Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

Accepting ourselves with all our angst, quirks, and imperfections is vulnerable, scary, and unapologetically authentic.

Rumi invites us, “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” Authenticity opens us to a world of valuable learning experiences and unexpected breakthroughs.

The message is asking us to look at our lives and see where we place our attention and how that affects our life. We are the masters of our fate we write and direct the stories of our life. 

Have you ever felt like you had to be perfect or do something perfectly? Spiritually, we know we already are perfect, but we humans love to try anyway! Perfectionism is a tricky personal standard no one can meet. Let’s explore our misguided pursuit of perfectionism, how it holds us back and potentially limits our spiritual growth. Perhaps there is something else we can do instead!

The Presence of God in us expresses in abundant ways. The more we give our unique expression permission to flow out into the world, the more radiant and abundant our life will become. Your Own Unique Expression is the key to living a healthy, happy and prosperous life.

If we believe in something so deeply and we decide to pursue it, we may feel a sense of freedom to accomplish it. There are no limits or barriers that can stop us. We feel like nothing is holding us back, and we are unbounded and unstoppable to express and manifest life’s creativity. When we feel this way in God, we feel irrepressible and unrestrained, liberated and lifted, and ready to take on anything with faith, strength, and trust in the unlimited potential of the Infinite that is within and all around us.

Passion, Clarity, Gratitude and Trust are the kindling for being Fired Up.

“In God’s own time,” is something often heard when a spiritual demonstration is not readily apparent. “If it’s God’s will” is another. When the supposed ‘God’s timing” doesn’t align with our needs and desires, perhaps it’s time to have an expanded definition of God and assertive in our prayers.  After all, it’s not God’s mind we need to change, but our own. Perhaps it’s time to pray audaciously.  

Here’s a deep Spiritual Truth for us all — We are not meant to go it alone! We were put on this earth together to do great things together. We are made out of the same Spiritual Stuff. We beat with One Heart! So building community within which we can support and be supported is natural to us. Then why does it sometimes seem so hard? Together, we will explore and break through the barrier together!

Even in the most difficult times of our life we can find growth and learning. And sometimes the hard times can turn out to be our best times.

In a world that feels like it is filled with chaos and confusion, what about faith? How is faith the answer? Faith is a deep belief in the Good!  Faith is an energy that stimulates change.  Faith changes personal circumstances and conditions.  No matter what issue you face, cultivate faith.  Faith is both a power and a practice.  As Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker say in 365 Days for Richer Living, “Faith acts like a law, because it is a law. It is the law of spiritual Mind in action” (page 128).  This Sunday is an examination of faith and what happens when faith is put into action in your life.