Center for Spiritual Living Midtown

We are ending our Prosperity Series on the idea that there is enough money in circulation in our lives, not only to meet our present demands, but also enough money to spare. The Universe matches our understanding of prosperity, so we need to reach for an understanding  greater than what our current circumstances require. THINK BIG, think REALLY BIG, when it comes to money circulating in and through your Life. It is all about circulation. Money does not come to us to be stagnant…it comes to us to flow through our lives, and on this final talk on prosperity, we align ourselves with a greater understanding of being in the FLOW, being in the circulation, of the abundant Universe.

"Everything in our physical experience has two sides, because that's what gives each side its own special flavor, and makes the whole that much better. Call it "creative tension" if you want. Rain makes us enjoy the sun a little more, and vice versa. Hot weather makes us appreciate cold weather. Food tastes better when we're hungry; we appreciate water more when we're a little thirsty. Walter Starcke, in his book, It's All God, says this is because everything finite needs a complement to complete it, to keep it in balance. The left brain needs the right brain. An inspired, creative business idea needs a logical, feasible economic plan. The intuitive complements the rational. The problem arises when the two parts are separated, or when we try to separate them. That's when things get out of balance, at least temporarily."

Prosperity is a state of mind, accompanied by an inner feeling of peace, security, joy & omnipotence. To feel prosperous is to be in tune with the Universe and its unlimited resources and power. The substance of the Universe is available to all alike and in its availability, there is no discretion. It is up to each individual to expand his or her consciousness to embrace more of this Universal substance.

"I think that time spent laughing is the closest to our god-self we ever get, especially when we're laughing with those we love. Psychologists tell us that couples who laugh together a lot argue less, they make love more, and they have a lower rate of divorce and separation. That's not surprising. We really can't laugh and be angry at the same time. When we stop taking ourselves and our problems so seriously, we can stop keeping score. We can stop waiting for the other shoe to drop whenever things are going well. We can start looking at the "fun periods" as being the norm instead of the exception. We can enjoy the present, instead of worrying about the future." 

When we begin to see Life as a continual flow of energy, we can begin to adjust the way we relate to that flow. We can stop looking at ourselves as having to be the Source of any good in our life. That takes a lot of pressure off. We can recognize that our Spirit, our Higher Self, is our connection to the Creator, because it has its source in the Universal Flow of Life. We can begin to see that our experience on this physical plane is like a stream, and our spiritual essence is like a spring flowing out of the ground. Emerson wrote, “Place yourself in the middle of the stream, and you will be impelled with no effort to a right and perfect contentment.” The source of the spring that feeds the stream of our life, our ultimate source, is a great underground river that never runs dry.

Wow! It’s Fall 2013 already. Over the summer I realized how significant the past 10 years have been in my life. Since 2003, my eldest grandchild turned 10 years old and I've been a Science of Mind Practitioner for 10 years, to name a few. Wow happenings! 

On one hand, there are areas of life I wish to keep, maintain harmoniously, and open for enhancement. On the other hand, there are things I would like to improve, change, and do differently. This Sunday’s talk will be a stroll down memory lane as I reminisce on the past 10 years sharing how the SOM principles paved my way, andhow these same SOM principles will allow the next days, weeks and years to be "A list" living for me.  

I invite you to take a stroll with me, recalling your "best of times and worst of times,” as we summon ways to live life abundantly, applying the SOM principles. Keeping in mind “all things are possible," attracting greater possibilities for ourselves and all others. And so it is

In 1817 the mystical poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge coined the phrase the "suspension of disbelief " to mean the point at which you must give up all skepticism and accept what goes against what you've known before.

 

This term is still used today when discussing the production of literary and artistic works...whether art imitates life or life imitates art , when we consciously choose to create our lives, this same creative principle applies.

"The hard part is, agreements are not always as clear as we would like them to be. Sometimes we aren’t sure exactly what we want, and sometimes we aren't sure what we have once we get it. That’s still no excuse for not keeping commitments to our Self as well as we possibly can at our present level of awareness. It’s all part of the spiritual learning process. We don’t have to be completely certain all the time that we’re doing the right thing; we just need to be open.  Who knows; if we do, we might even learn something about ourselves that we needed to know. And we might end up having a lot more fun in the process."

"Oh, how we gloss some events over in our lives! Believe it or not, our subconscious mind has a way with dealing with all the myriad of things that have come at us in the past, that are coming at us now, and may come at us later in the future. It’s a protection mechanism from the Universe so that we are not so overwhelmed. But there comes a time where we need to release it all for good, so that we stand at a new beginning point, free from any subconscious patterns that may be binding us. Those constricting bands are in Mind only, and that is where those bands are cut."

"The first thing we need to recognize is that expectations, whether they're ours or someone else's, can (and frequently do) affect the direction our creative energy takes. That means, if we aren't taking full responsibility for our own beliefs, expectations will either push or pull our thoughts in a certain direction. They also, depending upon what the expectation is or who is expressing it, can determine how motivated we are to have that expectation come true."