Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

A God for Everyone

If we want to expand our life, and experience all the possibility that the Universe holds, we have to learn to recognize this Perfect Intelligence, this One Creative Power, this Thing from which all other things emerge, as not only the greatest power in the Universe, but as the ONLY power in the Universe. We need to see It as a Power for Good. We need to see It as unlimited, as forever giving all of Itself to its creation. We need to do this because, as Dr. Holmes says, “Our belief sets the limit of our demonstration of a principle which is Itself without limit.

New Year! New You!

A new year approaches. Will you be a new you? 

Has this year been a blur? 

Has this year been the same as last year? 

Did you give most of your attention to happy or sad moments? 

Did you learn and apply new ideas? 

Make new friends? 

Go new places?   

Allow the Science of Mind principles to provide a source of renewal. 

Demanding, creating and maintaining a balanced, conscious life. 

Promoting and keeping resolutions of  wellness, vibrancy, happiness this year; every year! 

Name it! Claim it!   

I challenge you to launch the coming new year like none other! 

"Out with the old, in with the new " translates to "releasing what doesn't work, inviting newness!" I invite you to summon the habit to live each new year as "A Happy New You!"   

All the Light We Cannot See! - Rev David Barrett

It is on this Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, that it is appropriate to talk about Light. It is during this Festival of Lights, that it is appropriate that we talk about Light. And it is this week that we celebrate the birth of a new Light, not just of something that happened thousands of years ago, but is happening within us each and every day. YOU are the Light of the World!

Avoiding the Salvation Army - Rev Paul Gonyea

True salvation is not a place that we get to, like the ribbon at the finish line of a race. Salvation is also not an award we get for chalking up a certain number of brownie points over the course of our ninety or so years on this planet. And it’s not a win-or-lose proposition that is bestowed upon us by a “thumbs-up or thumbs-down” as we stand before St. Peter at the pearly gates.

Instead, salvation is a state of consciousness. It is learning to work in harmony with the Law of Life that is present within us and all around us, all the time. Once we understand this, we can allow ourselves to live life in the present, rather than worrying about some future judgment day that doesn’t really exist.

Guess Who's Coming Home for the Holidays?- Rev. David Barrett

It  may be an annual tradition, it may be expectations, it may be out of obligation…. But if you are going home for any of these reasons, you are not going home as your True Self. Your True Self would return home in Love and Gratitude. Come hear about a Holiday Challenge to have your best holiday ever!

The Spiritual Path - Part 1 - Rev. Ursula Lentine

How does it begin? What are the trials and tribulations of this path? What do we figure out along the way? What we must remember when we get lost. What it is like to be off the path and then find our way back? Do you even know what direction this Path goes in? Why is it so lonely on the path? And why bother anyway?

Living Thanksgiving - Rev. Paul Gonyea

In the deepest meaning of the word, gratitude means more than just being thankful. Most people think that thankfulness is something we express for something that just happened, or for something we just received. That’s the way much of the world sees it. But it’s also something we can express as a statement of faith about something we want to happen, or something we are ready to receive. That’s where the power of manifestation comes in. That’s the method the teacher Jesus used to accomplish all the things he accomplished. First he gave thanks, and then he made his affirmation, he made his demand on the universe. The things he did weren’t exactly miracles, in the strictest sense of the word; he was actually using a Law that any one of us can use, once we learn how to use it.

It’s OK to NOT Know the Answer - Rev. Paul Gonyea

 There’s nothing wrong with being certain about some things. We just need to remember that just because we’re certain that something is true, that doesn't necessarily mean it IS true. We need to be more open to new ideas, however strange or outrageous, and less defensive and possessive about our old ones. We also need to get over our reluctance to change our mind when our intuition, or our spiritual awareness, tells us that it needs to be changed.

It’s OK to NOT Know the Answer - Rev. Paul Gonyea

 There’s nothing wrong with being certain about some things. We just need to remember that just because we’re certain that something is true, that doesn't necessarily mean it IS true. We need to be more open to new ideas, however strange or outrageous, and less defensive and possessive about our old ones. We also need to get over our reluctance to change our mind when our intuition, or our spiritual awareness, tells us that it needs to be changed.

Fall Leaves, God Doesn't - Rev. David Barrett

What a great time of year to recognize how the leaves fall, or how Fall will leave, but to also remember the Omnipresence of God…. God never leaves. Even in our darkest hour, God, Infinite Mind, Source, Infinite Love is there. It is up to us to remember the Omnipresence of Source in all that we do, good times and bad.