Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

Have you ever felt like your world was falling to pieces and you didn’t know what to do? Today we will share tools for your spiritual toolkit to have a Grand Rising from pieces into Peace, revealing deep Inner Peace. 

I grew up in St. Augustine, Florida home of the state’s school for Deaf and Blind students. Ray Charles and Marcus Roberts, both amazing jazz musicians, attended that school. Marcus is classified as blind. However, when he plays the piano, his music opens up a world of textured colors and feelings for me. This week we will examine the idea of wholeness in the context of those who are” differently abled.” According to Science of Mind, every person is an individualization of the One Spirit, regardless of physical or mental abilities. Wholeness is not determined by physical conditions but by recognizing the inherent spiritual essence within everyone. Disabilities and differences are understood as unique expressions of the One Spirit, and physical or mental conditions do not limit a person’s worth or spiritual potential. Come join this Sunday as we discuss one aspect of the nature of wholeness.

Sex is not just for procreation. Among human beings, sex is another way the Infinite Presence express Itself in pleasure. And when engaged in from a higher state of consciousness, it becomes a source of great power, the power to create a world that works for all. But first, we must be able to talk about it.

It is crucial that we begin to discuss the often taboo topic of trauma in our Spiritual communities if we are to support every individual’s right to a grand rising. Very few, if any, people are immune from trauma, including individual experiences of abuse, ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), poverty, medical trauma, or collective experiences of war, displacement, terrorist attacks, mass shootings, and natural disasters, to name just a few. Science of Mind and Spirit provides a strong foundation of principles to support and facilitate healing, and yet we must go beyond knowing Truth in Spiritual Mind Treatment to applying a kind of “Trauma Informed” Science of Mind and Spirit which acts in ways that promote a truly holistic healing, wholeness, and compassion in our communities.

Today Rev. John is exploring how “others” can make our lives uncomfortable. Where is this discomfort coming from and where is it felt? Of the parties involved, who is the most uncomfortable? What do the others need to do to make us more at ease? Let us open our hearts and our minds to exploring this issue at this critical time in our journey.

My question to you is if Practice makes perfect imperfect, why practice?

First, we define practice as the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing something:

The reason for practice and why you came to the planet is to free yourself of the FITS (feeling, images and thoughts) you created out of innocence.

The Purpose you came is to express the God that you are through your FITS.

Dr. Holmes addresses our reason on the first page of the textbook, “The Divine Plan is one of Freedom, bondage is not God-ordained. Freedom is the birthright of every living soul. All instinctively feel this. The Truth points to freedom under law. Thus, the inherent nature of humans is forever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom.”

Accepting ourselves with all our angst, quirks, and imperfections is vulnerable, scary, and unapologetically authentic.

Rumi invites us, “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Authenticity opens us to a world of valuable learning experiences and unexpected breakthroughs.

The message is asking us to look at our lives and see where we place our attention and how that affects our life. We are the masters of our fate we write and direct the stories of our life. 

Have you ever felt like you had to be perfect or do something perfectly? Spiritually, we know we already are perfect, but we humans love to try anyway! Perfectionism is a tricky personal standard no one can meet. Let’s explore our misguided pursuit of perfectionism, how it holds us back and potentially limits our spiritual growth. Perhaps there is something else we can do instead!

The Presence of God in us expresses in abundant ways. The more we give our unique expression permission to flow out into the world, the more radiant and abundant our life will become. Your Own Unique Expression is the key to living a healthy, happy and prosperous life.