Richard Mathiason's Posts (231)

Sort by

Life Unfolds in Divine Right Order

The Daily Meditation 11.19.2013

Life Unfolds in Divine Right Order

Dianne Martin, RScP

Dianne-2008-150x150.jpg?width=150“What we call death is only an expression of the soul, an enlargement of experience, a gateway into higher expressions of life and truth.”  Ernest HolmesThis prayer is dedicated to our dear friend, Ruzande Malunga, RScP.

There is one infinite presence.  All is connected to and comes from the infinite presence that is God.  I recognize life as one harmonious unity which includes all that is or ever was. There is no end and no beginning to God; there is no end and no beginning to life.  There is only God and God is unconditional love.

 I am one with God.  There is no separation and as I know this is true for me, I know it is true for Ruzande and I know it is true for each one reading this prayer.  I know that Ruzande is a perfect manifestation of God.  He is that unconditional love that is God.   

I accept that God is in everything, in life and in death.    I know that Ruzande rests easily in the arms of God.  I declare that Ruzande knows the love and support our community gives him and knows that our support is infinite.  And, I declare that although Ruzande’s physical body is gone, he is always present in our hearts.    Ruzande’s true essence as Spirit lives on eternally.  Ruzande’s light is kept alive in all of us and that light blesses everyone we come in contact with.  Ruzande’s God quality of unconditional love are present with us now and forever.    

I give thanks for knowing that life is eternal and that Ruzande continues on his path of spiritual evolution. I am thankful for knowing Ruzande in this life and I am grateful knowing that Ruzande lives on in our hearts.   I’m grateful that I have the opportunity to honor Ruzande’s  life by following his example of living a life of unconditional love.

Accepting that life and death are both a part of eternal life, I release my word into the law and know that life unfolds in divine right order.

And so it is.

Dianne Martin is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Ruzande is Free and He is Home

The Daily Meditation 11.17.2013

Ruzande is Free and He is Home

Rev Martha Quintana, Senior Minister 

 

Ruzande-150x150.jpg?width=150

This prayer is dedicated to Ruzande Malunga who made his transition on Friday afternoon. 

The Heart that Beats the Whole World is the Infinite Energy of Creation.  In It all things are born and It is All There Is.  This Heart, this Infinite Energy is what I call God.  God is everywhere equally present, in deepest space, at the peak of the highest mountain, at the bottom of the ocean, and every point in between.  It is All There Is. It was, is, and always will be; World without end. 

And I am born of this Heartbeat, Infinite Energy, and I will always be.  I am immortal right here, right now.  I am immortal.  As I know this for me, I know this for Ruzande Malunga.  He is born of God, the Infinite Heartbeat, and is everything It is – peace, love, happiness, joy, and absolute divinity.  Ruzande is the heartbeat of God and knows God in this most intimate way. 

Ruzande took flight Friday afternoon and left behind this physical world.  I affirm and declare his new life is joyful, free, and filled with goodness.  I know that his ancestors met him at the door with an unequaled joy, happy to know that their son is home.  He walked across the veil between the physical and spiritual world with ease and grace and is meeting all of the people who had already gone before him.  Ruzande is home, and I rejoice with him. Ruzande has met the Creator face-to-face and any mysteries he may have contemplated are now answered.  Ruzande lives in peace free of any worry or doubt.  I am happy for him.

I give thanks for Ruzande’s infinite life and for his physical present.  I am so grateful for all that he taught me and grateful that he was part of the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living.  I give thanks for his generosity, his laughter, his goodness, and his unfailing support.  I am honored to have known and I know that he goes before me that my own road might be smooth when my time comes to cross over.  I am grateful to have had Ruzande as my friend.

I release my word knowing that it is done. 

And So It is! Amen.  

 Rev Martha Quintana is Senior Minister at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

God is Love, Light and Joy

The Daily Meditation 11.16.2013

God is Love, Light and Joy

Chea Guilmette, Practitioner II Student

There is One Life, One Love, One Presence.  This Loving Presence that I call God that is in, through, and around all things. God is the silence of deep space and the song of the wind.  God is the depth of the ocean and the peak of the mountain and everything in between.  God is everything all at once.  There is no where that God is not.  God is Love, Light, Joy and so much more.

I know that I am one of God, perfect, whole, and complete.  I know this to be the Truth about myself, this is who I am.  God as I stand, God as I sit, God as I walk, God as I sleep.  God above me, below me, to the right and left of me.  God at the very center of me.  I know that as God is Love, Light, and Joy so too am I.

Every day I pay attention to the  beauty in and through all things. God’s love and light shine equally on all and my recognition of this mirrors it back to me. I breathe in light and breathe out worry.  I breathe in joy and breathe out discord.  I breathe in love and send out love in a never ending spiral good.  I live in alignment with Goodness and anything unlike it just falls away. I walk through my day in the delicious embrace of love and light knowing all is well.

My heart beats out gratitude for this realization of love and beauty.  I am so very grateful.

And so I release these words into the Law knowing it is already done.  It is complete.

And so it is.
Amen

 Chea Guilmette is Practitioner II Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Your Calling is Sacred

The Daily Meditation 11.15.2013

Your Calling is Sacred

Claudia Lucas, RScP

 

ClaudiaLucas.jpg?width=128There is only one life. It is the life of God in all. God is total freedom, peace of mind, the passion in all hearts’ desires. It is God in expression everywhere. God is in me. As I am one with the creator of all Good, I am an expression of it. God is in my voice, my heart, my soul. As this is true for me, it is true for everyone.

Our heart’s desire, what brings us passion is our divine birthright, a sacred calling, and it is God’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom. Therefore, our sacred calling is in the divine order of perfect unfoldment, to live in the passion, the likelihood of our dreams that brings us the greatest joy, enthusiasm, prosperity, and growth.
 
I give thanks to the actual of the Law knowing as these words have been spoken, the seed has been planted for manifestation.
 
I release it all knowing that it is all lovingly blessed and done!
 
And so it is!

 Claudia Lucas is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

The Daily Meditation 11.14.2013

A Prayer for the Philippines from Dr. Kenn Gordon

Dr. Kenn Gordon, Spiritual Leader

Centers for Spiritual Living

 

DrKennGordon.jpg?width=183

Let us come together in the conscious awareness of the Presence that connects us to It and to one another. We bring It alive in our minds and our being, invoking the infinite Truth that has always been and will always be, knowing we are unified with It and grounded in It.

As such I speak my word for all who have been affected by the typhoon in the Philippines. I know that the Divine Grace of God brings to wholeness all things that are disrupted, injured, destroyed, and displaced; that the Goodness that is God is present in the middle of all events, and that which appears as horror, terror, and loss is balanced by the love and light that is Spirit. I speak my word knowing that, that which appears lost in fact is found and that, that which appears damaged is in fact intact. I surrender my need to question why and my human response to suffer and instead know that God transcends suffering and goodness is both the Cause and the Effect. I know that this event brings to life within all the compassion, understanding, and generosity that rises above the day-to-day affairs and awakens within all individuals the love and giving-ness of humanity. I know that in all ways, everyone affected by this storm is supported, nourished, and guided, that the effects pass and that the loss of life is mitigated by the gain of a closeness that supersedes the temporal and transforms the afflicted.

It is with loving gratitude that I recognize this as my truth and I surrender it and release it into the Divine Mind that is All Mind. As I do this, something awakens within me and guides me to do all that needs to be done to comfort, support, and love all who suffer, knowing that Spirit is present and active as the body of humanity.

This is what I know. I let go and let it be my truth.

And So It Is.

 Dr. Kenn Gordon, Spiritual Leader of  Centers for Spiritual Living

Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

God is Unconditional Love

The Daily Meditation 11.13.2013

God is Unconditional Love

Kamatara Johnson, Practioner II Student

kamatara-150x150.jpg?width=150

I recognize the Presence of the One Loving Source, That Which is Divine, God. God is Unconditional Love for all. God is the Comfort and Support, the Creative Energy of which all have access. God is Harmony in action as life unfolds here and now.

I am one with God, the Divine Harmony. I am an individual expression of the Divine. The essence of me is expressing the Truth of my divinity. I see the Presence of the One Loving source right as me in the here and now.

So I declare the Truth for myself. I know that unconditional love surrounds me, and I am honored as the God-being I am. I am valuable and deserving of the best and highest good possible in this moment. From this place of best and highest, anger and judgment have no hold. They disintegrate in the Light of the Divine. Divine guidance fills this moment and brings clarity to see as God sees, to see myself as whole, complete, and perfect, rooted in the Divine. I am a child of God, empowered with all the attributes of God, attracting other people, new opportunities, and greater abundance as my sacred vibration emanates outward in the adventure that is life.

I’m so grateful to reconnect with the Truth that is me, to release all that does not serve and focus on the Divine, always the Divine that empowers, emboldens, and expands. Gratitude for the way this Universe works and how I can grow consciously with the support of the Divine…fills my heart to capacity.

So I release this prayer into the Law, knowing that it is already done and perfect.

And so it is.

Kamatara Johnson is a Practitioner II Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

I Am a Conscious Thinker

The Daily Meditation 11.12.2013

I Am a Conscious Thinker

 Lovater Jones, RScP

 

Lovater H. Jones,RScP

“…I am, and have always been perfect.  I will now begin to think differently about myself and see what happens.  As he began to think from the new basis he found that the body responded and was healed.”

Ernest S. Holmes

The Science of Mind

Original 1926 Text

According to Dr. Holmes “There is a thinker and doer back of the organism who is using it for a conscious purpose.”  This “Thinker” is there even though It is unseen.  We, however, see the evidence of Its presence. We speak, yet we do not see all that takes place as our vocal chord forms sounds.  We breathe and we know that the lungs are primary to this function, but what is it that causes the lungs to do its work?  I posit that it is the Thinker, Intelligence, Source Energy, Spirit, God!

To the degree that we are aware of, and acknowledge that there is, within all living beings,  an energy source that animates our bodie, thinks our thoughts, breathes us, animates us, directs, sustains and maintains our lives, we are in conscious alignment with that which is The Thinker/Spirit/Source Energy!  This “Thinker”is always acting on the thoughts of the Conscious mind.  That is to say, It brings into manifestation that which we consciously or unconsciously think into it. Each of us is the creator of our experiences through the action of thought.  Therefore, our declaration today and every day is this:  I AM A CONSCIOUS THINKER!  I THINK THE THOUGHTS I WISH TO EXPERIENCE!  I AM HAPPY, I AM JOYFUL, I AM BEAUTIFUL, I HAVE ALL THE GOOD I DESIRE! 

And so it is!  

Namaste!

Lovater Harris Jones is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Divine Inspiration

The Daily Meditation 11.11.2013

Divine Inspiration

 Joy Lynn Hertz, RScP


Joy-Lynn-December-400-150x150.jpg?width=150
Creating sacred space in my life is as important to my well being as breathing. It is crucial for my peace of mind. Every inspired thought begins with a whisper in my ear.  And so I invite you to close your eyes and breathe in peace, love, inspiration and breathe out peace, love and inspiration until you feel everything that is not serving your Highest Good fall away.

And so what I know for sure is that the presence of Spirit is all there is. I am made in the image and likeness of Spirit and therefore I can never be separate.  I am an evolving power of Good inspired in the knowing that there is only one life, that life is God’s life, that life is perfect and that perfect life is absolutely my life right now. I am a spiritual being having a Divine human experience.

I release all doubt, fear, resistance, and any sense of unworthiness to create space for my birthright off unlimited abundance, love, peace, pure joy and overflowing happiness in my life. I am a fountain of Good ever flowing.

And so with deep appreciation and a grateful heart I release my Word into the Law knowing it is inspired by a whisper of The Divine.  It cannot come back to me void. IT IS DONE! IT IS COMPLETE! AND SO IT IS!

Joy Lynn Hertz is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Each Veteran Lives in Peace

The Daily Meditation 11.10.2013

Each Veteran Lives in Peace

 Rev Martha Quintana, Senior Minister

Martha_226-150x150.jpg?width=150I dedicate this prayer to every man and woman who are or have been in the military.  Thank you, Veterans, for your service.

God is Love.  The Energy of God, that which precedes anything, is Love and it is carried in Light.  From that Light, comes Life, and from that Life, comes creativity and everything else.  God is All There Is, and I am certain the Life of Knowing originates in that Great I Am.  I Am is Love, Peace, Happiness, Goodness, Truth, Reality, and Happiness.

The mere thought of Love aligns God and me.  I am so wholly and perfectly aligned that anything unlike Love falls away.  I, too, am love, peace, happiness, goodness, truth, reality, and happiness.  I am the conduit for my life and from this vantage point of love, my life expands to include the highest and best for myself and others. 

As I know this for me, I know this for all men and women who serve or have served in the military.  Each person is so wholly and perfectly aligned that anything unlike Love falls away.  Each person is protected and that circle of protection extends all around him and her and as far as their families.  Each are love, peace, happiness, goodness, truth, reality, and happiness. 

I speak my word on behalf of all veterans.  Peace is the operative word and is the experience that each feels right here and now.  That peace is the basis for a life well-lived and for the creation of a goodness so deep and profound, it cannot be denied.  If forgiveness of self and others is in order, then it is done.  All are forgiven their transgressions.   Health reigns and abundance serves them.  I am certain of this.

I give thanks for all of it.  I give thanks for the goodness of Life and for all of the Veterans who have served our country.  I give thanks that each of these Veterans have everything they need and that peace is a central component in their lives.  I am so grateful.

It is with gratitude that I release my word knowing it is done.  And So It Is. 

Rev Martha Quintana is Senior Minister at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Spirit Is In All I See and All I Do

The Daily Meditation 11.08.2013

Spirit Is In All I See and All I Do

 Carol Grimm, RScP


Carol-Grimm0001-150x150.jpg?width=150I step out into a winter world this morning.  The  rising sun is casting pale red light on the clouds above.  I feel Spirit all around.   There are cold breezes and ice on the  animal’s water.   As I make the rounds   I hear the animals calling to be fed and released from their night time  confinement.   They are ready to run and jump.   The sheep and alpacas and chickens  all celebrate the day.   They demonstrate  Love, Joy, Peace and Harmony.   As I put out Hay and feed for them  I feel my connection with all that is.   

I know that  Spirit is in all I see and all I do.    Because I know that it is all one, I know that each person reading my  words  is a part of this boundless creation.   We are free to express Spirit in any way that is right for us.    

I am thankful for  the abundance that surrounds me and all that I do.  I am  thankful  for perfect health and freedom to enjoy all that is.

I  release my word into the Law knowing that they are true.

Carol Grimm is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

There is Nothing Outside of God

The Daily Meditation 11.08.2013

There is Nothing Outside of God

 Glenn Buckland, RScP

glennbuckland-150x150.jpg?width=150God is the idea behind time and space, God is right and wrong, up and down, back and forth. Everything that exists, has existed or will exist is present within God. There is nothing outside of God. God is infinite potential. Every possibility exists and originates within God. There is nothing that God is not. God is One, Perfect, Whole.I Am! I believe, speak, think and feel. I exist and because this is the truth of me it is also true that I am my own unique part of this One , Perfect thing I call God.

I am unlimited potential. My life is a manifestation of Divine intention and I express in this experience of time and space knowing that all is well. Nothing exists outside of me so I move in infinite possibility. I evolve who I am and what I do. My relationships and my career fulfill me, my body moves effortlessly and craves nutrition. I love my perfect body and I honor the space I fill on this planet. Imagination inspires my higher calling as I move toward It and my highest good. I see good in everything and smiles everywhere. Life is Good!

I am grateful for the fabric that holds our Universe together, it is God and I am awestruck and thankful for this divine gift of my being human on this planet. Thank you unconditional love, thank you peace, thank you life.

I send my word forth with this declaration of truth into Spirit, received by the Law and made to be so, right now.

It is done and so it is.

Glenn Buckland is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Living in Heaven

The Daily Meditation 11.03.2013

Living in Heaven

 Rev Martha Quintana, Senior Minister


Martha_226-150x150.jpg?width=150Heaven is that state where the Divine and I intersect; live together as one.  I call on Heaven knowing that It already exists in Me.  Heaven is that State of Perfection where nothing is static and everything is possible.  It is that Love, Happiness, Peace, Health, and Joy that imbues everyone, everything everywhere. 

Today I live in Heaven knowing that I am perfectly aligned with It.  I live in a state of grace and everywhere I go, Heaven blesses everyone.  I am alive with possibility and alive in love, happiness, peace, health, and joy.  As I know this for me, I know this for everyone who reads this prayer.

In this moment, I affirm and declare absolute love, abundance, and perfection for every person.  Where there is fear, faith takes over; where there is angst, grace appears, and where there is lack, abundance comes to live.  I surrender to this knowing and allow my state of grace to know for me the actions I must take and like a beacon, grace lights my path.  My next steps are obvious and nothing can pass me by.  I am surrounded by good and bathed in love.  I am alive and free in this possibility.

I am so grateful for this knowing.  I am thankful I can pray so profoundly that my life and the lives of others are changed for the better.  I am grateful for the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living and our new home.  I am so happy our community is strong, happy, cohesive, and financially abundant.  Thank you, God in and all around me.

I release my word in faith that it is done.  And So It Is.  

Rev Martha Quintana is Senior Minister at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

The Oneness of Divine Expression

The Daily Meditation 11.02.2013

The Oneness of Divine Expression

 Alejandro Sifuentes, RScP

149668_104552902951657_100001908432591_31863_7981129_n-1-150x150.jpg?width=150My courage is expressed in the confidence and knowledge of truth where my  faith is demonstrated through my willingness to trust Divine Providence . 
 
My  actions are right action for I surrender to a higher power that is God right Now. 
 
I move  into a greater expression revealing to me an understanding of the unity that is Love, that is Life .  The Oneness of Divine Expression is expressing the Beauty and truth  of the only perfection Spirit, God in me and as me . 

I  am aware and see the Living Spirit that is God in all life . My observation is is a testament of Truth . I experience love in all its sacredness . The road is made clear for me as I express and share my Uniqueness . Life is Good as I relax and know I am in the Abundant Flow of the Eternalness that is God . 
 
In gratitude and thanksgiving I allow all this to be .
 
And so it is
Amen 

Alejandro Sifuentes is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

The Source of all is the One Mind, God

The Daily Meditation 11.01.2013

The Source of all is the One Mind, God

 Michelle Scholer, Practitioner I Student

There is one Creative Source which is Perfect Flow, Safety and Clarity. It expresses and lives through every form of life and activity that exists. There is an abiding calm, clarity, an unchangeable equilibrium and a safe place at the center of everything. The Source of all is the One Mind, God.

I am one with God. I am a part of God because God expresses in and through me. I am inseparably connected with an infinite intelligence. There is only oneness and I am conscious of being a center in the safety, clarity and flow of God right now.

I know my nature is divine. I am fully aware of my partnership with the peace, centeredness, flow, clarity and love that are the essence of God. They are my essence also. I cannot be disturbed or afraid of anything in my life. No one and no thing can make me angry or upset unless I allow it to. I choose a deep and abiding sense of calm, clarity and safety and allow it to permeate my entire being. I allow and know that all is well with my soul. I access the peace, calm and clarity of God to be made manifest in my life as right action, calm emotions, joyful relationships, and an overall sense that I am always safe, centered, and everything is in perfect order. I relax into this deep knowing allowing it to permeate my mind, my ego and my heart. I choose to have all of my activities flow easily, effortlessly and in a relaxed manner. Nothing can disturb or upset me. I consciously choose to experience the love, guidance, support and clarity of God at all times.

I give thanks as I gratefully accept this truth about my life, knowing I am always centered in the heart of peace.

I now release this treatment into the activity of the law of mind, knowing that my word is fulfilled right now.

It is already done, and so it is!

Michelle Scholer is a Practitioner I Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

Expressing Only Love

The Daily Meditation 10.31.2013

Expressing Only Love

 Laura Maness, Practitioner I Student

lauramaness-150x134.jpeg?width=150

God is. God is All Consciousness. God is awareness in all things at all times. He/She is Truth and Principle, expressing only Love. God is the Word. God is all words and all actions. God is whole and sovereign, perfect, and complete, incorruptible, and pure. God is Principle. God is breath. 

I am the breath of God… My breath is Her breath. My heart beat is Her rhythm. This body I call mine is our shared experience. 

I know the Truth, I speak my Word and with my word I command the Law. I am Spirit’s eyes, ears, and actions on this plane. I am an experience of God, a bright, shining mirror, for us both to love. I am whole and sovereign, perfect, and complete, incorruptible, and pure. I speak my Truth into the Law and know that Spirit surrounds me. Each breath and heartbeat is shared with the Highest of High. I am more than this body and more than my thoughts and actions. I exist in sync with the world, respectful and conscientious on this plane and others on which I travel. I carry Good with me and spread it among my fellow travelers.

I am so grateful to know that I am never alone on this journey called life. I am overwhelmed with peace to know that I will not end but continue my journey when this body is done. With thankfulness for this opportunity, I move forward with confidence and strength holding true to myself and others.

With joy and peace I release my word into the Law!  

And so it is.

Laura Maness is a Practitioner I Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

World Of Continual Change

The Daily Meditation 10.30.2013

World Of Continual Change

 Katie Levi, Practitioner I Student

Levi_Katie-150x150.jpg?width=150

With the changing of the seasons so apparent around us, I thought that a treatment embracing change might be timely.  Ernest Holmes writes “We are living in a world of continual change, a world in which thought, thing, and experience are all in a constant state of flux. It is the very nature of the universe that there should be continual change and variation. It is a living world; the creation of a living creative Intelligence, not a static world created by a God now dead or departed who has left it to decay. No. It is vital and alive. The Mind that created it is not apart from it, but is always active in and through it.”

There is One Source and that Source is God.  God is the beauty of the landscape around us.  God is the changing color of the leaves on a crisp, fall day.  God is the clean, cool air we breathe in and the warm, soft air we breathe out.  God orchestrates 0605change in the seasons just as God orchestrates change in our lives; all with purpose, all with intention.  God is Beauty.  God is Change.  God is Vital.  God is Alive.

I am one with the Infinite Source called God, for it is impossible for me to be separate.  I embrace all of God’s beauty as my own.  I am Beauty.  I am Change.  I am Vital.  I am Alive.

I recognize that just as the change of seasons occurs so naturally to the backdrop around us, changes in my life appear subtly in alignment.   I embrace these changes and understand clearly thatthey are in divine order.  I accept any and all opportunities that come my way, for I know Spirit provides me with exactly what I need to fulfill a happy, prosperous, peaceful and loving experience.  Knowing that change is necessary, I choose to associate all change as success and true perfection.  

I give thanks for the colorful scenery that occurs so naturally around us.  I am grateful for the elusive reminder that everything is in a constant state of flux.  I appreciate all the beautiful beings in my life that support me, bring me laughter and know just what to say when I am unclear as to the changes before me.

Finally, I release these words into the Law knowing that what is written here is Truth and therefore will return exactly as spoken.  

And so it is!

Katie Levi is a Practitioner I Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

The One Power of Universal Love

The Daily Meditation 10.29.2013

The One Power of Universal Love

 Lynn Taylor, Practitioner I Student

LynnTaylor3-150x150.jpg?width=150A day ends with a magnificent orange, magenta sunset as a factory smoke stack belches black smoke into the darkening sky. Another day begins with a mother walking through a park pushing her new born in a stroller as she passes a man sleeping on the grass under a majestic oak tree, a plastic bag holding everything he owns lying next to him. While a forest stream burbles and flows along moss covered banks, through a stand of majestic redwood trees as it starts is journey to the sea, a group of children play soccer in a dusty, vacant, inner city lot. Each of these scenes appear to describe something different and the elements within each may seem to be conflicting and separate but this is only an appearance. The Truth is that each person, place and thing is created in, through and by the one power of universal Love. This one Love while creating each person, place, and thing as a distinct and individual, flows in and surrounds each to weave one beautiful whole, indivisible and complete. Nothing exists outside of this wholeness and regardless of appearances, the beauty and peace of this one Love is always present. 

 I exist in the same way as the sunset; the smoke; the creek; and every man, woman and child; as a creation and the result of the one Love. I can never be separate from this Love and therefore I can never be separate from any person place or thing created by it. I am an individualized but integral part of the universe, and as such, I am the sunset and every particle of smoke. I am in the forest stream and in every man, woman and child. I am the Love that created all things. For this to be true about me, and I know it is, this must be true for anyone who reads this and all the who never see it.    

 Yet, as I move through my live and become enveloped in my humanness, there are times I witness the sunset, smell the smoke, experience a cool forest stream and walk through an inner city neighborhood as a separate entity observing but unconnected. It is at these times that unworthiness, judgment and fear can creep into my thoughts. These thoughts are a result of an apparent separation from my source, the one Love, nothing more and nothing less. At any time, of my choosing, I can remember who I am and reunite with this world and everything beyond, with Love.    

 In this knowledge, my heart swells with gratitude for all the beauty and peace, the Love, that surrounds me every moment. I am grateful for this life and every experience it provides. I give thanks for each spiritual growth spurt, whether gained through pain or passing unnoticed. And so, with childlike joy and graceful anticipation, I let my word drift into the universal unconsciousness, the fertile soil creation. And even as it flows from me, I know it is already flowing back to me complete and whole.   

And So It Is. 

Lynn Taylor is a Practitioner I Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

All There Is, Is God

The Daily Meditation 10.28.2013

All There Is, Is God

 Kerry Blecha, Practitioner I Student

Kerry_Blecha_med.jpg?width=120There is One God.  All Things come from God.  God is All there is.  I recognize God as Love, as beauty and peace.  God Is Health, Wealth and God is life.  God is the Power that drives the Stars above us, the warmth of the Sun, the Light of the Moon, the Abundance of the Earth.  God manifests Itself as the sweet Smell of Spring, the growth of Summer, the Color of Autumn and the Cool Winter.  And God manifests as me.  All There Is Is God.

I align myself with The Loving Goodness I know as God.  As All Things are of God so I am of God.  I seek to be in the Presence of God in All things.  As I stand in my highest Good I feel all fear fall away from me.  There is no judgment, no anger and no loss in my life.    The abundance of the Universe expresses itself through me.  In the Presences of God I have all I need to be successful in my relationships.  I have all the knowledge and the strength to travel my spiritual path through this Life.

I am so grateful to God for my Life.  I know Each Quality of God is a Gift to me.  And so, I give thanks to the Loving Spirit that Is God.  I appreciate My Life as a Manifestation of God.

I now release this prayer into the Law.  I know that it will come back to me fulfilled in all ways.

And so It Is

Kerry Blecha is a Practitioner I Student at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…

I Affirm and Declare My Own Magnificence

The Daily Meditation 10.27.2013

I Affirm and Declare My Own Magnificence

 Rev Martha Quintana, Senior Minister

Martha_226-150x150.jpg?width=150

God is All There Is.  It is First Cause, Reality, Truth.  It is The Thing Itself and I see It everywhere – in the leaves turning color, in the crisp, cool air of the fall, in the moon, and in every face of every person I meet.  God is.

Because God is, I am.  God had a thought and I was born of its magnificence.  I was born of the very fabric of First Cause, Reality, and Truth.  I was born with all I need to experience my life exactly as I conceive it and experience.  I am the word being prayed over and over again.  I am that prayer and today I take my rightful place in my experience of this prayer.

I affirm and declare my own magnificence.  The ideas that have played out in my experience are perfect for my life and I step up to create and re-create the magnificence of my own journey.  I am all that I have hoped for and I believe all that I experience.  I am a reservoir for the deepest good I can hold, for more love than I can imagine, and for a peace that surpasses all human understanding.  It starts here, right now with me.  I am so grateful.

I appreciate my own experience and I am grateful for it.  I give thanks for all the people I love and who love me.  I am truly blessed and happily ensconced in the belief that my life is good.  I release my word knowing this prayer is done. 

And So It Is.  

Rev Martha Quintana is Senior Minister at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Read more…