Hands Free
14 September 2010 at 7:30 AM (Release/Surrender)
Tags: dance, estes park, friendship, hands free, judge thomas troward, oneness blessing, opulence, sing, ymca of the rockies
I spent time at the picturesque YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park basking in sunlight, relaxation and spiritual retreat among friends. I marvel at how it all came together WITHOUT my prompting, pushing, shoving, controlling.
A fellow participant and I enjoy a scenic ride upward into the hills, my roommate is one whom I respect and admire, I connect with a new member of our tribe, plus make the acquaintance of several fresh, vibrant spiritual beings. The food delights my palate. I feel no rush or hurray. I get to dance and sing, unabashed, unafraid. I expand through ritual and process.
As we ascend we enjoy a new favorite meal and my companion finds it swell–as well! HA!
How sweet LIFE is!
Still, I am struck by how little I put into expecting of this event and yet it is a rich, RICH experience. I continue to feel the buzz days later of receiving a Oneness Blessing. Peace, clarity and uplift are mine. Even when I am not hyper-vigilant planning, expecting, sculpting my life and experiences something else is–how astonishing–and with my best intentions at heart to boot! Then, exceeding my wildest dreams, propelling me to experiences beyond what I previously understood to be possible.
Wahoo!
A bit of Judge Thomas Troward [from The Spirit of Opulence]:
The danger is in not sufficiently realizing my own richness, and in looking upon the externalized products of my creative power as being the true riches instead of the creative power of Spirit itself.
I am intrigued by this possibility of living more as though one is driving a car along a windy mountain road hands free than white knuckling it every inch of the way.
Shalom
On A Clear Day…I can see truth
9 August 2010 at 7:20 AM (Process)
Tags: dwell, ernest holmes, sandra anne taylor, shift happens, steep, the science of mind, truth, truth triumph and transformation
The really cool part is the more I sink into this teaching, the more I practice what I “teach” the more I am amazed.
For a reason I don’t know or cannot remember I have been adding CLARITY to my spiritual mind treatments for myself. So yes, I am seeing life with more clarity. But the unexpected side effect is a desire to literally clear things out–in my work and home office. Clutter apparently does not co-exist well when one is attracting clarity.
On top of which even more subjects I wonder about become clearer. Praying for clarity is new to me. The Every Where Present knows as the book now on my radar screen is Truth, Triumph and Transformation: Sorting Out the Fact from the Fiction in Universal Law by Sandra Anne Taylor. Whomever does not believe we are all in this together, connecting by thought has not paid attention to experiences like this…I mean when did she start writing this book so that it was ready for me now?
I am also remembering how when one ( or I) steep myself in the Presence, shift happens.
Suppose one is unable to convince herself of the Truth of the statement which he makes, how is she going to bring herself to a place of belief? By repeating his affirmation, dwelling on its meaning, meditating upon the spiritual significance of it, until the subjective state of her thinking becomes clarified. This is the only reason for repeating treatments, for one treatment would heal if there were no subjective doubts. Repeated treatments induce, within consciousness, a definite concept of an already established truth, even though the fact may not as yet have become objectified. This is why mental healing is scientific. There is no room for doubt in a treatment.
The Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes, p 220.4
Nothing but the Truth
15 July 2010 at 6:59 AM (Process)
Tags: ernest holmes, the science of mind, truth
Okay, so the results are in and there may be stuff to address. The interesting spiritual part is my journey over the past few weeks towards sort of reckoning but more a brilliant walk up the Divine staircase.
I am speaking of remembering. Remembering truth. Touching TRUTH.
I represent the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth. It is unerring, It never makes mistakes. There are no mistakes in the Divine Plan for me. There is no limitation, poverty, want nor lack. I stand in the midst of eternal opportunity, which is forever presenting me with the evidence of its full expression. I am joy, peace and happiness. I am the spirit of joy within me. I am the spirit of peace within me, of poise and of power. I am the spirit of happiness within me. I radiate Life; I am Life. There is One Life and that Life is my life now.
Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind 292.3
The thing is that no matter what I fear may happen to me I have a myriad of ways to respond and at the core is the strength, power and blessing of the Divine. I wonder how it is so easy to forget?
On the other hand, I marvel how Spirit tosses lit matches every once in a while to see if I am paying attention with opportunity to re-focus. God bless.
And so it is.
Truth
22 June 2010 at 12:34 PM (Every Where Present)
Tags: belief, ernest holmes, faith, real life, remembrance, results, the science of mind, truth
TO DESERT THE TRUTH IN THE HOUR OF NEED IS TO PROVE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THE TRUTH.
The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes p 282.4
Can you say, “Freaked out?”
I can. That describes me a number of hours ago.
I endured one of those medical tests hooking up human to machine expecting miraculous results. At least it is a miracle to me what can be gleaned from these tests. Anyway, having had my share of these tests before, and having received undesirable results, I was freaking out in my mind. Okay, well, probably full out panic was about to ensue as my mind doesn’t just wonder slowly down the lane but shifts into high gear like powering up a Maserati, smoothly moving into a direct sprint—not passing “Go,” not collecting the $200—zooming towards the least desirable outcome: cancer or some other debilitating or life threatening disease. Death was eminent.
Sometime later, when I least expected it, when I was reaching over the kitchen sink to turn off the water, my inner guide, that we small voice said, “Chill. You are not that bad.” Immediate elation filled me. Calmness, reason and core truth rained supreme, spread at the speed of light and commanded every vista. I felt I was born again, made new, fresh. Silliness and smiles were in bloom.
Yes, and then I considered whether or not I was going to believe the Divine. Yeah. I know…pretty cocky of me. What can I say, I have that human thing going on…
Further, on my behalf, let me say, this medical crap has up ended me in the past, so my whole being is on alert for any similar events. Besides, the One did not leave me hanging or frown at my response, my questioning. Rather, being absent the egotistical trait, It logically guided me through powerful reasoning at my level, where I was/am at, reminding me that the last time I had this test I was freaked out, and then too the Divine said “ain’t no big thing.” It was remarkably correct. So right, in fact, I felt like I suddenly woke from a dream to find I was standing alone in a vacant backstage lot, wondering what I had been making all the fuss about before.
Though results aren’t back yet from the humans, I give thanks in this moment for the Every Where Present having my back and delivering super speedy results, keeping the sure, keen eye on eternal truth.
The Only Way to Know God
16 June 2010 at 6:30 AM (Ernest Holmes, Every Where Present)
Tags: ernest holmes, god-like, kindness, the science of mind, to know God
If one would know God, he must penetrate deeply into his own nature, for here alone can he find Him. If he would reveal God to his fellowmen, he must do so by living such a God-like life, that the Divine Essence flows through him to others. The only way to know God is to be like Him; and while this may seem discouraging in our present state of evolution, we should remember that we have but started on an eternal ladder which ever spirals upward.
The Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes 443.4
What I find so fascinating about this is that the emphasis is not on being perfect, it is on being. It is not about being right, it is about doing right things, right actions–like showing kindness and compassion, patience and understanding. It is about being generous and well-meaning, then extending the benefit of doubt.
So I am thinking that to invoke Spirit one need only show kindness.
Kindness.
Could it be that simple?
It is not this Herculean task/effort that requires one to conjure lightning bolts from the sky–albeit the outcome may be as poignant. Rather it is as near to us as breath, as joyous as the laughter of a child, as heart-filled as if it came from Spirit itself.
I suspect too, that this holds the key to why I believe all people are inherently good. Because each one of us has within the ability to show kindness and therefore demonstrate our God-like life. Which is how the Divine may be everywhere present–for wherever people are there is an expression of Spirit who is inherently able to invoke God by just the simplest act of being kind.
And so it is.
Child-Like Faith
15 June 2010 at 6:18 AM (Practices)
Tags: bible, child-like, ernest holmes, faith, jesus, the science of mind
Matthew 18: 3, 4, 5
Jesus tells us that the child-like mind is more receptive to Truth than the over-intellectual who demand too rational an explanation of those truths which must be accepted on faith alone. What man can explains why he lives? The self-evident fact of living is the only explanantion possible or necessary.
The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes 443.1
Sometimes I think it is only my child-like wonder that allows me to see God as I do in everything and everywhere. I am not hung up on the need for proof as so many of my brethern. I accept a lot on faith.
In the Evening We Shall be Examined on Love – St. John of the Cross
10 June 2010 at 6:34 AM (Uncategorized)
Tags: love, poetry, st john of the cross, thomas centolella
And it won’t be multiple choice,
Though some of us would prefer it that way.
Neither will it be essay, which tempts us to run on
When we should be sticking to the point, if not together.
In the evening, there shall be implications
Our fear will change to complications. “No cheating,”
We’ll be told, and we’ll try to figure the cost of being true
To ourselves. In the evening, when the sky has turned
That certain blue, the blue of exam books, books of no more
Daily evasion, we shall climb the hill as the light empties
And park our tired bodies on a bench above the city
And try to fill in the blanks. And we won’t be tested
Like defendants on trial, cross-examined
Till one of us breaks down, guilty as charged. No,
In the evening, after the day has refused to testify,
We shall be examined on love like students
Who don’t even recall signing up for the course
And now must take their orals, forced to speak for once
From the heart and not off the top of their heads.
And when the evening is over and it’s late
The student body asleep, even the great teachers
Retired for the night, we shall stay up
And run back over the questions, each in our own way:
What’s true and what’s false, what unknown quantity
Will balance the equation, what it would mean years from now
To look back and know
We did not fail.
Thomas Centolella, Lights and Mysteries,
Port Townsend, WA: Cooper Canyon Press, 19195, p. 114
At the Speed of Light
8 June 2010 at 6:50 AM (Demonstration)
Tags: eldon taylor, nearly double, speed of light
I continue to be amazed by how fast the Universe, the Every Where Present responds to me.
I am walking through a grocery store feeling weighed down by life, challenged. I remember an Eldon Taylor affirmation:
Everything is so okay
Which at first I scoffed at….and now employ.
As I come to the front of the checkout line, I ask the clerk how much is on my gift card. He replies, “$40.”
“Wow!” I exclaim. Nearly double what I thought it might be, I think.
With that air puff of good cheer I remember who I am, that in this moment everything is quite fine. I entertain the idea that what I desire and “nearly double” more is now available to me. Wahoo!
And so it is.
Bright Moments Everyone!
EveryWherePresent 
