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12-14-24 Weekly Gathering, “From Intent to Consent: Praying Without Ceasing” with Rev. Anne Blanchard

Title: “From Intent to Consent: Praying Without Ceasing”

Description: In every moment, prayer is happening. When we are listening to mind, we are praying for mind’s illusions. When, however, we are listening to our true intention – our desire for Truth – we are praying for Truth. In this week’s message, Rev. Anne Blanchard will share how in her current practice she has moved to what feels like a next stage, beyond intention to consent, that is, from listening to her true desire to listening from it.

Reading: Jai Segal read from Angelo DiLullo’s “Awake”. Starting from the first full paragraph on pg. 409 to the final full paragraph on pg. 414.

 

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12-08-24 Weekly Gathering, “A Contemplation On Discipline” with Rev. Melody Brauninger

Title: “A Contemplation on Discipline”

Description: Most of us have struggled at some point along the path, wanting to follow the mind’s prompts to engage in all sorts of activities, as a distraction from spiritual practice. Sometimes the distraction can even feel like we are “being spiritual.” Melody will talk about her recent contemplation on discipline and the inner wisdom that showed her that discipline is the way we are nurtured. We heal most gently and quickly by being fully present and willing in every moment to listen to the guidance of our inner wisdom. She will share ways she was shown to get help along the way.

Reading: Melanie Sloan read NTI – 1 Corinthians, ch. 8, NTI – Luke, ch. 3, v 1-20 & Inner Ramana: The Love Of Discipline.

 

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12-01-24 Weekly Gathering, “Material, Emotional & Spiritual Traps” with Rev. Billy Sintiris

Title: “Material, Emotional & Spiritual Traps”

Description: Rev. Billy explored the traps that keep us bound—materialism, emotional entanglements, and the illusion of spiritual achievement—revealing how they preoccupy and divert us from awakening to our true Identity.

Reading: Stephanie Baquerizo read from A Course in Miracles, Lesson 189, guiding us toward the mind’s final resting place and the choice to reclaim our true self.

 

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11-24-24 Weekly Gathering, “Practicing Mindful Activism” with Rev. Erica West

Title: “Practicing Mindful Activism”

Description: In a time of increased suffering from growing economic inequality, social injustices and polarization, what is our spiritual responsibility to activism? By looking at social justice through a dharmic lens we can use the spiritual wisdom of the Four Noble Truths to actively participate in the transformation of our society.

Reading: Rona Marren read The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh, Chapter 28 “Touching the Buddha Within”, Pgs. 418-419.

 

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11-17-24 Weekly Gathering, “Being Deeply Present to What Is Here” with Rev. Helen Avery

Title: “Being Deeply Present to What Is Here”

Reading: Inka Omholt read Sometimes, a poem by David Whyte & transcript of What to Remember When Waking by David Whyte.

 

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11-10-24 Weekly Gathering, “I Am Determined to See” with Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

Title: “I Am Determined to See”

Description: Rev. Jacquelyn will review the first several ACIM Lessons and corresponding tips from Consistent Gentle Healing as a reminder of the work we are to do on our spiritual journey to seeing with true perception. As NTI Luke reminds us, “The work you are to do is within the mind. It is a work of being aware, not of the world, but of your thoughts about the world.” We will explore, together, the subtlety and pervasiveness of the ego thought system and how what we have been asked to do becomes lost in everyday life.

Reading: Connie Poole read NTI Luke, Ch. 12.

 

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11-03-24 Weekly Gathering, “Our Role in the Awakening Process” with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers

Title: “Our Role in the Awakening Process”

Description: If you’ve been on the spiritual path long, you’ve probably heard some spiritual teachers emphasize the importance of spiritual practice while other teachers say spiritual practice has no effect and may even encourage the sense of ‘me doing something.’ In this talk, Rev. Regina Dawn Akers will point toward a middle way, a way between doing something and doing nothing, which is what Regina sees as our role in the awakening process.

Reading: Laura Joy read excerpts from Regina’s personal journal.

 

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10-27-24 Weekly Gathering, “Practicing the Presence of God” with Rev. Cyndi Krupp

Title: “Practicing the Presence of God”

Description: Time and again, teachers from various spiritual traditions reference the wisdom of Brother Lawrence. In this Gathering, Rev. Cyndi Krupp will guide us back to the source, offering a reading and discussion on the profound simplicity and beauty found in the life and words of this beloved 17th-century monk.

 

Reading: Jai Segal read an excerpt from Practicing the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence.

 

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10-20-24 Weekly Gathering, “Lessons in Love” with Rev. Ginny Wall

Title: “Lessons in Love”

Description: Indian Master Anthony de Mello described our lives as ‘scripture’, with every event, encounter and experience to be seen as sacred writing that can reveal the Divine to us. Ginny will be reflecting on the lessons in love that she learned from her father, John, who died nearly a year ago, and the ways in which the learning from those lessons is reverberating in her life now.

Reading: Melissa Sternhill read selected poems.

 

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10-13-24 Weekly Gathering, “Releasing the Manacles of ‘self'” with Rev. Sharon Hepburn

Title: “Releasing the Manacles of ‘self'”

Description: Fetters are manacles or chains of identity that cause suffering. As these
fetters are broken, the sense of “me” falls away. As the me falls away there is an
acceptance of what is. The struggle ceases and a deeper exploration of what “truly is” expands.

Reading: Carine Dorce read snippets taken from Kevin Schanilec’s website, SimplyTheSeen.com

 

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