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Wednesday, December 20, 2017
A Season of Light
This is the season of light. The celebration of light is an ancient one.
For centuries, cultures have heralded the coming of Winter Solstice as the
return of light, when the sun’s rays once again bless the earth and days grow
longer.
In the Jewish tradition, Hanukkah, also known as the festival of lights,
celebrates the miracle of light that burned in the temple for eight days
despite the appearance that there was only enough oil to burn for one day.
Christmas, too, is a celebration of light. In fact, early Christians
chose to observe the birth of Jesus at this time of year because of the ancient
observance of Solstice. Jesus is often called “the Light of the world,” and his
birth is celebrated by the traditional Christian church as the return of spiritual
light to a world that was “lost in darkness.”
In Unity we observe Christmas, not only as the birthday of Jesus, the
master teacher and way-shower, but also as a celebration of light as
represented by the awakening of the Christ as each of us. The Christ is, as the
writer of the gospel of John says, “The light that enlightens every [one].” John
1:9
We often use the word ‘Christ’ assuming that we share a common
understanding of its meaning. However, it seems that while we may have a notion
of ‘Christ’, the term is still somewhat nebulous. In the Metaphysical Bible Dictionary (MBD), Unity co-founder, Charles
Fillmore offers an expansive explanation of “Christ.” The following is a short
excerpt.
“Christ
is the only begotten Son of God or the one complete idea of perfect man in
Divine Mind. [Christ] is the embodiment of all divine ideas, such as
intelligence, life, love, substance, and strength. In the architect's mind
there may be one masterpiece, but that masterpiece is the sum of all the beautiful
ideas that have come to his mind. This Christ, or perfect-man idea existing
eternally in Divine Mind, is the true, spiritual, higher self of every
individual. Each of us has within him the Christ, just as Jesus had, and we
must look within to recognize and realize our sonship, our divine origin and
birth, even as He did. By continually unifying ourselves with the Highest by
our thoughts and words, we too shall become sons of God, manifest.”
Mr. Fillmore uses the term “Divine Mind” as a synonym for “God.” He
taught that Divine Mind is replete with Divine Ideas only and that the ultimate purpose of humanity is to bring those
Divine Ideas into manifestation through the power of thoughts and words which are
born from the revelation and realization of the Christ. Divine Ideas in Divine
Mind are the equivalent of what we might refer to as the thoughts in God’s mind.
Understanding this, it follows that since Christ is the Divine Idea for humanity
in Divine Mind, then it is the equivalent of God’s thought that expresses the
perfection of humankind.
Each of us is, in truth, the Christ, and we are endowed with the full
potential to embody the realization and demonstration of this thought. As
beings created in the image and likeness of Divine Mind, we are one with it and
have access to all Divine Ideas; therefore, we need only to open our hearts and
minds through prayer, contemplation and meditation, and invite the awareness of
the Christ-thought to enlighten us.
A Course in Miracles reads, “[Christ] is the Thought which still abides within the Mind that is
[Its] Source. [Christ] has not left [Its] holy home, nor lost the innocence in
which [It] was created. [Christ] abides unchanged forever in the Mind of God.
Your mind is part of [Christ’s] and [Christ’s] a part of yours. [Christ] is the
part in which God’s answer lies.”
The Christ is not a vague concept or unknowable ideal to which we are to
aspire; it is an idea to which we have complete access every moment of every
day. Christ is the place in our consciousness where the Mind of God is revealed
as our mind. When we open to the infusion of this Christ-idea, the full meaning
will be revealed and we will begin to realize the impact of this “enlightenment.”
As we consciously invite the awareness of the Christ-idea, we will begin
to embody and live from the Christ-idea. As Mr. Fillmore said, we will manifest
the Christ by “continually unifying ourselves” with it.
Mr. Fillmore continues his explanation of ‘Christ’ in the MBD by offering
us a tool for revealing the Christ to ourselves, “Spiritual perception reveals
to us that we are not persons, but factors in the cosmic mind. Reveal yourself
to yourself by affirming, "I am the Christ, son of the living God."
Another way of stating this
is that each of us is a thought in Divine Mind and that we are each a unique
manifestation of the one thought or idea which we refer to as ‘Christ.’
Let us allow
Christmas, this season of light, to be a time in which we celebrate the Christ
that is each of us. As we awaken to ourselves as Christ, we are enlightened, and we demonstrate
the Christ en masse. Celebrate the Christ you are.
Join us on Sunday,
Christmas Eve, as we celebrate the season of light. At our 10:00 service, we
will explore some of the symbols of Christmas that help to remind us of our
Christ Light. Our Christmas Eve Candle Lighting service at 7:00
p.m. will celebrate the Twelve Powers of humankind as twelve living lights -
always expressing, always unfolding - within us, as us.
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Thursday, December 14, 2017
How Do I Love Thee?
Recently, a friend who I had not connected with for more than a year
reached out to me by text message. I was glad to hear from her. She has been a
trusted and supporting friend for years. In her text she said that she had been
going through a challenging time and asked if we could speak by phone. Through
a series of texts, we arranged a time for us to talk.
During our call, we enjoyed a heart-full reconnection. I was happy to
hear that she is well, but learned that she had just come through a difficult
time after ending a long-term relationship. Near the end of our call, she said
something that caused me to pause. She said, “I reached out to you because I
know you love God as much as I do.”
It may seem strange for me as a minister to be taken aback by her
comment, yet I was. Honestly, I was surprised that she used those words to
describe me.
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength¹ is the
greatest commandment according to our master teacher and way-shower, Jesus, so
it is certainly something one should aspire to, but I had not thought of myself in
that light. Also, because of my perception of God, I don’t often think in terms
of “loving God.”
In my way of thinking, God is not a being, but is the ground of all
Being. God is no thing, yet is the Life that imbues All. God is Light. God is
Wisdom. God is not someone or something to love, but is Love itself. Therefore,
I questioned, “How do I love God? How do I love Love?” I decided to contemplate
it.
What follows are some ideas that came to me in response to my contemplation.
What follows are some ideas that came to me in response to my contemplation.
“To love” implies devotion of time, energy and attention. We devote
time, energy and attention to God through prayer, meditation, contemplation,
presence, and giving time, talent and energy in service to others and the
world.
Prayer opens the mind and connects us with God Mind. Prayer is a
practice of intentionally redirecting attention from the effects in the outer
manifest world to the cause in the inner spiritual world. It is a conscious
activity that moves us from the usual focus on the third dimensional realm to
the fourth dimensional realm which Jesus called “The Kingdom of Heaven“ or as
Unity cofounder, Charles Fillmore preferred, “the Kingdom of the heavens.”
Charles Fillmore, in The Revealing
Word says,
Fourth
dimension - A
transcendent realm that Jesus called the "kingdom of the heavens."
Here one can discern the trend of spiritual forces and see with the spiritual
vision of the Christ Mind.
The fourth
dimension (which
embraces and encompasses the other three dimensions) is also realization, the
doing away with time and space and all conditions. The human mind, with its
limited reasoning faculties, is bound by time, space, and conditions and can
get no farther into the spiritual than reason will take it, but when we go
beyond reason into the realm of realization, then we have attained the
consciousness of pure being, the fourth-dimension mind.
Charles Fillmore also stated in Keep
a True Lent,
Mind is
the great meeting ground between God and humankind, and it is only through the
most highly accelerated mind action, as in prayer, that we consciously make
union.
We love God as we devote time to our prayer practice.
We love God as we meditate and open to the inflow of inspiration. Meditation,
going into the Silence, slows the mental activity and provides a space into
which Divine Ideas flow.
In his book, Christian Healing, Charles Fillmore said,
A daily haft
hour of meditation will open up the mind to a consciousness of the inner One
and will reveal many things that are hidden from the natural man.
We love God as we focus time and attention in contemplation, such as the
one discussed here. Contemplation helps us move beyond our normal way of
thinking, let go of our preconceived ideas about what things mean and how
things should be, and open to higher knowing and understanding. Contemplating
on Divine Ideas and spiritual teaching helps to activate the powers of Wisdom
and Understanding and allows us to see ourselves and the world from a different
perspective.
We love God as we open and invite the physical awareness of God, by
whatever name we call it - Life Energy, Chi, Holy Spirit, or Shekinah – to name
a few. Heart-focused breathing, a practice promoted by HeartMath
Institute helps to bring awareness into the body. The practice involves focusing
attention in the heart while breathing more deeply than normal. It helps to
connect, through the breath, with the Life of God that is breathing us.
Practices, such as yoga, Tai Chi, Tai Chi Gung, and others, also help to
connect us with the breath and bring focused attention to the Life Energy that
is God moving in and through all creation. These practices, when engaged in
consciously and intentionally, are ways to love God through our devoted
attention.
We also love God by being present and aware of the activity of God in
and through all creation. When we take time to stop and witness the beauty of
nature, listen to the song of the birds, sit beside a rushing stream, walk on
the beach, gaze in awe at the night sky or simply delight in the taste of
strawberry, we are loving God.
Most importantly, we love God through witnessing, appreciating and
serving God in others. This is one aspect of Jesus’ second greatest
commandment. We love the God in others when we devote time and space to listen
deeply with them and share empathic connections. We love the God in others when
we show compassion and kindness. We love the God in others when we give from
our hearts to help them meet their needs, whether physical, emotional or
spiritual. We love the God in others through the gift of our presence.
In addition, and certainly not to be forgotten, we love God by loving
ourselves. We love God by speaking words of kindness and support to ourselves
every day. We love God as us by taking care of our bodies, getting rest, eating
nourishing foods, drinking water. We love God as us by acknowledging our gifts
and talents and giving them authentic expression. We love God as us by receiving
from others, whether it be words of praise and gratitude, gifts of their time
and presence, or even gifts of a material nature. We love God as us as we
recognize and realize the expression of the Christ that we are. We love God as
us as we let the Christ Light shine in all we say and do.
Borrowing from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, I ask, “Oh God, how do I love
thee? Let me count the ways.” Yes, I do love God. I love God in many different
ways, in the formed and the unformed. I love God as the Life living in all, as
all. Could I love God more completely and fully? Yes!
So, my contemplation continues and I invite you to join me. Count the
ways that you love God, and then ask yourself, “How can I love God more?” I am
eager to hear your insights.
Join us this Sunday, December 17, as we observe the third Sunday of
Advent. We will explore how Mary and Joseph can teach how the power of Love can
give birth to the Christ in the world.
¹ Matthew 12: 30 - 31
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Return to Peace
At a recent gathering of Front Range Unity ministers I
jokingly greeted a fellow minister with, “Hey, how are you? Are you staying
busy?” I know that he is typically quite active in many arenas so I thought of
it has a lighthearted greeting. With loving kindness, he replied, “Staying
busy is not my goal.” His reply has stuck with me. When I occasionally feel
overwhelmed by activities, I remind myself, “Staying busy is not my goal.”
On Tuesday, during check-in time at our weekly staff meeting,
I noticed that nearly everyone on our staff used the word ‘busy’ when sharing
about what is going on in their lives. There were comments like, “It’s a busy
time of year,” “I am very busy, but…,” and “We all get busy, and…” Boy, could I
relate to all of that. I was right there with them. It does seem that we are “busy” with all the holiday activities happening around our spiritual
center. Upon reflection, it was a good reminder for me to affirm, “Staying busy
is not my goal.”
It is easy, especially at this time of year, for us to get
caught up in all the activities of the season and get lost in the busyness.
When we allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by the busyness of the holidays, we
can miss the experience of Peace, Love and Joy that the Advent and Christmas
seasons offer us.
When we notice that we are feeling stressed by all the
expectations and activities of the season, we can lovingly remind ourselves,
“Staying
busy is not my goal. It is my goal to be present in the moment, surrender to
the Peace at the center of my being, share the Love that flows naturally as me,
and feel the Joy that arises from my soul.”
If you are feeling the stress of busyness at any time, but
especially during the holiday season, I encourage you to stop for moment, take
a deep breath, take another deep breath, and another – repeating as necessary –
until your awareness can move from your head, the busyness of your mind, and
land deep in the heart space at your center.
Peace is at the center of your being. It is the very nature
of your being. Peace is internal, and it is eternal. My friend and Unity minister,
Diadra Price, in her book Grace Awakening
Essence says,
Jesus
understood his inheritance of Peace to be the consciousness flowing from
him…”Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do
I give to you” (John 14:27)…In the 20th chapter of the Gospel of
John, Jesus lets us know this same Peace is within us. Three times he says,
“Peace be with you” (John 20: 19, 21 & 26).
Think of Peace as a space of stillness within you and which
you are within. You may even envision it as a pool of abiding stillness.
Imagine that as you drop your awareness into this pool, the stressful thoughts
of busyness are gently washed away. The energy of those thoughts is dissipated
in the pool. You are left to rest, to be bathed in the stillness of Peace.
From the stillness of Peace, the energy of Love is revealed
as the only true expression of the Light that you are. Open your heart and mind
to allow the light of Love to shine forth in you, from you, as you. The idea of
busyness no longer has any meaning. You are Love expressing from Peace with
every thought, word and action. Everything you do is imbued with the energy of
Love.
As Love flowing from Peace, you are Joy expressed and
experienced. Joy bubbles up from your soul like an effervescent fountain. Your
Joy is full. Joy flows from you and out into your every life experience. Your
Joy touches the lives of all around you. Your Joy is contagious.
I invite us to allow this season of Advent to be a time when
we free ourselves from the busyness of life and Return to Peace where Love abide and Joy expresses.
Join us at 10:00 for our Sunday service as we observe the
second Sunday in Advent and explore Peace as an aspect of Christ consciousness.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Stay Awake!
The time
for any of us to be returned to ourselves is now. The ground beneath our feet
is the Kingdom of God, the Pure Land…It’s here, it’s now, and it’s at hand and
within our reach. And this moment is the only one available to us.
In Advent
time, we are reminded over and over again; “Stay awake.” This is a not a
warning that death is coming but a reminder that life is happening now. Now…is
the day of salvation. We see as God sees: with amplitude, wideness, and mercy.
The only moment left to us to participate in this larger love, this limitless,
all-accepting love, is the present moment.
Can you
hear it? The voice of the Beloved. – Fr. Gregory Boyle, Barking to
the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
When I read these words of Jesuit Priest, Father Gregory
Boyle, I was awakened to a renewed awareness and appreciation for Advent, which
officially begins this Sunday, December 3. Before reading Fr. Boyles words, I
had never before considered that Advent is a time when we are reminded to “Stay
awake.”
Advent is traditionally observed as a time of preparation for
Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus. I now see that the season
also offers us the opportunity to stay alert for the Second Coming of Christ.
In Unity, we believe that the Second Coming happens in each of us as we awaken
to the Christ - our Divine Nature - that indwells us all.
As Fr. Boyle says, “The
time for any of us to be returned to ourselves is now.” Advent can be for
us a time to “Stay awake” to the Spirit moving in, through and as each of us.
This moment, every moment, is an opportunity to come into the conscious
awareness of the Christ seeking to be reborn in us.
In the biblical Christmas narrative, Mary represents the
state of consciousness that is awake and ready to receive the message of the
indwelling Christ. Her messenger, the angel Gabriel, told her that she would
give birth to the Christ. Metaphysically, angels represent thoughts that come
from our higher knowing and can appear to us as divine intelligence,
understanding or intuition.¹ Mary was awake to the moment and was willing and
able to, as Fr. Boyle says, “participate
in this larger love, this limitless, all-accepting love” as she said, “Let
it be done unto me.”
Looking at the Christmas story through this lens, I can now
see that many of the elements of the narrative are such reminders. For example,
the three kings, or magi, who came from a distant land to acknowledge Jesus’
birth, followed the star. The star, metaphysically, represents our inner
conviction of our Christ nature.² These men were awake to the star’s message
and followed where it lead, ultimately to their own realization of the birth of
the Christ.
“The ground beneath our
feet is the Kingdom of God” as Fr. Boyle says, and every moment is our
opportunity to awaken to it. The master teacher and way-shower, Jesus, said,
“The Kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21). It is right here, right now.
We only need to “Stay awake,” listen for the call and stay alert to the signs
of the indwelling Christ waiting to be reborn in our conscious awareness. “Now…is the day of salvation,” and the
Christ within is the source.
The word ‘advent’ comes from the Latin advenire which most closely translates into English as “to come.” I
encourage us to welcome this Advent season as a time of inviting the
consciousness awareness of the Christ to
come, to be reborn in our hearts and minds.
Each morning, set a conscious intention to welcome the
awakening of the Christ within. Say silently or aloud,
My heart is pure and willing to be the birthplace of Christ.
My mind is still and ready to receive the message of Christ.
My eyes are open to see the image of Christ.
My ears are attuned to the song of Christ.
I am now awake and alert to Christ.
My mind is still and ready to receive the message of Christ.
My eyes are open to see the image of Christ.
My ears are attuned to the song of Christ.
I am now awake and alert to Christ.
Make time and take time each day to sit in the silence to
sense, hear, and see all the ways the Christ makes itself known to you. You
may, indeed, hear the voice of angels, or see light. You may not. Don’t be
attached to mystical experiences. Know and trust that in speaking the word, you
have attuned yourself to the Christ frequency. In doing that, you have asked,
and you will receive. Stay open and receptive. Stay awake!
Join us on Sunday for our 10:00 service. We will explore how
the spiritual attribute of Faith helps us to “Stay Awake” during this Advent
season.
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving!
I encourage you to feel and express appreciation for all the Good that you enjoy. I suggest, too, that you allow yourself to appreciate all the Good that you are. Let this Thanksgiving be a celebration, not just for what you have, but also for what you are – a unique and wondrous expression of the Divine.
Feel appreciation for God (Good) expressing as your life, not just in your life, and then from that feeling place give from of all the Good that you are.
Unity principles teach that (1) God is Good; (2) You are that Good; (3) You manifest Good by focusing on that Good; (4) You become conscious of that Good through prayer (also appreciation); and (5) You live that Good by sharing it with the world.
As singer-songwriter, Jana Stanfield, says, “I cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good that I can do.” The world needs all the Good (God) that you are. And, you can only share it when you claim it, appreciate it, and allow it to flow freely as you in all that you do.
Appreciate you. Experience a feeling of “Thanks” in your heart. Give to yourself and from your Self to bless the world.
Have a Joy-full Thanks-Giving!
Blessings,
David
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Wake Up!
This past
Sunday at Unity Spiritual Center Denver, I shared a lesson entitled “Grace and
Gratitude.” You may listen to it here. Since this lesson came to me as
what I call a “download” from Spirit, I chose to share it here in this forum as
well.
Meet my
friend. My friend’s name is Grace. Grace doesn’t really have a gender, but I
think of Grace as a feminine energy, so I call Grace ‘her.’ Grace is my
constant friend and companion. She is with me wherever I go.
People might
get the wrong idea. Of course, this is a physical representation of Grace. I
don’t carry her around like this everywhere I go. But, Grace is a part of my
beingness. I carry her around in my heart and my mind. She is also a part of
your beingness. You may not be consistently aware of it, but you too carry her
around with you, always.
Grace has
only one message, and it is a short one. Her message is “WAKE UP.”
Sometimes
she says it in a quiet voice. Other times, she yells it quite loudly.
Sometimes I
pay attention.
Sometimes I
don’t.
But, she
never ceases to keep calling to me to “wake up” from the dream.
What is the dream?
The dream is
that we are separate and alone. The dream is the dream of duality. It is a
dream in which we are somehow separate from God and from each other.
The
beginning of the dream is beautifully represented metaphorically in the
creation story in Genesis.
We are
created in the image-likeness of God. We are pre-wired and programmed for
peace, love, joy, happiness and wholeness. That is who we are. We are created
to be in constant communion, conscious awareness of our Unity – our Oneness
with God.
This is
depicted in the story of Adam and Eve walking with God in the Garden of Eden,
where everything was provided. That is, until they ate of the fruit of the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil.
Metaphorically
this represents humanity appropriating an idea of separation. In our minds, we
created an image of ourselves unlike who we truly are. We began to think of
ourselves as separate, and feel shame and fear. We even began to fear God. As a
result of the shame and fear, we separated ourselves from the Garden, the
consciousness of Unity, wholeness and perfection.
We continue
to dream a dream of a self that is separate from God, a dream of a self who is
alone in the world and often scared. But, because we are created in the
image-likeness of God in Essence, there is an abiding presence within us that
is constantly calling us home, calling us to “Wake Up” from the dream and
return to the Garden.
That
presence is Grace.
Grace is the
voice of Truth calling from the core of our being, not just at the core of some
of us, but of all of us.
And, each of
is always free to listen and follow, or not. You and I are always at the point
of choice to stay in the dream of separation and experience the fear which can
manifest in many ways that are commonly called fight, flight or freeze.
Or, we can call upon Grace to remind us to wake up from the dream and remember
that she ever abides within us just as we ever abide in the Garden.
It is our
opportunity in every moment to bring our awareness to the activity of Grace
calling us into the remembrance of who and what we are. If we are listening to
Grace and connected to Grace, no matter what happens in the world of form, we
can return to the Garden and know our Truth.
Again,
sometimes Grace speaks in a soft whisper.
When I am
out in nature, walking on the beach, hugging a tree or a boulder, she softly
whispers “Wake Up,” and I experience my unity with God expressing through the
trees, rock, birds, and ocean. In those moments, I am filled with the awareness
of the presence of God in all, and I experience Great-Fullness. In those
moments, gratitude and thanksgiving come naturally.
I can easily
feel gratitude and appreciation for God as nature.
At other
times, however, it’s not so easy. When I witness or hear about painful or
violent things happening in the world, it’s tempting to feel fear. In fact, I
often do feel fear, initially.
At those
times, Grace speaks a little more firmly, “Wake Up.” She reminds me not to
react from fear, but to come home to the Garden, to commune with God in my mind
and heart, to remember my Truth, and to respond from my center.
Then there
are those times when it is often even more difficult for me to hear Grace
because something painful happens in my direct experience or in the life of
someone close to me. I can feel fear, anger, and sadness, leading me to think
that I am alone. I want to run, hide, fight back or just go to bed, pull up the
covers, and stay there.
That’s when
Grace gets even louder – “WAKE UP”!
Even then,
it often takes a while before I am willing or able to hear. Fear can block our
ability to hear clearly. That’s why it is so important to continually condition
my mind with prayer, meditation and affirmations of the Amazing Grace that is
constantly active in me, as me.
Once I am
able and willing to listen, I can stop, breathe, and know that no matter what
happens in my world or in the world around me, that I - the Essence of who and
what I Am - abides eternally in the Garden. I can choose to look for and find
the blessing, the action of Good in it. I can eventually come to a place of Great-Fullness,
and experience gratitude and appreciation.
I may not
understand it all in the moment, or ever, but I can always choose to wake up
from my dream of separation and connection with my Essential Nature which is of
God.
I am sure
that most, if not all of us, have had life experiences that at the time they
happened were devastating. We felt the pain, fear, or sadness. And, once we
moved through the feelings and came to a clearing, we were able to look back
and see that Grace was present through it all. We were able to look for and
find the blessing, even in some of life’s most challenging experiences.
In one of
his letters to the church as Thessalonica, the apostle Paul said, “In
everything give thanks.” He did not say, for
everything give thanks, but in
everything.
It may take
some time to walk through the process, but knowing that Grace is always active
and abiding, constantly leading us back home to the Garden and to a place of
communion with God, and then choosing to hear Grace, helps me find gratitude in all things.
Everything can be an opportunity for
me to “WAKE UP.”
In his
letter to the church as Ephesus, Paul said,
“For by grace you have been saved –
through Faith – this not of yourselves, but it is a gift from God.”
Grace
calling us home to the Garden, when we listen, saves us, sets us free, wakes us
up from the dream of separation, and thus frees us from our fear and isolation.
Faith is our
power to believe and have conviction in the unseen power of Grace.
Grace is the
gift of God, the voice within that beckons us home and calls us to “WAKE UP.”
In our
awakened state of Oneness, we are filled with the awareness of God. We
experience Great-Fullness. From that Great-Fullness, we live gratitude and
thanksgiving.
Wake Up!
Wake Up! Wake Up!
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