New Poem: Shine it Away
Imagine a dark room
behind a closed door
but the hall light is on
and when you open the door…
Imagine a dark room
behind a closed door
but the hall light is on
and when you open the door…
We usually consider matter as solid, but it is far from it. The closer you get to looking at matter, the less material it seems to be.
A month ago, I blogged about being positive as the first entry in a project of more consciously imbibing qualities of Spirit; I am choosing one to focus on each month, and writing down my thoughts about what I learned.
For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want….
A month ago a blog reader and I agreed to take one quality of Spirit each month and focus on seeing it, experiencing it, expressing it, noticing it, demonstrating it, appreciating it, and spiritually demanding it of ourselves and all creation.
This is an unnecessarily bare-bones site graphically, but it has tons of print lectures on Christian Science available from as far back as 1900.
I think we will all ultimately experience evil as impotent, because we will each realize that we prefer to do and experience the will of divine good.
I love Creative Arts Camp in Maine. The people are terrific: the convergence of art with Christian Science is an amazing combination.
Let the angels tell them what they need to know. Trust God’s steady hand and correcting rod for thankfully that is not our job.
Throughout my life I have had many opportunities to forgive people. My indispensable go-to approach in these situations is to follow Jesus’ example on the cross when he magnanimously said, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.”
I enjoyed visiting this awesome Christian Science Reading Room in downtown Sacramento. I love how it was designed to coordinate with the trade edition of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. And their enormous window was well used for quotes, articles, and ideas.
There is always a solution when we give ourselves consent to go forward.
Saddened to hear of Maya Angelou’s passing, I also want to rejoice that we were got to have her with us here. Maya, blessings to you as you have blessed us!
I have often done very well forgiving as Jesus did on the cross, “Forgive them for they know not what they do.” In fact, there have been such major healings experienced related to this approach that it is my go-to stance whenever I am the brunt of someone’s inconceivable actions.
This was quite a life lesson about being prepared whether or not you think you’ll get a chance!