always good, always helpful, health-inspiring and peace-inspiring. That which you receive from the reports of your senses, or the minds of others, may be true and helpful or it may be false and harmful.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 50.
“In Buddhism, practicing the teaching of the Buddha is the highest form of prayer… To a Buddhist, praying without practicing is not real prayer.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 79.
“I keep my mind stayed on God from rising in the morning until sleeping at night. Always there is some spiritual truth active in my consciousness, some scriptural passage kept alive within me.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 96.
“Night and day, the power of God is at work, whether you turn it on or not. Whether you are awake to it or not, whether you know it or not, whether you invite it or not, the power is at work. And it is at work in you.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 97.
“There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit.” — VERNON HOWARD.
“An intelligent mind acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.” Proverbs 18:15.
December 11, 2024 – INFINITE WISDOM!
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” — Socrates.
“Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer; for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.” Luke 21:14-15.
“There is an infinite, omnipresent wisdom within us that will deal with these thoughts and guide us in making the discrimination between the right and the wrong when we trust ourselves fully to its intelligence. We can establish a connection between the conscious mind and the superconscious mind within us by meditation by silence and by speaking the word.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 174.
“Start walking toward Shams (his mentor.) Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you’ve grown, lifting.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 41.
“Thoughts are formative; they are like seeds that produce after their kind… Every day during your periods of communion with the Father in the silence, pray for wisdom and guidance. Make yourself open and receptive to the leading of the Spirit. It will be revealed to you just what steps to take in doing your part to establish divine order.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 74.
“When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for him is there.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 78-79.
“Divine consciousness, which is your consciousness and mine, enfolds all those who attend the meeting. Embraced in this consciousness of truth, God’s grace permeates the being and touches the mind, soul, and body of each one.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 95.
“Then I saw that if the power of God should be turned off even for a moment, the universe would crash to an end and crumble into nothingness. The power of God is at work in every atom. The power of God is at work in every mind. The power of God is at work in you.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 97.
“The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions.” — Thomas Huxley.
“The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.” Psalm 37:30-31.
December 4, 2024 – DIVINE LAW!
“In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.” — Swami Vivekananda.
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.” Psalm 1:1-3.
“The mind of man is like the net (Mt 13:47) catching every kind of idea, and it is man’s privilege and duty under the divine law to separate those that are good from those which are not good.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 173.
“But don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth, without complicated explanation, so everyone will understand the passage, We have opened you.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 41.
“As we become aware of the truth that we are God’s children and that God is the very intelligence within us, we discover that health also is our inheritance from the Father. We learn, too, that there is divine law in life, with established rules that make for health, happiness, and prosperity if we live by them.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 6.
“Many people pray to God because they want God to fulfill some of their needs. If they want to have a picnic, they ask God for a clear, sunny day. At the same time, farmers might pray for rain. If the weather is clear, the picnickers will say, ‘God is on our side; he answered our prayers.’ But if it rains the farmers will say that God heard their prayers.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 79.
“You must realize that those who enter the place where the meeting is held are not being attracted by a room, regardless of how beautiful it may be. They are being attracted by the consciousness of truth.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 95.
“I said to the Master, ‘How do I turn on the power of God’ The Master said, ‘How did you turn it off?’” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 97.
“Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.” — Blaise Pascal.
“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.” Matthew 5:17.
THE OPEN DOOR IN ‘24
Our theme for 2024 is: “The Open Door.” It is time to focus on what is true, what is helpful, intuitive, necessary and kind (think). “After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door!” (Revelation 4:1)
It is often said that, “When one door closes another door opens.” There is always an open door, yet we tend to focus on the closed door. Banging our head against it, weeping about it, complaining to our friends and those who will listen, will not open the closed door. And, when we raise our vision in a heaven state of consciousness and see the door that is open to us; we see beyond the appearances of lack and limitation to know the truth of the abundant universe that provides for our every needed good.
Our weekly Prayer Circle letters this year will follow the book ‘Prosperity’ by Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore. “Realize first of all that prosperity is not wholly a matter of capital or environment but a condition brought about by certain ideas that have been allowed to rule in the consciousness. When these ideas are changed the conditions are changed in spite of environment and all appearances, which must also change to conform to the new ideas.”(pg. 80.) Prosperity is not about stuff and things, material objects or bank accounts. It is the consciousness that draws to us all that we need and desire. Its realization requires first a change of mind about our relationship with the universe and its creator (to repent is to ‘think again’) and then to act in accord with this new understanding.
For December we are sharing from Lesson Twelve: Overcoming the Thought of Lack.
Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of self-realization and discovery of our Divine potential!
Please affirm with us: “GOD IS MY INFINITE, ABUNDANT, RESOURCE; ALL THINGS ARE PROVIDED FOR MY EVERY NEEDED GOOD!”
Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God!
For so it is and so it shall be, Amen!
November 27, 2024 – TRUE RICHES!
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” — Plato.
“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold.” Proverbs 3:12-14.
“True riches and real prosperity are in the understanding that there is an omnipresent substance from which all things come and that by the action of our mind we can unify ourselves with that substance so that the manifestations that come from it will be in line with our desires and needs.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 167.
“I feel like the ground, astonished at what the atmosphere has brought to it. What I know is growing inside me. Rain makes every molecule pregnant with a mystery.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 39.
“Clothe your mind with the garments of Truth, and let your thoughts yield to you their wealth of spiritual power. Think from the Truth standpoint when you think about the outer, material world. It is by your spiritual thinking that you build up your spiritual consciousness.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 120.
“We have to find ways to help people get out of difficult situations, situations of conflict, without having to kill. Our collective wisdom and experience can be the torch lighting our path.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 77.
“In undertaking spiritual work, you never follow a formula, nor use any set prayer or meditation. It must be inspirational, but it must cover and embrace the major principles which constitute the prayer work of a truly spiritual teaching.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 95.
“We were not meant for sailing up and down a charted coast, where every reef and shoal is curbed by a careful buoy. Beyond the cape, the high seas of the soul beat passionate and proud and undismayed.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 95-96.
“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” — Confucius.
“For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” Matthew 6:32-33.
November 20, 2024 – PIVERTY & RICHES!
“Contentment is the only real wealth.” — Alfred Nobel.
“Jesus looking at him said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”” Luke 18:24-25.
“Poverty and riches are the two poles of a magnet whose pivot is a belief that the possession of matter will bring joy to the possessor. This belief is a delusion…” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 163.
“No one notices how steam opens the rose of each mind, fills every beggar’s cup solid with coins. Hold out a basket. It fills up so well that emptiness becomes what you want.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 39.
“You can begin now to bring prosperity into your home. The first thing for you to do is to discard the words that have in them the idea of poverty, and then select carefully the words that hold the idea of plenty. Never make an assertion, no matter how true it may on the surface, that you do not want continued or reproduced in your home. Do not say that money is scarce; the statement of such a thought will send money fleeing from your fingers.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 153-4.
“To work for peace is to uproot war from ourselves and from the hearts of men and women.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 77.
“A specific work is necessary to establish a spiritual activity in a community. That work is not of a material nature: it is purely spiritual. In the quietness of your own home, in the park, or anywhere that you please, you can sit and silently do the work which will bear fruitage…” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 94-95.
“Stretch me to the limit of my stretching; not so that I may have more of God, but so that I may give more of God.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 95.
“The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money… they don’t know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.” —Alan Watts.
“Two things I ask of thee; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.” Proverbs 30:7-9.
November 13, 2024 – POTENTIALITIES!
“Individual potential of life is cosmic potential.” — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”” Matthew 19:26.
“The real object of life is not making money or becoming famous but the building of character, the bringing forth of the potentialities that exist in every one of us.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 161.
“Come to the orchard in the Spring. There is light and wine, and sweethearts in the pomegranate flowers. If you do not come, these do not matter. If you do come, these do not matter.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 37.
“As the little germ in the seed brings forth its kind, so in each human being is put the divine image and likeness, the potentiality of bringing forth perfection in mind, body, and affairs.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 88.
“Looking deeply at our own mind and our own life, we will begin to see what to do and what not to do to bring about a real change.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 76.
“Where two or more are gathered together for the purpose of God-realization, there is the temple of God, and God is in His temple… united consciousness brings forth great fruitage.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 94.
“…we do not force; we let. We rise and fall with the waves of life; we ebb and flow with the tide; we accept the calms and bear the storms; we find it pleasant to ride sails furled at anchor; we find it pleasant also to crowd on every inch of sail and give ourselves to the wind that blows out of the deep!” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 95.
“With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” — Dalai Lama.
“If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all.” Romans 12:18.
November 6, 2024 – LAW OF CONSERVATION!
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.” — Aldo Leopold
“This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.” 1 Corinthians 4:11.
“If your substance is going here, there, and everywhere, being spent in riotous thinking, how can it accumulate to the point of demonstration? Such a waste of substance is a violation of the law of conservation, a law that all should know.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 160.
“In the body of the world, they say, there is a soul and you are that. But we have ways within each other that will never be said by anyone.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 37.
“You can begin now to bring prosperity into your home. The first thing for you to do is to discard the words that have in them the idea of poverty, and then select carefully the words that hold the idea of plenty. Never make an assertion, no matter how true it may on the surface, that you do not want continued or reproduced in your home.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 153-154.
“To work for peace you must have a peaceful heart. When you do, you are the child of God… To preserve peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world, with our brothers and sisters.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 74-75.
“In the conscious realization of the Presence lies your entire salvation. The moment that this assurance of an inner benediction or Grace takes place, the Presence goes before you to ‘make the crooked places straight.’” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 93.
“We live at the crest when we let life use us, when we dare to be ourselves and follow the bent of our soul. Then we learn how natural it is to live at the crest.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 95.
“The earliest memories I have of the ocean are actually stories – stories from my grandfather, the legendary ocean explorer and conservationist Jacques Cousteau. My passion for ocean conservation stems from learning at a very young age that we’re all connected; we’re all in this together.” — Philippe Cousteau, Jr..
“As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:” 1 Peter 4:10.
THE OPEN DOOR IN ‘24
Our theme for 2024 is: “The Open Door.” It is time to focus on what is true, what is helpful, intuitive, necessary and kind (think). “After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door!” (Revelation 4:1)
It is often said that, “When one door closes another door opens.” There is always an open door, yet we tend to focus on the closed door. Banging our head against it, weeping about it, complaining to our friends and those who will listen, will not open the closed door. And, when we raise our vision in a heaven state of consciousness and see the door that is open to us; we see beyond the appearances of lack and limitation to know the truth of the abundant universe that provides for our every needed good.
Our weekly Prayer Circle letters this year will follow the book ‘Prosperity’ by Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore. “Realize first of all that prosperity is not wholly a matter of capital or environment but a condition brought about by certain ideas that have been allowed to rule in the consciousness. When these ideas are changed the conditions are changed in spite of environment and all appearances, which must also change to conform to the new ideas.”(pg. 80.) Prosperity is not about stuff and things, material objects or bank accounts. It is the consciousness that draws to us all that we need and desire. Its realization requires first a change of mind about our relationship with the universe and its creator (to repent is to ‘think again’) and then to act in accord with this new understanding.
For November we are sharing from Lesson Eleven: Laying Up Treasures.
Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of self-realization and discovery of our Divine potential!
Please affirm with us: “I rest in the assurance that God is my Source & Supply for my every need & desire!”
Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God!
For so it is and so it shall be, Amen!
October 30, 2024 – JOYFUL LIVING!
“There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” — Khalil Gibran
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11.
“‘God loveth a cheerful giver.’ (2Cor 9:7) The Greek word here translated cheerful is hilarion, which means really ‘hilarious, joyful.’.. This shows that there is a definite relation between the cheerfulness or joyfulness of our giving and our prosperity.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 158.
“Daylight, full of small dancing particles and the one great turning, our souls are dancing with you, without feet, they dance. Can you see them when I whisper in your ear” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 37.
“In the silence we get the wonderful inward joy that is of God. We see what the real is. Those who seek pleasure in the outer are in reality seeking eternal joy: the joy that no man can take away, the joy that Jesus Christ promised us, the joy that comes when we know what it means to be a child of God, when we know what the Father would have us know.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 89.
“The best way a Buddhist can keep the teachings of the Buddha alive is to live mindfully in the way the Buddha and his community lived. For Christians, the way to make the Holy Spirit truly present in the church is to practice thoroughly what Jesus lived and taught.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 73.
“Spiritual harmony comes as infinite perfection, but the degree that you experience is proportionate to your conditioned mind… You have to train yourself to undo all that your parents, your church, and your schools have taught you until you come to the absolute conviction that God is all, and that the power of God is only good.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 91-92.
“Light streams from every atom. Power thunders from every crack of space. Life presses from every seed. Truth struggles to be released from every moment. Every moment new discoveries press and jostle one another, waiting for someone to reach out and seize them — no further away than a thought.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 95.
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” — Buddha.
“But let all who take refuge in thee rejoice, let them ever sing for joy; and do thou defend them, that those who love thy name may exult in thee.” Psalm 5:11.
October 23, 2024 – DOMINION!
“You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.” — Leonardo da Vinci
“When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established; what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him? Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet…” Psalm 8:3-6.
“Our work is to bring men and women to the place of true and lasting dominion where they are superior to both riches and poverty. We an do this by showing them that they are spiritual beings, that they live in a spiritual world here and now, and that through the apprehension of the Truth of their being and their relation to God this dominion is to be realized.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 155.
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 36.
“Since the soul is consciousness, it is reasonable to assume that it is aware of all that really interests it and all that it desires to identify itself with. One who had been spiritually awake and active in soul and body would not be likely to “fall asleep” even though the body were for some reason given up.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 112.
“It is through the practice of the church and the Sangha (community) that the teachings come alive. Communities of practice, with all their shortcomings, are the best way to make the teachings available to people.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 70.
“You cannot return to the Garden of Eden until you have risen above both good and evil. As long as you are merely trying to exchange evil for good or turn evil into good, you are not in paradise… but when overcome spiritually, there remains a permanent blessing.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 90-91.
“To be so much a part of life, so attuned to life, so much life’s vessel, that life would flow through us unconsciously and naturally, without our taking thought!… we would find our fulfillment not in the rewards of our work but in the work itself… Oh, what a way of life this would be!” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 93-94.
“Your real self – the ‘I am I’ – is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.” — Robert Collier.
“…yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:13-14.
October 16, 2024 – THE STEWARD OF GOD!
“Stewardship is partnership with God.” — Anonymous
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10.
“See yourself as the steward of God handing out His inexhaustible supplies… Be happy in your giving. God loves a cheerful giver because his mind and heart are open to the flow of the pure substance of Being that balances all things.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 152.
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 36.
“The real man is not of any of these forms; he is the force that causes the forms to exist, and when he knows this, every phase of phenomenal life comes under his dominion. Thus spiritual science teaches that only limited results can be obtained by studying the body or any of its conditions. The body has its origin in the mind and can be successfully regulated only from that point.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 57.
“The Gospels in their written or even oral form are not the living teaching of Jesus. The teachings must be practiced as they were lived by Jesus.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 69-70.
“In facing an appearance of evil, you do not try to change it into good. You realize the nonpower and illusory nature of both human evil and human good, and your prayer is, ‘Let me bear witness to spiritual truth, spiritual harmony and spiritual good.’ This is rising above the pairs of opposites.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 90.
“At our best, I suppose, we should pray to be like the saint who was so God-filled that God told him he could have any wish he asked. The saint thought for a while and said, ‘Whenever, wherever my shadow falls behind me, may whatever it touches be blessed’” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 93.
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” —Winston Churchill.
“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” Matthew 25:21.
October 9, 2024 – SPIRITUAL CAUSE!
“The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.” — Ovid
“But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?” Matthew 5:44-46.
“The truth that things have a spiritual as well as a material identity and that the spiritual is the cause side and of greatest value, is a revelation that may be slow in coming to most people.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 146-7.
“Let the beauty we love be what we do.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 36.
“The real man is not of any of these forms; he is the force that causes the forms to exist, and when he knows this, every phase of phenomenal life comes under his dominion.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 57.
“To be a real help to your church or Sangha, you must first light your own fire of understanding, love, solidity, and stillness. Then you will be able to inspire others…” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 69.
“Once you have recognized God as Omnipotence, however, you have nothing to pray about. Your prayer then is one of communion with God and a rejoicing in the Spirit.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 89.
“When we make a perfect prayer, we soar, as it were, free — released from bonds and bounds, in a world without obstructions, for we have risen higher than they extend.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 93.
“We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever. He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate. He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.” Psalm 111:3-5.
October 2, 2024 – PROSPERITY DEMONSTRATIONS!
“It is possible to demonstrate God’s existence…” — Thomas Aquinas
“To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27.
“There is a law of giving and receiving and it requires careful study if we would use it in our prosperity demonstrations… It is not alone a religion in the sense that word is usually taken but is a rule of thinking, doing, living, and being. It is not only ethical but practical.” Prosperity, Charles Fillmore, 145.
“Poems reach up like spindrift and the edge of driftwood along the beach, wanting. They derive from a slow and powerful root that we can’t see. Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 35.
“By recognizing Spirit as the source and origin of all, we may deal successfully with our problems and demonstrate harmony in the home.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 170.
“Even when liberation is not yet total, people can look at our community and appreciate the loving and harmonious atmosphere. When we practice understanding and love, we are a real Sangha (community), a fertile field in which good seeds will surely flower.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 67.
“But whatever the name or nature, you are faced with only one evil, for which we use Paul’s designation ‘the carnal mind,’ or a term such as ‘appearance.’ The discord is not a physical entity or identity: it is an appearance, the product of the carnal mind, the belief in two powers.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 89.
“Prayer is the activity that is stillness, and the stillness that is activity, When prayer is at its best, stillness flows into activity and activity flows into stillness.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 92.
“The new spirituality is that it will produce an experience in human encounters in which we become a living demonstration of the basic spiritual teaching ‘We are all one.’” — Neale Donald Walsch.
“O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples!” Psalm 105:1.
THE OPEN DOOR IN ‘24
Our theme for 2024 is: “The Open Door.” It is time to focus on what is true, what is helpful, intuitive, necessary and kind (think). “After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door!” (Revelation 4:1)
It is often said that, “When one door closes another door opens.” There is always an open door, yet we tend to focus on the closed door. Banging our head against it, weeping about it, complaining to our friends and those who will listen, will not open the closed door. And, when we raise our vision in a heaven state of consciousness and see the door that is open to us; we see beyond the appearances of lack and limitation to know the truth of the abundant universe that provides for our every needed good.
Our weekly Prayer Circle letters this year will follow the book ‘Prosperity’ by Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore. “Realize first of all that prosperity is not wholly a matter of capital or environment but a condition brought about by certain ideas that have been allowed to rule in the consciousness. When these ideas are changed the conditions are changed in spite of environment and all appearances, which must also change to conform to the new ideas.”(pg. 80.) Prosperity is not about stuff and things, material objects or bank accounts. It is the consciousness that draws to us all that we need and desire. Its realization requires first a change of mind about our relationship with the universe and its creator (to repent is to ‘think again’) and then to act in accord with this new understanding.
For October we are sharing from Lesson Ten: Right Giving, the Key to Abundant Receiving.
Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of self-realization and discovery of our Divine potential!
Please affirm with us: “I AM a Spiritual Being, I Live in a Spiritual Universe, My Life is Governed by Spiritual Law!”
Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God!
For so it is and so it shall be, Amen!