Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “#riograndecenterforspiritualliving”
No More Hungry Ghostsby Nancy R. Bowers, RScP God is. In that recognition, I breathe into the awareness of the perfection of NOW. I return to the realization that any experience of lack is born in forgetting that. It is birthed not because there isn’t enough, but because I have once again been fooled by the hungry ghost of ego. Spirit revels in the perfection of this moment. God is always complete, whole and unflawed. …
Reconnecting with the Nowby Rev Kamatara, Director of Collaborative Ministries I realized I’ve been holding my breath for the last six months, just trying to wait this out or muddle through, but this is life and how things are. And that’s always true, no matter how things appear. There is only ever this moment, and this moment is all life has to offer if I’m willing to engage with all I have to offer. So, …
A Prayer on Behalf of Those Who Would Like to Increase their Faithby Chris Duvall, RScP Please make this prayer your own. Read it out loud with great conviction. There is One Life, and It is Love. It is Source and Circumference. It is All there is. I am of this life, so I am the love and the beloved. This, my spiritual reality, is not affected by life experiences and is undiminished by feelings …
“Love thy neighbor as thy self.”by Robyn Rice Olmstead, RScP, ALSP, Emerita(818) 300-3911Centers for Spiritual Living Practitioner Council “Love thy neighbor as thy self.” And so the prayer begins. Knowing that amidst the seeming chaos we see in the world or the madness that out-pictures on the news, there is an illusion of many pieces of heartache and discontent. The injustices and in equities of freedom. There is an illusion that there are Many things …
Love of Self is Love of Godby Maria Dion, RScP As I awaken to the glory of another beautiful day, I acknowledge Spirit. Spirit is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent. It is the Author, the Doer, The Creator, the Producer, and the Great Knower. It is Peace, It is Community, It is Celebration, It is Wisdom, It is Prosperity – and the core of its essence is Love. Love is the foundation of everything in existence. …
Love is the Powerby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director Love is the power of the Universe. It is the impetus for creation and the creation itself. That Love is the very fiber of my being. It is who we are. We are the Universe showing up. We are all of the same “stuff” – or Love. Walking in the knowingness of this truth I affirm that I am Love. I affirm that only Love …
Epiphanyby Chaplain Tilia Giron, RScP, PhD Did you ever wake up one day and realize you’ve been walking around your life? Walking around the good?the possible?the daring?the adventure?the what might be? Your private dreams and hopes? All because … who knows why? Excuses?, maybe. Inertia? Maybe. Or, maybe, somehow the “I can’t” shouted louder than any other voice inside your head. The “ I can’t” whether born of childhood? Or life? Doesn’t matter. Can you …
A Prayer for Equanimityby Marilyn O’Leary, RScP Because God is All, because Spirit infuses the Universe with Power, Creativity, Love, Peace, Joy, I know I am one with It, and all who read this are one with It. Being one with Spirit, I am blessed. The Power of Spirit is available to me. Despite the news of the world, I am at peace. I know that, just like me and you, there are millions of …
Pinpoints of Light in an Oftentimes Dark Worldby Alicia Hanlen, Practitioner EmeritusTaos Study Group, Mile Hi Church “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What are we called to do? I ask myself that frequently these days, and that is generally when I turn to prayer. So let’s pray together. I accept and know that there …
The Joy of Embracing Life as It Isby Nancy R Bowers, RScP What a joy to awaken each day certain in my awareness of the absolute support of the Universe. Lately, I’ve been noticing all the hidden pockets of fear that have been living in my mind, unexamined, unexposed. I see them cowering. I understand, at long last, the illusion. They are but shadows reflecting back to me where I’ve been harboring exceptions, as if …
