Crystals Are a Spiritual Tool Not to Be Overlooked

The Earth is one giant crystal ball spinning through the universe. Crystals have been found in the digs of ancient cultures, are in our computers. Crystals are a life form and this video is enlightening. They are a spiritual tool not to be overlooked...
Spirit Science--Crystals

THE MANTLE OF LOVE
Like a cloak His Love is wrapped around me.
Like a warm garment It shelters me from the storms of life.
I feel and know that an Almighty Love envelops me in Its close embrace.
O Love Divine,
My Love, how wonderful Thou art.
I am open to receive
Thy great blessing.
Love envelops me.
~Ernest Holmes

"A Song of Faith"

A Song of Faith, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(Excerpt from Voices of the Angels; See sidebar)

My glass of life with its brew of Being,
I lift, with a toast, to the Universe.
Though black guns bellow and mad men curse
And a sick world hurries from bad to worse
I trust in the might of the One All Seeing—
The One All Knowing, to set things right.
Though hate in the heart of the race may thunder,
In rifle and cannon and bursting shell,
And the sea and the air their tales may tell,
Of the minds of mortals that seethe with hell,—
Yet in God’s vast plan there can be no blunder—
He is blazing the trail for the Super-man.
The creeds of ages may totter and tumble,
And fall in ruins, but out of the dust,
And out of the wreckage of old things, must
Rise better religion, and stronger trust,
And faith that knows, and knowing is humble.
(Humility ever with knowledge goes.)
This speck in space on its orbit spinning,
Swings safely along without aid from me,
A Mind that can order, an Eye that can see,
Back of, and over it all must be—
And will be—and was from the first beginning,
Not mine to question or doubt the Cause.
But mine to worship the Mighty Master
And Maker of all things; mine to raise
Ever an anthem of love and praise
In the light of the sun or in shadowed ways,
In the world’s bright hour, or in world disaster,
To see His glory and sing His power.
So my glass of life with its brew of Being
I lift, with a song of the One All Seeing—
Of the One All Knowing; though earth seems hurled
Out into chaos, I see it lying
In God’s great palm—and my faith undying
Cries, “Lo! He is moulding a better world.”

(World Voices, New York : Hearst’s International Library Company, 1916)

"Finding the Christ in Ourselves"

This quote is from the "Finding the Christ in Ourselves" chapter by Dr. Emilie Cady (1844-1948), who partnered with Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, in the foundation of the Unity School of Christianity. This excerpt is from "Voices of the Angels" (See side bar). She was a pioneer in the New Thought Movement at the turn of the century.

“By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” The moment we begin to criticize or condemn another, we prove ourselves guilty of the same fault to which we are giving cognizance.

I Will Never See a Pine Cone the Same Way Again

Meditations for Daily Use

This handy booklet is available at the Stepping Stones Bookstore at the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Rosa. There are 128 pages of meditations arranged by theme or subject. This one is listed under the "Harmony of Life" section. I like to carry this 4"x6" spiral bound booklet around with me and just open it and read. I am transformed by it. $12.95 www.steppingstonesbookstore.org

STILLNESS AND RECEPTIVITY
I am still and receptive to Life.
I let Life flow through me into all
that I do, say or think.
I shall let my Life be what it is,
and shall not worry nor complain.
I am now entered into the Secret Place of the Soul
where complete quiet
reigns supreme and
where God talks to me.
I receive.

The Vision Board

"Open & Allowing" is the focus of the next VISION BOARD workshop on Saturday, August 11, from 2-4pm at the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Rosa . Love Yourself, Live Life Fully!

Creating mental images builds inroads into your subconscious. It is something that you can do to help you in the art of manifestation. Oprah Winfrey revealed that she has created one with the intention that Obama not only become president but that she would go to the inaugural ball wearing the dress that appeared on her board. A plethora of high quality images will be available as we tune into our inner guidance leading us to those images that will inform our awareness about our higher purpose. Creating a VISION BOARD in this way brings into visual form a healing, nurturing collage of pictures and words that will lead you to your good. We will be given guidelines for dialoging with our VISION BOARD. This dialogue process aligns our consciousness with the All Knowing, One Consciousness that is active within us, guiding us, leading us. Folks can register for this workshop at the Center 707-546-4543. Fee is $25 and a materials donation of $5-$10 is collected at the door. Register now as these workshops do fill up quickly. See you there.