Carol Helms, RScP

Affirming Surrender

Affirming Surrenderby Carol S. Helms, RScP I surrender to the power, presence and forgivingness; the letting go; the setting you free from what I think you’re thinking and the judgment that serves no one and no thing, and I embrace the faith and freedom I receive in exchange. I surrender to the brilliance of cleared vision, seeing with the heart, and the sweet song of right thinking, and it is in this space that I …

Forgiveness

Forgivenessby Nancy Bowers, RScP Life happens.  Sometimes it is messy and ugly and appears to be nothing that we would ever consciously choose.  And yet, there we are.  There I am.  Caught is a situation that makes me feel less than connected, less than blessed, or just plain less than. Ugh. I return to affirmative prayer.  I return to that place of allowing.  That place of non-judgment, no condemnation.  What an interesting juxtaposition!  Noticing all …

Wounds Dissolving

Wounds Dissolvingby Chris Duvall, RScP This short prayer comes from James O’Dea in his book, Soul Awakening Practice.  It is meant to be chanted meditatively several times with intention, as seed placed into the soil of spiritual law: first for yourself, next for someone you wish to commune with, third expanding outward into the field of your connections, and finally on behalf of Earth for planetary peace (pp. 14-16). Soul Awakening Heart Opening Light Shining …

A Lesson on Forgiveness

A Lesson on Forgivenessby Alicia K. Hanlen, Practitioner EmeritusTaos Study Group – RGCSL Let us contemplate the idea of forgiveness, for my heart tells me we can always use a tune-up on this matter.  And what is forgiveness if not just a way of seeing each other as ourselves, doing the best that we can, occasionally falling down, but picking ourselves up, brushing off what we no longer need, setting our intentions in a new …

Forgiveness, Letting Go and Welcoming the New

Forgiveness, Letting Go and Welcoming the Newby Chaplain Tilia Giron, RScP I choose to forgive myself today for all of the mistakes, regrets and failures as I see and saw them in the past – past year, plus current and past lifetimes. Anything I am and may be holding onto with anything  Resembling sorrow or sadness, longing or regret, I now let go.  Forever.  Once released, it cannot return. For I with help of The …