"Today is Mother’s Day in many parts of the world. We let our understanding of that expand. Isn’t every day Mother’s Day?"
Joyce Krantz: It is a joy to share this hour with John and Pamela on a day that is set aside in the U.S. and several other countries, to celebrate and honor mothers. With so many hearts open on this occasion, I thought it would be useful to focus on what honoring our mother means and why this desire is so fundamental to our being.
continue reading…"Letting spirit move is our sacred responsibility, our primary reason for being here."
In this moment of stillness it is our greatest privilege to let Spirit move. As it does, something absolutely marvelous and unspeakable happens—the spark of creation is brought to the fore, uplifting, blessing and bringing vitality, richness and wonder to all that it touches. It is such a pleasure to let this be our own experience, allowing the power and magnificence of who we are to be known in everything that we do.
continue reading…"The challenge put before us is to transcend all these modulations, to be free to move from one bubble to the next, create some new ones, poke holes in some old ones, and move freely."
It occurred to me that life is quite repetitive. This is most evident in the springtime. We all look forward to that time. Here in Bloomington it’s been really the last week and a half that life forms have just burst forth abundantly. And so it is with many experiences: they tend to re-occur. Obviously, the seasons are related to our annual calendar, movement of the earth around the sun, and that physical constant in our experience has allowed us to see many things in terms of creative cycles; the cycles of vegetation being the obvious example in the springtime. But, in general, as with any endeavor, there is a creative cycle that starts with an element of truth, an idea, a thought; and if there is merit to the creative cycle, it fills with spirit: the idea fills out, we get confidence that this idea has merit, and the cycle then progresses into form, out of the realm of the mental and the spiritual. We create something in form, and a successful cycle comes to fruition, a harvest.
continue reading…"Humanity is being carried by great winds across the sky. And yet our direct conscious participation in this flow has been spotty at best. It is up to us to break the deception of this false state and be transformed into one that is real and reveals an inner Truth."
Goethe - German poet and scientist
A few moments ago, I watched as several stuffed animals walked themselves up the stairs in our home. We have two little boys who were endeavoring to see what would happen if they put their stuffed animals on the stairs with some Cheerios for fuel, stepped away, and then came back a few minutes later. Would the animals actually move up? Amazingly enough, it turns out they do! This became a subject of great fascination and delight and will no doubt be something we discuss for many days to come. How did they move?
continue reading…"One of you is the Messiah. This was told to members of a failing monastery and sparked them to enliven their character, with life-giving results."
You may be familiar with the story, The Rabbi’s Gift. It’s a fable said to be of unknown origin. I was reminded of it recently and looked it up. The version I’m about to read is a synopsis drawn from the writings of M. Scott Peck:
continue reading…"We are here to bring order out of chaos, as an essential link in the divine machinery."
A friend who knew I would be speaking this morning reminded me to have fun. That is good advice, which I pass along to all of you. The world is a mess—some say on the verge of destruction—and trying to do something about it is serious business. Yet, just being alive, in human form, is a miracle. We can see colors and taste food and have creative conversations and enjoy the glory of a sunset. We may be thankful for many things. And, that lightens the load and makes the heart merry. Life is to be enjoyed.
Continue reading…"We know the Source of love as we resonate at the upper ranges of vibration and expression."
Coordinated group function
Anne Blaney: Two weeks ago, John Gray spoke of the undimensional Presence which we call Source. We also refer to Source as the Focus of Spirit, or the True Tone. This tone has been sounding eternally, but at this time on earth, it is sounding unheard by most human beings. Like sound which cannot be heard in an airless vacuum, human beings in their deafened state lack the essential medium necessary to hear the tone. This vacuum depicts the absence of mankind, isolated from spirit, separated from wholeness. Man, composed of both male and female, in his whole state, is designed to provide the connecting substance between spirit and form, and to express true spirit on earth. As John said, Man was created as the apex, to express the tone on earth and be the crowning presence. Man’s presence on earth is an extension of spirit, an expression of spirit whose nature is love. In reality, we would be conscious that we are love, living on the planet. That’s who we are—love.
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