Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

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

Naturally Divine - Rev Cynthia Paulsen

What is the Truth behind our human nature? Even if we believe that all humans are Naturally Divine, what does that really mean? Can we consciously recognize this nature in others? In ourselves? Let’s explore our Divine Nature together with guest speaker Rev. Cynthia Paulsen.

AFFIRMATION: I am of the Divine Being; my true nature is Divine

Embracing the Good in All Things - Rev Dr Bob Deen

In a world of Oneness we are called upon to embrace all of Creations as springing from the same source as we are. This includes things we just don’t like. People who seem so opposite from us that we can’t imagine how the same Spirit of Life, produced them. Those lists are different for each of us. Nature has many animals, bugs, spiders, and the like that are beautiful to one person and terrifying to another. Human beings have behaviors that seem loving to one person and repulsive to someone else. How do we navigate thoughtfully and compassionately through this amazing world of diversity in which we live with while joyfully recognizing the beautiful in it all?

AFFIRMATION:  I embrace all life, including the fuzzy, furry and tiny.

It’s All Natural! - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Nature is first and foremost Natural. This statement from various New Thought literature seems kind of silly. Well of course Nature is natural. What else could it be. Well, here is the profound part: you too are completely natural! Everything that seems to be supernatural and miraculous in your life is actually quite Natural. Humans are quick to assign the term Miracle to things we don’t understand but in truth they are just that, things we don’t yet understand. Today’s magic is tomorrow’s science. Why does this matter? Because It empowers us to participate fully in this amazing creative universe as we use the natural forces of our natures to create the change that we desire for ours and the greater good of all. 

Weekly Affirmation: I am One with all of Life on planet Earth.

How to have a relationship with God? - Rev Dr Bob Deen

What we believe about God determines how and whether we are aware of a relationship. In this teaching about Oneness, no matter who or what the relationship is, it must be a relationship with God, the Infinite One, since God is All there Is. And ultimately it is a demonstration of God’s relationship with ItSelf. We can participate in this consciously and welcome more wonder and awe or unconsciously and keep reaping what we see in the world of collective consciousness. 

Week’s Affirmation: My relationships with everything demonstrates my relationship with God.

Living in Harmony with Nature - Rev Dr Bob Deen

When we are in harmony with and in respectful relationship with all of nature, we find a level of sacredness and beauty we were previously oblivious to. Nature, the universe is the physical expression of the body of God, why would we ever desecrate our relationship with it? 

Week’s Affirmation: All life is natural. Wherever I am in any given moment the Infinite is fully present. 

You and Me Create Society - Rev Dr Bob Deen

The relationships we have with the broader gathering of people is what has created and continues to create societies. The agreements we make consciously and those we agree to by default are what affect and govern how we interact and relate to one another. 

Week’s Affirmation: I am a powerful catalyst of love within society.

Who are you calling WE? - Rev Dr John Karn

 Let’s explore the relationships we have with those closest to us and those farthest from us and how all are shaped by how each of us understands and relates to the collective “We.” There can be no wonder or peace if we hold contempt and distrust for the collective “We.” 

Week’s Affirmation: I celebrate the We, which is intimately One with Itself. 

Me, Myself and I - Rev Dr Bob Deen

The relationship we have with ourselves is the foundation upon which all other relationships are formed. Which do we choose: self-love or self-hatred, self-worth or invalidation of self? Our invitation today is to learn how to love ourselves and to practice this deeper, fuller, more complete embodiment of love. 

Week’s Affirmation: The Universe loving Itself is expressed as my Self-Love.

From Potential to Presence - Rev Dr Bob Deen

This week, we are exploring how our bodies are truly living communication devices with a line directly to Source. When we learn to listen to what our bodies are telling us, we move into flow with the One and can experience a full, gentle, authentic life. The body is a powerful tool for manifesting whatever is imprinted in first cause (Consciousness). We can work both top-down (from mind to body) and bottom-up (from body to mind) to experience the reciprocal relationship with Consciousness through the body. Your body is a communication device with your whole being, Spirit, Mind and Body.  We can use our bodies to feel into every moment, becoming completely present to the here and now. Our bodies are more than containers walking our consciousness around, they are the exact point in space and time where we are pressed from limitless possibility into perfect and precise expression. 

Weekly Affirmation: I listen to my body, knowing it is speaking as Truth.