“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.” Simone Weil
Weekly Gathering 8/30/15
Come Home. ~(Lesson 200.4)
The Prodigal Son was afraid to go home – because he believed that his guilt was so damning that his Father could never forgive him. Our Father says “come home” – why would we say no? What is the purpose of the crucifixion? Lyn Johnson, Licensed Minister offers some thoughts on the reason we are reluctant to come home. David Fishman reads several ideas from A Course in Miracles that might be helpful in answering these questions. Barb Deurwaarder served as Admin.
August 31, 2015 Daily Quote
“The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.” Simone Weil
August 30, 2015 Daily Quote
“The only thing that gets in the way of my connection to you is me.” Ken Gibson
August 29, 2015 Daily Quote
“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing that separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.” Simone Weil
August 28, 2015 Daily Quote
“Perhaps everything frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” Rainer Maria Rilke
August 27, 2015 Daily Quote
“If your thought is a rose, you are a rose garden. And if it is a thorn, you are fuel for the fire.” Rumi
August 26, 2015 Daily Quote
“Freedom to become more of who we truly are is one of the gifts that spiritual practices bring.” Margaret Stortz
Auto-Connect, by Gloria Wells
In today’s modern, high tech society we get to enjoy the benefits of cell phone and internet connections that we often give little or no thought to.
As I completed my latest Minister Preparation Program (MPP) course and learned more about the teachings of Ramana Maharshi, I had the opportunity to contemplate just how similar one of the weekly mantras we learned in class is to real life technology.
The mantra I took away from this course was simple enough but had a profound impact on my perception of awareness and helped me to better understand what my relationship to that awareness is. This simple mantra, “Remain with the Self,” and the deep sense of connection I feel when I practice it is similar to how my wifi signal at home automatically recognizes my device when I return home. I don’t have to ask my phone to stop using my data and switch to wifi. It was designed to recognize the signal and “auto-connect” to my internet connection effortlessly.
Using the mantra, “Remain with the Self,” worked in much the same way. We are designed to recognize our Truth at the deepest level, and we draw to us every experience needed to help guide us in that direction. Turning toward the Self in this way gives us an instant connection to that Truth affording us the same flexibility as almost any smart phone… the ability to auto-connect.
“Having realized the Self nothing remains to be known because it is perfect bliss, it is the All” ~ Ramana Maharshi
August 25, 2015 Daily Quote
“In order to get over something, you must first think and accept that you have something to get over.” Dr. Terry Cole-Whitaker
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