Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

This past month CSL Midtown has explored inner Peace, Peace with others, Peace in community and World Peace. Today, we are going to put all the pieces of Peace together to explore the question, “What is mine to do?” to have a Grand Rising and reveal Peace on Earth Now.  We must practice the presence of peace consciously, definitely and deliberately. If we can do it individually and, in the family, and to a certain degree in our offices and businesses, which we can, why can’t we do it for the whole world? We can.” —Ernest Holmes, “World Peace is not an Illusion”  Rev. Mignonne explores the One Love and One Peace that we can radiate throughout the world.  

Peace covers a lot of ground. It’s more than just the absence of war and hostilities, which is what most people tend to think of when they hear the word “peace.” Let’s explore peace in all its many forms. We’ll take a look at where peace originates and some things we can do to make it a reality in our world. Hint: It starts with each of us individually.

There is no place like OM. Join us to experience the power of coming together as a CSL Peace Sangha—Spiritual Community–with the intention of stepping more fully into the vibration of Peace and Kindness in our own lives and those in our broader community.

Without looking at a definition, how would you describe forgiveness? Which has the stronger pull on your emotions: the need to forgive or the need to be forgiven? Forgiveness does not mean forgetting or condoning the wrongdoing, nor does the intention have to be about reconciling a relationship. The power in forgiveness is in the release of the baggage from past experiences; and being at peace with oneself — free to experience the gift of the present.

I invite you to join me, as I explore how embracing an attribute of forgiveness can lead to spiritual freedom and peace within.

“Forgiveness is a constant attitude, not just an occasional act”. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Have you ever felt like your world was falling to pieces and you didn’t know what to do? Today we will share tools for your spiritual toolkit to have a Grand Rising from pieces into Peace, revealing deep Inner Peace. 

I grew up in St. Augustine, Florida home of the state’s school for Deaf and Blind students. Ray Charles and Marcus Roberts, both amazing jazz musicians, attended that school. Marcus is classified as blind. However, when he plays the piano, his music opens up a world of textured colors and feelings for me. This week we will examine the idea of wholeness in the context of those who are” differently abled.” According to Science of Mind, every person is an individualization of the One Spirit, regardless of physical or mental abilities. Wholeness is not determined by physical conditions but by recognizing the inherent spiritual essence within everyone. Disabilities and differences are understood as unique expressions of the One Spirit, and physical or mental conditions do not limit a person’s worth or spiritual potential. Come join this Sunday as we discuss one aspect of the nature of wholeness.

Sex is not just for procreation. Among human beings, sex is another way the Infinite Presence express Itself in pleasure. And when engaged in from a higher state of consciousness, it becomes a source of great power, the power to create a world that works for all. But first, we must be able to talk about it.

It is crucial that we begin to discuss the often taboo topic of trauma in our Spiritual communities if we are to support every individual’s right to a grand rising. Very few, if any, people are immune from trauma, including individual experiences of abuse, ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), poverty, medical trauma, or collective experiences of war, displacement, terrorist attacks, mass shootings, and natural disasters, to name just a few. Science of Mind and Spirit provides a strong foundation of principles to support and facilitate healing, and yet we must go beyond knowing Truth in Spiritual Mind Treatment to applying a kind of “Trauma Informed” Science of Mind and Spirit which acts in ways that promote a truly holistic healing, wholeness, and compassion in our communities.

Today Rev. John is exploring how “others” can make our lives uncomfortable. Where is this discomfort coming from and where is it felt? Of the parties involved, who is the most uncomfortable? What do the others need to do to make us more at ease? Let us open our hearts and our minds to exploring this issue at this critical time in our journey.

My question to you is if Practice makes perfect imperfect, why practice?

First, we define practice as the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing something:

The reason for practice and why you came to the planet is to free yourself of the FITS (feeling, images and thoughts) you created out of innocence.

The Purpose you came is to express the God that you are through your FITS.

Dr. Holmes addresses our reason on the first page of the textbook, “The Divine Plan is one of Freedom, bondage is not God-ordained. Freedom is the birthright of every living soul. All instinctively feel this. The Truth points to freedom under law. Thus, the inherent nature of humans is forever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom.”