We are that Beauty

We are that Beauty‎by Chaplain Tilia Giron, RScP, PhD Beauty is one way God expresses Love for us. The more we see Beauty, the more it shows up. As a part of this Divine Spirit of Beauty, you and I also manifest this divine quality. It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I admit that it does not always show up the way I expect nor at the time I expect. …

Carol Helms, RScP

Today I See Only Beauty, Only Good

Today I See Only Beauty, Only Goodby Carol S. Helms, RScP BeautyI behold the Beautiful and the Pleasant.My eyes see only that which is beautiful to look upon.I will not see anything else nor believe in anything else.I know that beauty has entered into my life, and will always remain there.                      I see only the beautiful. ~Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind, p. 520. A few years ago as I left the house to …

As I Open My Eyes

As I Open My Eyesby Robyn Rice Olmstead RScP, ALSP, Emerita(818) 300-3911Centers for Spiritual Living Practitioner Council Today as I open my eyes, I remember. I remember the power of presence.  I remember all of that, settling into the Oneness and Beauty, that bounty is at hand.  That there is only one thing happening and that is God. God is that Beauty, that Bounty , and that Magnificence that I see in the world. It …

Chaplain Tilia Giron, RScP

Surrender

Surrenderby Chaplain Tilia Giron, RScP As a child, I always thought surrender was giving upAnd I wasn’t going to be a quitter.  Older, I see surrender as more of loosening my tight gripOn what I want so earnestlyAnd entrusting it n letting it flow to join and merge with the Divine CurrentOf All That Is. And forSomehow to open to something wildly better than my imagining to manifest for me. Yes!! !  So as I …

The Gift of Contrast

The Gift of Contrastby Yvette Trujillo, RScP This morning, I have peace in my heart. I can hear the day waking up. I see the shadows of trees and mountains begin to take shape as the light reveals their details, and there is an amazing cool breeze drifting through my open window, lightly kissing my skin on this rare mild summer morning. What a blessing to listen to the crickets and emerging birdsong, and to …

Smitten by God: Grasping at the Ineffable

Smitten by God: Grasping at the Ineffableby Nancy Bowers, RScP Breathing in the chill of early morning freshness, I pause to appreciate the way nature has the power to connect me. I notice the beauty of it all.  I allow it to stir up creativity.  It arouses something deep within.  It pulses love and appreciate for simply being.  This is the moment.  This is the time.  This is where silence rushes in and in that …

The Watchful Eye of the Divine

The Watchful Eye of the Divineby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director Spirit is everywhere present. In the beauty we see around us, in the wonder of the weather, in the day to day simplicity of our lives. I know that my life is the One Life expressing. I am full of beauty, full of wonder and full simplicity. That is the truth of all life. Knowing this I know that the Divine is always present …

Beauty, Light, and Love

Beauty, Light, and Loveby Rev. Gil Olmstead, Spiritual Director Beauty, light, and love are everywhere present. This is the perfection of Spirit. This perfection is my life. We are all expressions of the Infinite. There is no way to escape who we.are. Today we live the day that Spirit has laid before us. This is the day that our dreams become manifest. We shine with the brilliance of the sun sharing love and joy everywhere …

Rev. Kamatara Johnson

Reverencing the Horrible Beauty that is Life

Reverencing the Horrible Beauty that is LifeRev. Kamatara Johnson Recognizing that there is only One Source, One Heart, One Mind expressing here, I know that every aspect of life is an expression of that One. The good, the bad, the ugly, the indifferent, the magnificent, the lovely, the horrific…all the qualities are part of that expression of the Divine, not just some. And so I take this moment to “learn to reverence the horrible beauty that …

Th Garden Speaks

The Garden Speaks by Chris Duvall, RScP Weeds camouflage themselves in the heart or at the base of plants, where they are fed and watered. Sometimes, weeds are not removed in a timely way because they’re so intertwined (as with the sedum), or mis-judged as an offshoot (as with the daisy). Thus, weeds are allowed to grow up with plants until they’re so apparent or troublesome that action is taken. The eggplant and the pole …