Sun, 24 June 2012
Jesus taught about spirituality as an “inside job.” It’s not what I eat that makes me pure; what’s “eating me” must be purified. My spirituality is an inside job. It’s not rituals and religious practices that make me holy. My spirituality is an inside job. Jesus said, “people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles . . . . from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:43-5). I have to be the change I want to see in the world. My spirituality is an inside job. Jesus said that when we pray, we should go to our “inner room, close the door” (Matthew 6:6) and pray to our Father in secret, and our Father who sees in secret will bring forth the manifestation accordingly in my life. If I want to change my world, I have to change my mind. My spirituality begins with me; it is an inside job! |
Sun, 17 June 2012
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Sun, 10 June 2012
Who does the dishes? I do! Here are some useful rules for true “spiritual housekeeping:” I wash the dishes by washing the inside first: as I hold cleansing thoughts of purity and harmony, my outward “house” is also in order. When mending is to be done, I release outworn thinking; I think wholeness and renewal, and the healing work is lasting and complete. Meals are prepared with love and served with joy, for Christ is at our table; all are nourished and made strong, as grace radiates from every plate. I am the willing servant of the Lord, faithfully keeping my spiritual “house” in order, and living in the flow of limitless prosperity. |
Sun, 3 June 2012
“Those who go forth . . . carrying sacks of seed, will return with cries of joy, carrying their bundled sheaves” (Psalms 126:6). I am like Johnnie Appleseed: I sow good intentions everywhere I go, trusting that the good I freely share always comes home to me multiplied. Jesus reminds us, “One sows and another reaps.” I enjoy the roses blooming along my Path that were planted by others who walked this way before me. It is “my business” to keep the good moving along: Doing good is good business and good practice for a good life. Sure, sometimes it may not seem that the good we are trying to do is really “doing any good.” But St. Paul encouraged us to hang in there: “Let us not grow tired of doing good, for in due time we shall reap our harvest, if we do not give up. So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all” (Galatians 6:9-10). Every little thought, every little word, every little action, given in unconditional love, will multiply blessings both for the giver and for the receiver. So, pass it on! |