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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #135, If I defend myself I am attacked.


Lesson #135
If I defend myself I am attacked.

Who do you think you are? People are like onions with layer upon layer upon layer until you get right down to the heart of the person. When you get to the center, to the heart, who and what are you?

We come to realize that we are not our body, not our thoughts, not our feelings, not our personality, not our social status, not the various roles we play, so who are we? We are the witness, the watcher which can observe our bodies change, our thoughts and feelings change, our personality change, our social roles change, our social status  change. We come to realize that, in fact, we are One with the Universe. We are part of the All. With this awareness we realize that we have nothing to defend, and if we do, we have been manipulated by an illusion that we are somebody in the ego world of separation.

In Alcoholic Anonymous, as we work the program and get to step eleven, we arrive at this conscious contact with the Transcendent Oneness and we stop talking and begin listening. We begin to listen for the whispers of God who now will lead us in our lives since our egos made such a mess of them in the ego world.

In Unitarian Universalism, we covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. This inherent worth and dignity does not come from our bodies, from our thoughts, from our feelings, from our personalities, from our social statuses, from our social roles. The key word in this principle is “inherent.” Our worth and dignity is something we are born with, something which is essential to our nature, and as such there is no need for any defense.

Today, we are asked to take fifteen minutes twice, and whenever throughout the day when we become defensive, and remind ourselves that if I defend myself I am attacked because I have forgotten what I really am.

My Kind Of Church Music
All That You Have Is Your Soul by Tracy Chapman



Monday, January 4, 2021

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #134, Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.


 Lesson #134
Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.

The Course teaches that “forgiveness” on the path of the ego is to overlook or excuse a sin which we think is real. This is a fundamental error from the point of view from the path of the Spirit where we realize there is no sin, no guilt, no punishment. Love is Unconditional and as such there is no sin, and there are no victims, and when we become aware of this metaphysical reality there is tremendous peace and joy in the whole world of Spirit.

In Alcoholics Anonymous after we do our fearless moral inventory, report the results to another human being, make amends where it would do no further harm, we are encouraged to improve our conscious contact with the Transcendent which exists way beyond the ego world of sin, guilt, and punishment. This is the peace of recovery which comes from a forgiveness that recognizes and acknowledges that insanity is simply insanity and this is something that we not only no longer want but realize in the kingdom of God does not exist. It is stuff we just made up and mistakenly believed was real.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. It is in this affirmation and promotion that we give up judgment, condemnation, assignment of guilt, and punishment. We realize that forgiveness in the world of the ego has no meaning for sin and guilt have no meaning in the face of inherent worth and dignity of the person and by extension all people including ourselves. Forgiveness for Unitarian Universalists is the willingness to give up making other people responsible for our unhappiness. UUs do not see themselves as victims but as creatures capable of extending God’s Unconditional Love to themselves and to all of humanity.

Today, it is suggested that we take fifteen minutes twice and as many times as we desire throughout the day and remind ourselves that the world of the ego wants us to believe the illusion that  sin and guilt  exist  while the world of the Spirit wants us to perceive forgiveness as it is which is to help us awaken from this illusion and share our awareness with others that sin is not real.

My Kind Of Church Music
Every Little Thing Is Gonna Be Alright, Bob Marley



Sunday, January 3, 2021

A Course In Miralces Workbook Lesson #133, I will not value what is valueless.


 Lesson #133
I will not value what is valueless

When you choose to do things are you trying to serve the ego’s purposes or the Spirit’s? Are you feeling guilty because you are taking away from someone else? Are you uneasy because you know what you have chosen has only temporary value? If the answer is “yes” to these questions, you have chosen wrong because you are valuing the valueless.

In the fifth step of Alcoholics Anonymous it is suggested that we admit to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the bad choices we have made. In other words, own up, face up, speak up, and choose again.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. To apply this principle we must choose rightly by valuing only what is valuable which are things of the Spirit (Love), things which are permanent, and things which are beneficial to all.

Today, it is suggested that we take 15 minutes twice to reflect on our desire and intention to only value the valuable and to not value the valueless. Life is not complicated. It can be very simple if we learn how to discern what is valuable from valueless.

My Kind Of Church Music
You're So Vain by Carly Simon


Saturday, January 2, 2021

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #132, I loose the world from all I thought is was.


Lesson #132
I loose the world from all I thought it was.

Most people don’t realize they are watching the shadows on Plato’s cave wall. The world they see is an illusion born from projection. As Flip Wilson used to say when in his Geraldine character, “What you see is what you get.” And the follow-up question is “How is that working for ya?”
In Alcoholics Anonymous, in step two, it is suggested that we come to see that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity. In other words, knock off the bull shit. Bull shit is not only not all there is, but it never existed to begin with. It is a figment of our imagination. Today’s lesson in the Course is to give it up.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning and to eschew bull shit. Pursuing bull shit will never gets you anywhere. You might notice that the principle reads, “responsible” search which means that we no longer will pursue a search in bull shit. The human mind finds it so easy to project bullshit that we forget that bullshit is bullshit. We are encouraged today in this lesson to get real, to give up the search in bull shit.

Today it is suggested that we take fifteen minutes twice to set the bull shit aside and to look deeply into what’s real which is the Oneness of God experienced as Love.

My Kind Of Church Music
You Lie by Reba McEntire



Friday, January 1, 2021

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #131, No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.



 Lesson #131
No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.

One of the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism is to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning, It is written in today’s lesson in A Course In Miracles, “Yet searching is inevitable here. For this you came, and you will surely do the thing you came for. But the world cannot dictate the goal for which you search unless you give it the power to do so.”

The point seems to be that we all search during our lifetimes and the question is what is the goal? If we don’t know the goal, we don’t know where to search.

In Alcoholic Anonymous, it is suggested in step four, that we do a fearless moral inventory to determine what mistakes we have made and where we have gone wrong. How can you change or fix something if you haven’t identified what has been in error?

Today, it is suggested that we  take 10 minutes three times, go within and search for the truth, putting all the things of the ego world aside. Jesus said, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Ponder on today’s lesson, No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.

My Kind Of Church Music
Knockin on Heaven's Door, Boy Dylan and Tom Petty


Thursday, December 31, 2020

Good news - The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra performs "Anthem Of Hope" by Anthony DiLorenzo

In honor of the first responders and heroes of the COVID-19 crisis, the musicians of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) came together virtually from across the U.S. and Canada to perform ROCO's commission "Anthem of Hope" by Anthony DiLorenzo - offering hope and strength during this difficult time. 

This coming year, may you be safe, may you be healthy, and may you find peace. And please be kind - to yourself and others.



Unitarian Universalists covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and a respect for the interdependent web of all existence.

Happy New Year - 2021

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #130, It is impossible to see two worlds.


 Lesson #130
It is impossible to see two worlds.

The Course is really very simple. It teaches that we have a simple choice: the path of the ego or the path of the Spirit. It’s like heads and tails of a coin. There are, in the end only two choices. The Course teaches that one choice for the ego is based on illusion and comes with anguish, suffering, fear, and guilt. The choice for the Spirit comes with Unconditional Love, peace, and bliss. It’s possible for us to choose which we want. Today’s lesson teaches that we can’t have both; we must choose one or the other.

In Alcoholic Anonymous it is suggested in the third step that we choose to turn our will, our willfulness, over to our Transcendent Source. It is the willingness to do so that creates a miracle in our lives.

In Unitarian Universalism, we covenant together to affirm and promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. UUs know that “truth” can’t be imposed by external authority but must be discovered by a personal interior search which takes us to the Transcendent Ultimate. UUs learn in their searching that the idols of the ego are not the source of truth and meaning but counterfeit fool’s gold. As UUs pan for golden nuggets they come to find and realize that riches are to be found in Love on the path of the Spirit and not in the dirt and detritus of the path of the ego.

Today, we are asked to take 5 minutes six times and admit that it is impossible to see two worlds. We have the power to choose. Which will it be? It’s impossible to see two worlds.

My Kind Of Church Music
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher by Jackie Wilson


Wednesday, December 30, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #129, Beyond this world is a world I want




 Lesson #129
Beyond this world is the world I want.

It is one thing to find fault with what is wrong and needs to change and another thing to find what’s right and virtuous and amplify it. Today’s lesson refocuses our attention not on what we don’t want and have decided to give up, but on what we do want and want to attain. The choice is simple: pain or peace?

In Alcoholic Anonymous, in step eleven, it is suggested that we seek to enhance our conscious contact with Love through meditation and prayer. We do this by giving up our wilfulness with a willingness to become one with the All.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and this affirmation involves a celebration and a joy which is beyond understanding. Our Universalist faith is based on an appreciation of the Unconditional Love of the Ground Of Our Being.

Today, it is suggested that we take ten minutes three times to refocus our attention on what we want which is the peace and bliss that emanates from awareness of the Oneness of which we are a part.

My Kind Of Church Music
Imagine by John Lennon


Tuesday, December 29, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #128, The world I see holds nothing that I want.

 


Lesson #128
The world I see holds nothing that I want.

The Course teaches there are two worlds, the world of the ego and the world of the Spirit. The Course teaches further than only the world of the Spirit is real. The world of the ego is an illusion.

The world of the ego is what Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher In The Rye, calls “the big lie.” The devil in Christian lore is called the Greater Deceiver, the angel of the lie.

In Alcoholic Anonymous, it is suggested in the fourth step, that we make a fearless moral inventory of our lives recognizing and acknowledging the ways we have been deceived by the wiles and snares of the devil. How have we been fooled, misled, chosen badly? Recognizing these mistakes, it is further suggested that we tell another human being the exact nature of the mistakes we have made, not to shame and blame ourselves, but to name the problems so we can choose again differently, and hopefully more positively. We come to realize that this world of the ego holds nothing that we want.

In Unitarian Universalism, we covenant together to affirm and promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning which eventually brings the seeker from the world of the ego to the world of Spirit. We come to realize that the things of the heart and the soul are much more meaningful and authentic than the things of the head and the intellect. The things of the head and the intellect are merely social constructions, agreed upon definitions and shared understandings, and have no relationship with Ultimate Reality which is the source of genuine truth and meaning.

Today, it is suggested that we take ten minutes three times to reflect on the idea that the world of the ego holds nothing that we ultimately want nor is it the source of the Ground Of Our Being. We come to realize that the world of the Spirit, the world of Unconditional Love, is what is real and what we want.

My Kind Of Church Music
Let The Bad Air Out by Bruce Cockburn



Monday, December 28, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #127, There is no love but God's.


Lesson #127
There is no love but God’s.

It is written in the introduction to A Course In Miracles “The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance.”

There you have it. The world of the ego loves conditionally while the world of the Spirit loves unconditionally. To experience the Unconditional Love of God we must first purify ourselves from the conditions which society has taught us.

In Alcoholics Anonymous, it is suggested that we make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of Love as we can best understand it. Some call this surrender but not in the sense of giving up, but rather in the sense of being willing to go a new way, another way, a much better way. We give up our willfulness for a willingness to align ourselves with the Unconditional Love of God’s because we have now realized that the so-called conditional love of the ego is not “love” at all but a counterfeit. We now are after the real deal, the genuine article, the Unconditional Love of God.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote a free and responsible search for truth and meaning, and this search takes us not only to discovery but to a decision of whether we want to give up the conditional loving of the ego for the Unconditional Love of God. The Universalist faith is based on the intuitive perception that God’s Love is Unconditional or it isn’t genuine. They came to understand and teach a couple of centuries ago in reaction to the judgmental Calvanists that there is no love but God’s Unconditional Love. This insight is our heritage and the basis of our faith.

Today, we are asked to take fifteen minutes twice, and briefly three times per hour, to remind ourselves that there is no love but God’s Unconditional Love by which we are embraced with all of God’s creation.

My Kind Of Church Music
Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder


Sunday, December 27, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #126, All that I Give Is Given To Myself



 Lesson #126
All that I give is given to myself.

There are many paradoxical and counterintuitive ideas taught by the Course. Things like you learn what you teach and to give is to receive. The idea that I give to myself is based on the idea of non dualistic Oneness before the separation. Are we separate beings or part of the same whole? Are we mundane entities or holy?

In Alcoholic Anonymous, it is encouraged in the twelfth step, to share what we have learned, to give what we have acquired. We are taught that recovery is a shared endeavor.

In Unitarian Universalists we covenant together to affirm and promote a love for the interdependent web of all existence of which we all are a part. One for all and all for one.

Today, it is suggested that we take fifteen minutes twice to reflect on the idea that being a part of a whole what we give to a perceived other is really given to oneself. It is one thing to sing alone. It is quite another to sing in a choir.

My Kind Of Church Music
All God’s Creatures Have A Place In The Choir



Saturday, December 26, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #125, In quiet I receive God's Word today.



 Lesson #125
In quiet I receive God’s Word today.

God whispers so as not to overpower us. God respects our free will. While God is talking to us all the time, we usually don’t hear God because we are busy with other things. Have you noticed how we, as human beings, like to stay busy with something? We stay busy to distract ourselves from what’s really important because we are afraid of what we’ll find deep down in our hearts and souls. Are we basically good or bad, cursed or blessed, beautiful or ugly, genuine or fake? We can’t access the word of God until we get rid of the garbage, the insane chatter of the ego.

In the fourth step of Alcoholic Anonymous, it is suggested that we do a fearless moral inventory of ourselves and in the fifth step share our inventory with someone we trust. In the sixth step, it is suggested that we ask God to help us forgive ourselves of all the shit that we identified in step four.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning, and this search takes us within and having jettisoned all our baggage of intellectualizations, we finally find what we are looking for, the gentle nourishment of the Ground of Our Being which has been there and available all along if only we had cleared away the distractions so that we can listen to and hear God’s Voice..

Today, it is suggested that we take 10 minutes 3 times and settle down, center, and just listen. Do you hear what I hear?

My Kind of Church Music
Do You Hear What I Hear? by Whitney Houston


Friday, December 25, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #124, Let me remember I am one with God.


 Lesson #124
Let me remember I am one with God.

Today’s lesson is the key teaching in the whole metaphysical theory of the Course in Miracles, that “God” is the non dualistic Oneness from which our egos have separated themselves.

In Alcoholic Anonymous, it is suggested in step eleven, that we seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with “God as we understand HIm.” We seek what some people call “cosmic consciousness” and other people call “enlightenment.” We leave our egos behind, we shed them, as we re - merge with the ocean from which we have separated as mere drops.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning which takes us within. As we explore the depths, we become aware of the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part.

Today, it is suggested that we take 30 minutes, a half hour, to go within and rest in the Oneness, eschewing all the insane chatter of the ego. If 30 minutes continuously is too long, break it into smaller parts and remind yourself periodically that you are One with the Oneness.

My Kind Of Church Music
On Eagle's Wings

Thursday, December 24, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #123, I thank my Father for His gifts to me.


Lesson #123
I thank my Father for His gifts to me.

When we realize that God loves us unconditionally as the Universalists have taught now for a couple of centuries, we can have an “ah ha” moment. A light bulb goes on in our heart and head, and we settle down into a comfortable, “of course.” Of course, this is true. Why didn’t I realize this before? At this point we experience peace and joy and gratitude.

In Alcoholic Anonymous it is observed that we have had a spiritual awakening as a result of applying the twelve steps in our life. Filled with joy and enthusiasm, the only thing which can make it better is to share it.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote an acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth which flows from a sense of gratitude for the living tradition we have been given. 

Today, it is suggested we take fifteen minutes at the beginning of the day and the end of the day to settle into the awareness that God has been so good to me.

My Kind Of Church Music
God Has Smiled On Me by Dr. E. Dewey Smith

Monday, December 21, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #120, Review of lessons 109 and 110


 Lesson #120
Review of lessons 109 and 110

109 - I rest in God.
110 - I am as God created me.

In the introduction to A Course In Miracles it is written, “The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance.” It is that “natural inheritance” in which we rest because we apprehend that that is how God created me.

In Alcoholics Anonymous, it is suggested in the first three steps that we give up the struggle to manage our lives on our own and to turn them over to our Transcendent Source. We can finally rest and relax and experience peace and joy.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote our inherent worth and dignity which is based on how God created us. It is in this inherent worth and dignity that we can rest.

Today it is suggested that we begin the day and end the day enjoying the rest and relaxation that comes from knowing that Love is our natural inheritance which we can experience if we can remove the blocks to this awareness placed by the ego.

My Kind Of Church Music
Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush


Sunday, December 20, 2020

A Course In Miracles Lesson 119, Review lessons 107 and 108


 Lesson #119
Review of lessons 107 and 108

107 - Truth will correct all errors in my mind.
108 - To give and receive are one in truth.

Truth as defined by A Course In Miracles is the non-dualistic Oneness from which we have separated ourselves. Truth is the ocean. Our ego selves are the drops of the ocean which we think are separate. This belief in separateness is an illusion and the Course teaches many times “insane.” To believe in a separate self is to believe in untruth and when our consciousness is raised, and we experience the Oneness, the errors have been corrected and we understand that to give and receive are one.

In Alcoholic Anonymous we are encouraged in step eleven to improve our conscious contact with God through prayer and meditation. We do this by giving up our willfulness and aligning ourselves willingly with God; we experience great peace and joy.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and a love for the interdependent web of all existence. The Unitarian Universal mystic Harry Hollywood said to the hot dog vendor, “Make me one with everything.” Harry gave the vendor $5.00 for a $2.50 hot dog and when the vendor did not give Harry his change, Harry asked the vendor, “Where’s the change?” The vendor said, “Harry, being a mystic, you know better than anyone that change comes from within.” Harry and the vendor laughed heartily.

Today, take five minutes at the beginning and end of the day and reflect on the idea that Truth (Oneness) corrects all errors in your mind about separation, and knowing  this, we realize that  to give and receive are one in truth.

My Kind Of Church Music
Love isn't love until you give it away by Reba McIntire


Saturday, December 19, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #118, Review of lessons 105 and 106


 Lesson #118
Review of lessons 105 and 106

105 - God’s peace and joy are mine.
106 - Let me be still and listen to the truth.

Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s classic novel, The Catcher in The Rye, called it “the big lie.” The big lie is the voice of the ego which tells us that we could be happy if only we would _____. In today’s review of lesson 105 and 106 it is taught that we don’t have to do anything. All we have to do is be still, listen to the truth, and experience the peace and joy of God. Could it really be that simple?

In Alcoholic Anonymous, it is suggested in step eleven that through prayer and meditation we improve our conscious contact with our Transcendent Source. There is a church street board which said, “You too can hear the angel’s song if you tune in on the right frequency.”

In Unitarian Universalism, we covenant together to affirm and promote the acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth. It is in the covenanting, the joining with one another with the mutual goal of enhancing our mutual spiritual awareness, that we find the peace and joy that is ours if we engage in a free and responsible for truth and meaning.

Today, it is suggested that we take five minutes at the beginning of the day and at the end of the day, and many times in between, to remind ourselves that the peace and joy of God is ours if we would just be still and listen to the truth which is, of course, within and not without.

My Kind Of Church Music
Joy To The World, Mormon Tabernacle Choir


Friday, December 18, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #117, Review of lessons 103 and 104

 Lesson #117

Review of lessons 103 and 104

103 - God, being love, is also happiness.
104 - I seek but what belongs to me in truth.

The ultimate existential question is “What is the good life?” In attempting to answer that question, we seek to obtain that which society has told us will make us happy. It finally dawns on us that society has lied to us. At the dawning we begin to seek a better way to achieve happiness. This search brings us to God, to our Transcendent Essence.

In Alcoholic Anonymous,  the dawning and the search occurs in the first three steps. We come to realize that our life on the ego plane is unmanageable and insane. With this realization and admission we decide to turn our lives over to a search for our Transcendent Source which is where happiness is to be found.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote a love for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. This love for the interdependent web of all existence includes the inherent worth and dignity of very person. It is in loving the Body of Christ that we find happiness which in Christian theology is the Second Person in the Trinity of God.

Today, it is suggested that we begin and end our day with five minutes to reflect on the idea that God, being love, is also happiness, and that I, in seeking happiness, will find what belongs to me in truth.

My Kind Of Church Music
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2


Thursday, December 17, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #116, Review of lessons 101 and 102


 Lesson #116
Review of lessons 101 and 102

101 - God’s will for me is perfect happiness.
102 - I share God’s will for happiness for me.

My therapist would tell me at every meeting, “You deserve to be happy. You deserve to have a high quality life.” I intellectually agreed with him. I would reply, “Yes, I know. Thank you for telling me,” but emotionally I was annoyed and scoffing at his remark. Then one day, after many repeats of this statement, it finally hit me at an emotional level and I burst into tears. I said to myself, “Maybe he is right! Maybe I do deserve to be happy and have a high quality life.” And then, I got mad and I thought to myself, “Why hasn’t anyone ever told me this before?”

Today, this idea is repeated once again, having heard it repeatedly from my therapist all those years ago that God’s will for me is perfect happiness and I not only can but should share God’s will for happiness for me.

In Alcoholics Anonymous, in the eleventh step, through prayer and meditation, we improve our conscious contact with God and with this conscious contact we realize that  God’s will for us is perfect happiness.

In Unitarian Universalism, we have known about and placed faith in God’s unconditional universal love for us and we feel the embrace when we affirm and promote the respect for the interdependent web of existence of which we are a part.

Today, it is suggested that we start and end the day reflecting on the fact that God’s will for me is perfect happiness, and that I can and should share God’s will for happiness for me. It would be good to remind ourselves of God’s will for my happiness throughout the day whenever I feel my happiness threatened.

My Kind Of Church Music
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong


Wednesday, December 16, 2020

A Course In Miracles Workbook Lesson #115, Review of lessons 99 and 100.




 Lesson #115
Review of lessons 99 and 100

99 - Salvation is my only function here.
100 - My part is essential to God’s plan for salvation.

Salvation in a Course In Miracles means healing. Healing comes from forgiveness. Forgiveness is a miracle. A miracle is a shift in perception from the world of the ego to the world of Spirit (Love.) The short version is “Love is my only function here” and “My being Loving is essential to God’s plan for healing.”

In Alcoholic Anonymous, it is suggested in step twelve, that when a person has a spiritual awakening that they share that spiritual awakening with others. This not only enhances one’s own spiritual awakening but, in sharing it with others, the whole field of Love grows.

In Unitarian Universalism, people covenant together to affirm and promote the acceptance of one another and the encouragement to spiritual growth. In doing so UUs sanctify the world by making it more whole (holy) expanding the circle of inclusive Love.

Today we are asked to take five minutes at the beginning and end of the day to consider what our function is here in the classroom of Life. We can also remind ourselves throughout the day that our function is to do what Love would have us do and not the ego.

My Kind Of Church Music
Redemption Song by Bob Marley

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