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Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living
This Sunday, December 15th, 2013
10 AM
Rev Martha Quintana, Senior Minister
Rev. Martha surveyed the congregation to find out what topics they wanted to hear about on Sunday morning. Congregants sent in over 80 suggestions. All of the talks this fall are directly taken from the survey and dedicated to the people who come to the Sunday Service. To all of the congregants and visitors, thank you for creating a world-class spiritual community with your presence, your talent, and your treasure. You have already changed the world.
“Walking in the Land of the Mystics”
Our philosophy contains a great deal of mysticism in it. Those of us who practice Science of Mind are walking in the land of the mystics. We are deriving the same power that mystics of all ages have used. We are part of the Whole and all of the whole, all at the same time. Join Rev. Martha on Sunday as we talk about mystics and mysticism.
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Susan Clark, Music Director
Susan Clark is joined by
Lewis Winn on guitar/bass guitar and Jay Blea on drums/percussion
The Daily Meditation 12.10.2013
The Gift Of The Christ
Lovater Harris Jones, RScP
“Metaphysically, Mary, the mother of Jesus, represents the soul that magnifies the Lord “daily in the temple” and through its devotion prepares itself for the higher life. She signifies the Divine Motherhood of love. She can also be said to be intuition. Jesus, the perfect-man manifestation, is conceived in the intuitive or soul nature (Mary) and is molded in its substance. The coming of the Christ body into activity is the result of an exalted idea, sown in the mind and nurtured by the soul (Mary). The soul is devout and expectant. It believes in the so-called miraculous as a possibility. Mary expected the birth of the Messiah according to the promise of the Holy Spirit. She was overshadowed by the high idea; it formed in her mind the seed that quickened into the cells and in due season there were aggregrations of cells strong enough in their activity to attract the attention of the outer consciousness, and what is call the birth of Christ took place.”
Metaphysical Bible Dictionary (Adapted)
Unity School of Christianity, 1962
This is as clear a description of the Creative Process as one will find any place. It makes clear the immaculate conception of the birth of Jesus, who we know became the Christ!
This lengthy quote is ideal for incorporating into our daily Spiritual Practice the Gift of the Christ! I envision it to be something like this:
1. Quiet the mind. Go within to the place where Spirit dwells. We do this to magnify the Lord “daily in the temple.”
2. In the stillness, focus on and prepare for the “higher ideas of life.” Let’s call this high idea, the Gift of the Christ.
3. Allow (No efforting) your intuitive nature to reveal that which is of a high calling. Remember, we are dealing with an All Knowing and All Wise Mind.
4. Know that the perfect and exalted idea (The Christ) is being sown in the mind and is accepted by the soul (Mary). The Mind is now impregnated (planted in the Law/Subjective Mind) with that which has been revealed to your intuitive nature.
5. Become expectant of this great gift! Become overshadowed by this high idea (i.e. embody it, feel it, know it!).
6. The idea formed in your mind is the seed, and within this seed is a prototype/pattern necessary for the Christ to be made manifest.
7. Know that in the fertile soil of the subconscious mind, all the activity necessary for its formation, is attracting everything for this idea/this Gift of the Christ to be born in and through you! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Lovater Harris Jones is a Practitioner at the Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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What We Teach
We teach the Science of Mind, which is the study of Life and the nature of the laws of thought; the idea that we live in a Spiritual Universe; that God or Spirit is in, through, around us; and that this Presence is a loving source of all Good.
Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living
VISION Connecting Community Through Spirit!
MISSION We recognize that an inherent desire in every individual is to realize the person God intended us to be. As we realize our true God selves, the greatest gift we can give another is to support him or her in becoming that God person too.
Most important, every man, woman and child who lives in the Universe is significant to the Creator. Our doors will forever be open to all…
Walking in the Land of the Mystics
Our philosophy contains a great deal of mysticism in it. Those of us who practice Science of Mind are walking in the land of the mystics. We are deriving the same power that mystics of all ages have used. We are part of the Whole and all of the whole, all at the same time. Join Rev. Martha on Sunday as we talk about mystics and mysticism.