Collapsing the Bridge of Fearby Alicia K. Hanlen, Practitioner EmeritusTaos Study Group – Mile Hi Church “The path of descent is the path of transformation.” ~ Richard Rohr, ‘The Tears of Things’ Dear sweet Spirit, I turn within as I seek solace in your loving embrace. The world in its appearance seems to be devolving into chaos. And yet I trust in some deep and divine crevice within my very soul that as the Bible …
My Dreams, I Choose to Manifest
My Dreams, I Choose to Manifestby Chaplain Carmella Herrera, RScP As I look deep into my Being, I see,My true self is looking back at me.It may appear to others that I’m an ordinary kind,But that’s not my Truth, in my heart, or in my mind. I had believed and felt and sensed –that so much,Was beyond what I thought that I could touch.When I went into the recesses of my “unaware”There were dreams that …
The Emptiness Calls
The Emptiness Callsby Tilia Giron, Chaplain, RScP I stand in the emptiness that I feel around me without trying to fill it or fix it or change it.I may quiver and I may quake and,I also declare, I am OK with that. Because there is a strength within me that can withstand this feeling of emptiness. I know this.I know this even when the emptiness seems – SEEMS – just seems to overtake me. Because …
For Nancy and All Mothers Whose Children Have Gone Before
For Nancy and All Mothers Whose Children Have Gone Beforeby Rev. Martha Quintana, Former Senior Minister There is One Life, a Life so large, so ubiquitous that it lives everywhere. The One Life, the one I call God, creates from Itself for Its own experience and wherever It is, there is Peace, Love, Immortality, Happiness, Grace, and Good. Life is all there is. I am born of this ubiquitous life and I revel in it. …
Perfect Peace
Perfect Peaceby Laura Snapp, RScP There is only one Life, one Spirit, one Creative Essence in all the Universe that is known and unknown. All that is and ever will be is God. God is the Great Creator, the Divine Essence that ignites and blesses all people, the Peace and Well-Being that flows through all Creation. God is Freedom, Perfect Wholeness flowing through, around, and in All things, for all is God. …
Awareness is My Word
Awareness is My Wordby Chaplain Carmella Herrera, RScP I joyfully know and accept for myself that I can be united with Spirit simply by acknowledging that Spirit lies within me. As I go within where Spirit essence lies, and I call upon the one Universal Being, I feel the Creative Power as a source of energy. Then, as I recognize and accept the Divine Power within me, I feel myself permitting Spirit to be the …
Life Chose Me
Life Chose Meby Rev. Gil William Olmstead, Spiritual Director What a gift it is to be living! I am grateful that Life chose me; that the creative power of the Universe has chosen to live Itself as me! This gratitude fills me as I observe the beauty of Spirit all around me: in the sunlight; in the wind blowing by me; in the birds and the animals; in the grandeur of the landscape. Spirit is …
Divine Joy
Divine Joyby Rev. Kamatara Filipiak, Director of Collaborative Ministries The One Loving Source says hi everyday, as the sun comes up and goes down over the Sandias, as the birds chirp in my yucca, as the hummingbirds come to visit, as the neighbor children play in the rain puddles…This is Divine Joy expressing in the now. And I am an expression of Divine Joy as well. I am aligned with the Divine that is the presence and …
Treatment for People with Broken Hearts
Treatment for People with Broken Hearts Marilyn O’Leary, Practitioner Emeritus For all people in mourning, I bless them with comfort. For all people who have lost a loved one, I bless them with comfort. For all people who are caretaking, I bless them with strength and patience. For all people who are experiencing pain, I bless them with strength, and no pain. For all people experiencing dis-ease, I bless them with health. For all people …
Upliftment for Our Country
Upliftment for Our Countryby Marylyn Kirk, RScP I recognize the presence of Spirit everywhere, a freely giving source of overflowing abundance, beauty, kindness, and compassion. The Creator expresses as abundance, joy, peace, and happiness. Knowing this, I am keenly aware of my oneness with Spirit. The good that exists everywhere expresses and flows within me, as me and through me. In this very moment, I acknowledge the upliftment of our country, our leaders, and all …









