Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

There’s No Place Like Home - Rev Cynthia Paulsen

What do you have in common with Harry Potter, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Gautama Buddha and even Jesus? You and the rest of humanity are playing out the Hero’s Journey, which starts and ends in the place we call “home.”

AFFIRMATION: I am the hero of my journey.

Share It, Fair It, DO Take a Slice of My Pie - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Like all of Life, money is a flow. “The financial system consists of the flows of capital that take place between individuals (personal finance), governments (public finance), and businesses (corporate finance). ‘Finance’ thus studies the process of channeling money from savers and investors to entities that need it.” (Wikipedia, “Finance”) So, Everyday Wonder about finances is learning about the flow and how we can participate in a healthy way. Today, we examine this flow and how it operates in our lives.

AFFIRMATION: I trust and live in the Infinite Flow of Abundant Good.

Money, So They Say... - Rev Dr Bob Deen

So much of our trauma around money is based in myths and old, stinkin’ thinkin’, and false beliefs. Let’s apply Everyday Wonder and compassionate curiosity to those beliefs and set ourselves free!

AFFIRMATION: I free my mind to be an open conduit of Good.

Playing with Money - Rev Dr John Karn

Today we’re talking about money. Raymond Charles Barker describes money as “God’s idea of circulation and activity in my world.” We apply our year long theme – Everyday Wonder – to this topic which often has an emotional charge for us – especially in a spiritual center. To allow God’s circulation, in the form of money, to happen in our life, we must love money – not in a fear-based, hoarding, clinging way- but as we love all of God. We must release old beliefs and stories that have hampered this flow. Money is as spiritual as everything else. Like everything else, it is an effect that shows up as the cause of our consciousness directs it to.

AFFIRMATION: I open fully to God’s circulation in my life as money.

Let it Flow - Rev Dr Bob Deen

We live in a Universe of infinite abundance of every form of wealth – love, health, financial freedom, creativity and more. And many are starving. The infinite flowing reservoir is always available, but we only let a trickle through. Our consciousness is filled with rules, with beliefs of lack and limitation, and self loathing and devaluing. These rules and beliefs choke the flow of the Infinite Good down to a mere trickle. Our work is to get our foot off the hose and let the natural Abundance of the Universe flow in our lives.

AFFIRMATION: I now let the Universal Abundance flow freely in my life.

Swimming in the Infinite Ocean - Rev Dr Bob Deen

We begin at the Beginning – Infinite Source. We look at the abundant nature of the Universe, everywhere and always fully present, and the sacredness of Wealth. We expand our idea of how big “Big” really is.

AFFIRMATION: I am always swimming in an Ocean of Infinite Abundance.

Falling Forward - Practitioners

Stumbling Blocks or Steppingstones, which will they be? As you move through your life, giving you gifts, dealing with the world of work, you will always be faced with challenges. They are your path to a greater idea of yourself and your ability to grow.

AFFIRMATION: I persevere with the strength of the Spirit within me.

Living Your Dream - Rev Dr Bob Deen

So many people in the workforce are on a quest for the dream job, but what does that really mean for you? When it comes to your work in the world, are you living your dream?

Whatever your work or profession this is an opportunity to discover and develop a passion for doing work that your find enjoyable and meaningful. The key is get good at something that helps you help other people. Bring the sense of “Everyday Wonder” into your work regardless of how other may judge what you do. Then watch as you grow into living your dream with this or some other work.

AFFIRMATION: The dream of Life is awake and alive in me!

Creating a Life that Matters: You are always self-employed - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Whatever my job, whatever my paystub may say, the greater truth is that I am always self-employed. I am finding my voice  and speaking my truth to myself and others. As I discover what is mine to do:

AFFIRMATION: I am creating a life that matters!

Good Work is Your Creative Expression - Rev Dr Bob Deen

All work is service to others. All work! All work serves some good purpose. Otherwise, the job would not exist, and no one would pay a cent for it.” This statement by Dr. J. Kennedy Shultz sums up today’s lesson. As we look at our lives through the lens of a higher perspective, our work is more than doing assigned tasks, showing up on time, and doing what you’re told. It is how you spend the better part of your waking hours bringing your gifts and your personality to the world. The world responds value for vale as you do so. In creating the life of your choosing it is time to look deeply into what you are actually creating on a day-to-day basis.

AFFIRMATION: I am doing good work in the world