RGCSL Homecoming Sunday October 16, 2016 – Both Services 9 and 11am! Calling all Religious Scientists to “come home” to the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living! In addition, our band will begin playing both services! Ancestor Blessing and Potluck, November 1, 2016 at 6pm Annual Thanksgiving Community Lunch, November 24, 2016 at 12pm
The Breath of Life
The Breath of Lifeby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director It always fills me with gratitude when I realize anew that my life is the result of the power of the Universe revealing Itself. How grateful I am that Breath of Life breathes me! Spirit is my essence. Spirit is the essence of all creation. Every person, place, and thing is of the same essences. Therefore I must be completely unified with Spirit, and therefore, …
This Present Moment
This Present Momentby Rev. Kamatara Johnson, Director of Collaborative Ministries As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love – even the most simple action. — Eckhart Tolle Breathing into this present moment, I recognize my unity with the One Heart, One …
Assumption Reset: Noticing the Mind’s Shenanigans
Assumption Reset: Noticing the Mind’s Shenanigansby Nancy R. Bowers, RScP “Neuroscience shows that the brain predicts before it perceives, meaning your expectations determine what you notice long before reality reaches your awareness.” ~ Srivastava, Anushka. Identity Mechanics: The Science and Psychology of Mastering Manifestation (p. 11). Kindle Edition. “And until you understand how perception functions, you will think you are reacting to life, when in truth life is reacting to the lens through which you …
Awakening Beckons
Awakening BeckonsAlicia K. Hanlen, Practitioner EmeritusTaos Study Group – Mile Hi Church “Do not be concerned if you do not always get from your study and your prayers the results that your senses take cognizance of. Your spiritual awakening is the important thing.” Myrtle Fillmore, Co-founder of Unity Sit quietly. Listen deeply. Hear the voice of guidance. What is it telling you? Wake Up! Wake up to your magnificence, your strength, and yes – your …
A Treatment for Perfect Health
A Treatment for Perfect Healthby Marilyn O’Leary, RScP God is all there is. God’s essence fills the universe with love, health, healing, warmth, comfort, joy, delight, energy, stamina and light. I am One with God. God expresses in me as perfect health and well-being. My Oneness with God reveals my true nature, that I am already healed and that I am radiant health. I am filled with joy and well-being. There is nothing I need …
A Prayer of Remembering
A Prayer of Rememberingby Rev, Kamatara, Director of Collaborative Ministries “Hafiz is a divine envoy upon whom the Beloved has written a holy message.” from Now Is the Time by Hafiz There is only One. One Life, One Heart, One Mind. This One is expressing in an Infinite variety of ways, including all of life as we know it and even beyond what we can understand. This is the Sacred Essence that makes up you …
All the Power of the Universe is with You
All the Power of the Universe is with You by Liza Kerr, RScP Feel it, know it and then act as though it were true. I recognize this power working through me every day. I call upon this power to guide me, and to comfort me whenever I need to feel peace, or harmony in my life. It seems that lately life has become very busy. Sometimes, I am not clear as to how to …
Aliveness
Alivenessby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director The crisp air reminds us we are alive. The hot sun reminds us we are alive. The loving embrace of another reminds us we are alive. The sting of a bee on a summers day reminds us we are alive. All things point to being alive – or simply life. It is but one thing, one power, one source, activity that is this aliveness. I am that aliveness. I …
Spirit at Play
Spirit at Playby Laura Snapp. RScP All around me I see evidence of Spirit at play. It is the leaves budding out on the trees, the blossoms bursting with color, the wind against my face, the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. And as I recognize Spirit in everything around me, existing in and as all things all the time, I deepen my understanding and recognition of the everchanging nature of Spirit. Spirit is …
No More Hungry Ghosts
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. …