A.R.E. Meeting for 11/26/12

Reader: Greg (for Cindi)
Reader: None

We opened with a good discussion on the topic of patience and listened to an A.R.E audio lesson on that topic. We decided to stay with that topic this week and begin with the "The Open Door" chapter next week.

The experiment for the week is:

Experience a movement in consciousness from impatience to patience with others. Seek to overcome any sense of self-righteousness within yourself by using a part of your daily prayer and meditation period to affirm the uniqueness of every soul's approach to God. Then work with the technique suggested in the readings in the following two ways:

1. When you feel impatient with someone else say silently to yourself "What have we here?" and allow yourself to draw back, re-examine the situation and experience greater patience.

2. Whenever others become impatient with you and you feel yourself picking up their feelings and becoming impatient yourself, say aloud "What have we here?" Notice any effect it has on others as well as the effect it has on you.

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/19/12

Leader: Cindi
Reader: Greg

We listened to an A.R.E audio lesson on the topic of Fellowship and then we finished the chapter on "Patience." Next week we can listen to an audio on the topic of "Patience," and possibly start on "The Open Door" chapter.

The experiment for the week is:

Each morning when you arise take a moment to imagine that this is the last day before the coming of the Christ and the fulfillment of His Promises. Try to keep this awareness throughout the day as you experience living in the eternal now. If you find yourself starting to become impatient with any aspect of your daily affairs, re-affirm the importance you have assigned to this day and focus on acting in the highest spirit that you know. Keep a record of what happens with this experiment (e.g., noting the mornings you remind yourself of this exercise, noting daily situations in your life in which this experimental attitude towards the day helped you respond lovingly to others).

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/12/12

Leader: Martinaya (for Cindi)
Readers: Nancy, John, and Bob

We started the chapter on "Patience," and read up to the section "Means through which Patience is Gained."

The experiment for the week is:

Select an aspect of your life that involves one of the three points above (overdoing something, feeling rushed, or being impatiently concered about another person). Write down the person's name or the nature of the frequent situation (e.g., I feel rushed every day to get my work done at my job). Work each day for a week on replacing your impatience with a new sense of patience which comes from affirming the continuity of your life as a soul. At the end of the day make notes about how you did with recognizing your timeless nature in this part of your life.

A.R.E. Meeting for 11/5/12

Leader: Cindi
Reader: Greg

We stayed on the chapter of "Fellowship," by finishing the chapter in the Experiments book. Next week we will start the chapter on "Patience."

The experiment for the week is:

Choose one difficult relationship in your life and work each day to express in that relationship a living kind of love. Through meditation and prayer allow the energy of states of consciousness which are less than your ideal to be transformed. Affirm in your life that you are not stuck with the responses you have been feeling to this person. Because you are alive, you can grow. Record the experiences in which you successfully transform energy associated with old patterns to new, constructive ways of responding.