Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

If humanity is to awaken its Spiritual Magnificence and a World that Works for All, our discomfort must become our guru. Individually and collectively, we must dive deeply into areas we shy away from – Politics? Privilege? Black Lives Matter? Spiritual Activism? Money? “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” – Carl Jung
Week’s Affirmation: I lean into discomfort and allow it to teach me. 

 Suppose we didn’t deny or avoid pain but rather embraced it as an invitation to higher consciousness, deeper love, and more resolute to faith in action. “I believe everything is as real as it is supposed to be. If a person hurts, he hurts; …there is no use denying it.” – Ernest Holmes
Week’s Affirmation: I transform pain into fertilizer for my next success. 

What stories about our individual and collective past do we continue to tell, that if we are honest, we know are not the most life affirming stories? What if this Sunday we commit to changing the narrative? Imagine being so bold as to Truly embody Principle as author, not precedent! Learn more about our speaker on his website. 
Week’s Affirmation: Today I release my old story and behold the new me as the beloved! 

Many cultures honor the ancestors and those who have transitioned. 911, the AIDS quilts, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), biblical genealogies are a few examples. Giving ourselves opportunities to remember, reflect, and honor Life/God as It has shown ItSelf as each person, allows their power, story, love to live on in us.

Week’s Affirmation: I rise up and lead; I am someone’s answered prayer! 

So many taboo topics many of us will not touch, each of these must also be God, right? No matter the political affiliation, sociological/cultural experiences, religious/spiritual paths, also God, right? What could shift if we embraced and communicated courageously openly and vulnerably about these things many of us avoid?
Week’s Affirmation: I speak my word with truth, from Love.  

Unconditional Love is powerfully committed to a Wholly Holy Revolutionary Act that exudes grace, compassion, and boldness. SOM&S is a R-Evolutionary (Radical Evolutionary) teaching that positions us at the leading edge of global transformation and those who engage it at that level walk the walk by balancing Love and Law. 
Week’s Affirmation: I am an ambassador of revolutionary love! 

If the etymology of adventure includes occurrence, risk, event, and chance, we are invited to look at where we are allowing this One Life to show up, where are we taking holy risks to evolve, how often are we taking chances (opportunities) to let our Spiritual Magnificence be our experience. 
Week’s Affirmation: With unshakable confidence, I participate fully and freely in the adventure of Life! 

…we seek to make our dreams come true, and unless our dreams are subjective hallucinations, they will become actual experiences if we demonstrate our principle… true ideas pass through to accomplishment. Ernest Holmes, Can We Talk to God 

Week’s Affirmation: I confidently step up and into my greatness. 

The One encompasses and flows through All, spilling Itself into numberless forms, and personalities. SOM p. 420.4
Week’s Affirmation: Everything in my life welcomes a realization of Spirit. 

This is the greatest discovery of all time. The road to freedom lies, not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of Nature’s forces and laws. SOM p. 31
Week’s Affirmation: I am consciously aware of the Presence of Spirit.