Who Touched Your Life?

Who Touched Your Life?by Robyn Rice Olmstead RScP, ALSP, Emerita(818) 300-3911Centers for Spiritual Living Practitioner Council “Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” ~ Yuri Kochiyama In this moment I acknowledge the one power and presence that has been present for every moment of my life and beyond. The Glory & …

In the Flow of Life

In the Flow of Lifeby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director How grateful I am to be in the flow of Life. I am in this flow where Spirit is everywhere and all things. The beauty of a sunrise, the hope in the leafless tree of winter, the majesty of the roaring river in spring. God is everywhere and all things. And so it is that all this is the Life that breathes me. It is …

One Reality

One Realityby Marylyn Kirk, RScP There is only one reality, the reality of Love. That love is everywhere present. I know this love to be in the smallest child, the wisest person, in the fish and birds, animals and mountains. Love is in every situation and circumstance that is present in my life and in the lives of all. This Love is available to all and is in the seen and the unseen, the known …

The Reality of Spirit

The Reality of Spiritby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director I gratefully open my heart to the reality of Spirit. I know that the One is everywhere present, in, through, and as all things revealing the beauty of Itself. Therefore I am filled with this presence – it is my very essence. I am as Spirit is! I walk in this life experience always learning, always discovering, forever curious about what more there is to see …

Choice of Life and Light

Choice of Life and Lightby Christine Duvall, RScP I honor and invokeOne Life, One LightOne Spectrum of All ColorsOne Loving SourceExpressing through everythingSeen and unseen. I honor and InvokePresence and PowerAs UnityAs Choice of the Unseen Help, our Higher SelfAs Choice of the Higher Self of the neighborAs Choice of the Angel of our collective Self. I honor and blessAll who make the ChoiceTo be a conduit of LifeGiving and receivingExtending pure hearts throughWords and …

Today, We Celebrate!

Today, We Celebrateby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director Today is the day we celebrate! We celebrate Life and Love and Joy and Possibility. For that is the essence of Spirit everywhere present. That is my essence, that is our essence. So I know that all is well. All is in order. All things are perfectly expressing. Everywhere I am, the Life of Spirit is. I am blessed beyond measure. I am supported and all my …

Spirit is Present

Spirit is Presentby Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director As the warmth of the sun rushes through my window and the cold of the air touches my skin, I am reminded that Spirit is present in, as. and through all things. All of my experience is Spirit experiencing Itself! Therefore, I Am as God Is. You are as I am, God is as we are. This is to be acknowledged and celebrated! I know that all …

Basking in the Gratitude

Basking in the Gratitudeby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director Today, gratitude fills my soul. I can feel grateful with every step. The chilled air, a leisurely breakfast, the dogs licking my face – all of it reminds me of the wonder that I am here. I am grateful that my life is the Life of Spirit. That the fullness of Spirit is right where I am and right where you are. All things point …

Prayer of Peace

Prayer of Peaceby Rev. Kamatara Johnson, Director of Collaborative Ministries “Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.” —Wayne W. Dyer I turn inward in this moment to raise my awareness of the One Loving Source, that Divine Essence that animates all of life. In this beautiful city, seeing the mountains, the pink clouds, the sunrise that backlights the hot air balloons …

A Prayer For Our Country

A Prayer For Our Country by Alicia K. HanlenPractitioner EmeritusRGCSL – Taos Study Group Today let us recognize that we are all one in Spirit, in Life. We breathe the same air, are warmed by the same sun, and live on the same planet. Indeed, we are all made of the same divine substance. And in particular we recognize that we, as Americans, are joined together as part of the same “tribe”, if you will, …