The Dance of Expectations

The Dance of Expectationsby Nancy R Bowers, RScP “If you have lived for years expecting loss, instability, inconsistency, effort-based love, or disappointment, disappointment, then the nervous system will recognize those conditions as “normal” and anything outside them as “threatening,” no matter how good the new reality actually is. This means waiting for the nervous system to feel safe before stepping into the next level of your life is a trap … because the nervous system …

Without Expectation: Sublime Mercy

Without Expectation: Sublime Mercyby Nancy Bowers, RScP Lord, let me remember who I truly am.  Let me look to You always.  In whatever arises in my life, in whatever perceived difficulties I encounter, return my mind to the truth of beingness.  Let me remember that I am love – that my purpose is love, that my mission is love, that my essence is You.  And so, I pray to realign myself with what that Divine …

Stepping into Divine Flow

Stepping into Divine Flowby Rev. Kamatara Johnson, Director of Collaborative Ministries I know that God is all there is, expressing in and as everything, everyone, every place, and every time. There are no exceptions. So I know that I am the expression of the Divine. And I know that the Divine does not struggle.  The Divine flows.  I know the Divine is never busy.  It just IS.  I know the Divine needs no justification. It …

Managing Expectations

Managing Expectationsby Alicia K. HanlenPractitioner EmeritusTaos Study Group – RGCSL J udge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged. – (Matt. 7:1) In this perfect now moment, I turn within to that power and presence that is my source and my supply. As I breathe in, I feel myself centering and grounding to all that is being expressed. I allow any and all thoughts to arise so I can look at them and determine if they …

Nancy Bowers, RScP

Releasing Expectations

Releasing Expectationsby Nancy Bowers, RScP Too much of my life is spent resisting.  The underbelly of that is fear – fear of not getting what I want, fear of rejection, fear that I don’t know what I should be doing or how to do it.  It’s subtle.  It’s that inner critic who judges life and sizes up whether or not whatever is happens meets its expectations.  At its core, the fear is the fear of …

Without Expectation: Sublime Mercy

Without Expectation: Sublime Mercyby Nancy Bowers, RScP Lord, let me remember who I truly am.  Let me look to You always.  In whatever arises in my life, in whatever perceived difficulties I encounter, return my mind to the truth of beingness.  Let me remember that I am love – that my purpose is love, that my mission is love, that my essence is You.  And so, I pray to realign myself with what that Divine …

Without Expectation: Sublime Mercy

Without Expectation: Sublime Mercyby Nancy Bowers, RScP Lord, let me remember who I truly am.  Let me look to You always.  In whatever arises in my life, in whatever perceived difficulties I encounter, return my mind to the truth of beingness.  Let me remember that I am love – that my purpose is love, that my mission is love, that my essence is You.  And so, I pray to realign myself with what that Divine …

Kamatara Johnson, RScP

Stepping into Divine Flow

Stepping into Divine Flowby Kamatara Johnson, RScP I no longer buy into society’s narrative that I must struggle to justify the good things in my life.   I no longer buy into today’s culture that says I have to be busy or I’m lazy.   I no longer buy into the thought that what I do is more important than who I am. I know that God is all there is, expressing in and as everything, everyone, …

Marilyn O'Leary, RScP

I Now Accept Things as They Are

I Now Accept Things as They Areby Marilyn O’Leary, RScP “I now accept things as they are in this moment, not as I wish they were.” I recognize the everlasting, eternal, omnipresent Spirit, the Source of all being, the loving force that keeps the ever-expanding universe evolving. This loving, powerful, infinite Source is also in me, infusing every cell of my body, motivating my mind, fostering my creativity, filling me with love. It expresses as …