Honor the inherent worth and dignity of every person.

 

Seek, recognize, and acknowledge the Divine Spark in every person.

Only honor is a fitting gift for those whom God Himself created worthy of honor, and whom He honors. Give them the appreciation God accords them always, because they are His beloved Sons in whom He is well pleased. You cannot be apart from them because you are not apart from Him. Rest in His Love and protect your rest by loving. But love everything He created, of which you are a part, or you cannot learn of His peace and accept His gift for yourself and as yourself. You cannot know your own perfection until you have honored all those who were created like you. T-7.VII.6: 1-6

A Course in Miracles (p. 265). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

We all are children of God and as such it is appropriate to honor each and every human being because they have what Unitarian Universalists call, in their first principle, inherent worth and dignity.

Today, seek, recognize, and acknowledge the Divine Spark in every person.

Jesus is coming!

 

Merry Christmas, baby!

 

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Do you choose to invest in illusions of the ego or the Transcendent Source of your Higher Self?

Illusions are investments. They will last as long as you value them. Values are relative, but they are powerful because they are mental judgments. The only way to dispel illusions is to withdraw all investment from them, and they will have no life for you because you will have put them out of your mind. While you include them in it, you are giving life to them. Except there is nothing there to receive your gift.T-7.VII.4: 1-6

A Course in Miracles (p. 264). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

The passages of A Course In Miracles are filled with  wry humor. They are dry jokes. They take a little thinking to get them. Some people believe in illusions and the only thing that makes the illusions seem real is that the person has invested in them. The bumper sticker says, “Don’t believe everything you think.” When a person withdraws their investment in the illusion, it disappears. What then takes the place of illusions in the person’s mind and heart?

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. Truth is not to be found in illusions in the world of the ego. Truth is to be found in the Oneness of our Transcendent Source.

Today it is suggested that we recognize and acknowledge the illusions that we have given credence to and withdraw it and raise our sights to the Higher Self generated by our Transcendent Source. Most likely this is done in some sort of meditation.

Pastoral competence big problem in Unitarian Universalism

Incompetence seems to be the rule rather than the exception in the congregational ministry of Unitarian Universalist pastors.. And now, the only nominee to the Presidency of a major religious non profit organization, the UUA, is a professor at one of those seminaries. I wonder what her qualifications are  in nonprofit management of complex organizations?

The management of the UUA seems to be more about power, prestige, and money than competence and relevant experience.

It is no wonder that UU congregations are going outside of UU seminaries to find experienced, qualified, pastoral leadership.

Even if the minister is a dear sweet person but has no management experience in her resume at all, the congregation will falter, loose member, pledges, and fail. Can't run a congregation on fumes when there are no members to support it.

Bless your Higher self.

You do not need God’s blessing because that you have forever, but you do need yours. The ego’s picture of you is deprived, unloving and vulnerable. You cannot love this. Yet you can very easily escape from this image by leaving it behind. You are not there and that is not you. Do not see this picture in anyone, or you have accepted it as you. All illusions about the Sonship are dispelled together as they were made together. Teach no one that he is what you would not want to be. Your brother is the mirror in which you see the image of yourself as long as perception lasts. And perception will last until the Sonship knows itself as whole. You made perception and it must last as long as you want it. T-7.VII.3: 1-11

A Course in Miracles (p. 264). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

More and more the passages in A Course In Miracles make me laugh. We do not need God’s blessing because God is our Transcendent Source from which we have emanated, but we do need our own. Do we like the self we have made?

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person because we know that from which we have sprung.

Today bless your higher self as the manifestation of God’s unconditional love for God’s creation.