Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

The Great Work of Your Life - Rev Dr Bob Deen

What is Dharma? Discovering one’s life purpose. Uncovering what is one’s sacred work, gifts, talents, and contribution to the world. We each have them. What is our Zone of Genius?
Affirmation: Today, I answer the call to discover, liberate, and express my Divine genius.

Link to Daniel Nahmod Video 'Superhero' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le2HSDpD-Aw 

Listen to Your Heart - Rev Dr Bob Deen

The first sense to develop in the embryo is sound. The first sound an embryo hears is its mother’s heartbeat. The heartbeat, the voice of the heart is primal. It is the Wisdom and guidance of the universe/Divine. It is where our intuition resides. It is forever speaking, guiding, imparting Itself to/through/and as us. When we listen and pay attention, we can hear the call upon our lives. 
Affirmation: I practice my gift of complete freedom by listening to my higher self and I completely trust the process.

Seat of the Soul - Rev Dr Bob Deen

The month starts with a re-grounding and coming back into alignment with our soul. Recognizing an inner Power and Presence that is our true nature and inseparable from the Divine. 
Affirmation: I am grounded in the Power and Presence of Life Itself, the Over-soul, and it is from that place from which I move.

Fire in the Belly - Rev Dr. Bob Deen

We are made of the Divine, so we are always connected to the Divine. We can never be disconnected from the Divine and, therefore, from our Divine Purpose. Our simple being, our existence, is proof that we are here to do our good – proof that we are here to bring our gifts to the world. We listen to the fire in our belly to connect to what is ours to do in the world. We are each perfect emanation of the Divine, co-creating with the Divine to make our mark on the world. We are in choice each day to be our best and do our best as beings contributing and showing up in the world as Spirit.
Affirmation: I renew my life’s purpose each and every day by allowing the fire in my belly to guide what’s mine to do in the world. 

Unwritten - Rev Dr Bob Deen

We are the Co-Creators of our life. We die daily to our old ways and have a new day. The future is unwritten. We are always at choice. As we continue our journey of change, each moment is an opportunity to make a new choice and create a better life. We each unfold from a Limitless Potential and can bring into experience anything that can be conceived. The past is not precedent. Through understanding and spiritual practice, we can break out of past patterns and behaviors and consciously write the unwritten narrative of our lives. 

Affirmation: Today, I write the unwritten chapter of my life free from the past and author the life I desire to live!

Bright Beginnings - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Longer days and warmer sun are such beautiful metaphors for the motion from inward examination, education, and growth – the coming to know that Life/God/Spirit expresses as us – to the outward greater expression of Oneness. It requires that we examine and reexamine old beliefs and paradigms about other people and the way the world works. The freedom to grow in understanding is modeled every year when the plants and leaves return.

Introductory video from Rev. Viljoen.

Affirmation: I experience the freedom to BE the voice of Love I am called to BE!

Spirit Is Every Gender - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Because each person is unique, there are an infinite number of ways to express and

experience humanity. Instead of limiting others to what we are most familiar or most

comfortable with, our job is to look for the Perfection in every person. When we can see

“The Face of God” in everyone and interact with them the way they prefer, we are

contributing to “a world that works for everyone.” The nature of the Divine Feminine

equips us to move out of the boxes created by human labels and recognize that all

human beings are Spirit expressing. Affirmation​: The Divine Feminine in me recognizes Spirit shining in, as and through every expression of gender identity.

We’re all in the Chrysalis together - Rev Dr Bob Deen

…there is a Presence and Power greater than I am that nurtures and supports me in ways I could not even imagine. I know that this Presence is All knowing and All Power and is Always right where I am. So says Ernest Holmes our founder. Nurturing goes beyond the stereotypes of masculine and feminine into the realm of the infinite. You’re invited to join the adventure. Affirmation​: We now consciously recognize and accept Nurturing as Strength!​

The Law as Womb - Rev Dr Bob Deen

Spiritual Law is very much like a womb. We impress upon the law our embodied ideas and like a fertile egg that is implanted by nature in the womb, the law receives our ideas and beliefs and begins to give life to them. Our part is to carry those beliefs and ideas, until Spirit midwifes them into full demonstration in our live. Affirmation​: I invoke the power of the Divine Feminine to unleash Its fierce loving givingness in my life now.

Our Living Legacy - Rev Dr Bob Deen

The New Thought lineage has a legacy of female leaders, and religious science was one of the first spiritual organizations to ordain women in North America. This week as we highlight this legacy we are lifted on the wings of those female spiritual leaders that came before. Affirmation​: Accepting and honoring the Divine Feminine within, I recognize my power to manifest, nurture and create community. Introductory Video