Our leader for July, Cindi, lead our opening
meditation by reading "Seven Gates" by John Van Auken. It is selected text from THE COMING FORTH BY LIGHT, published as
The Egyptian Book of the Dead, and published this quarter in the ARE member's
magazine Venture Inward. He suggested
using it ceremoniously in preparation for meditation, adding other aids, such
as bells, incense, candles, and music. Some of you missed a good meeting and
meditation, but you can try this preparation for meditation for yourselves at
home by reading the magazine article yourself (as I am repeating myself today).
We had an
interesting discussion on the last experiment, on whether, how much, when, why
we should/should not share our personal experiences of being in the presence
and our faith journey; a discussion of connections with and presence within
animals and personal beliefs and experiences.
We read in the
experiments book the entire page 104 to the ending of our experiment on
page 105:
Be willing to share your
awareness of GOD's working in the earth, especially with those who don't have
this perspective. Express your feelings to others. Speak of your own experience, as opposed to
lecturing to them about what they ought to believe. Brief statements are usually best. Don't be attached to some expectation about
how they should respond to your words.
Simply be open and honest about your beliefs. Trust that a seed is planted by what you
do. Record (1) situations in which you
do this, and (2) situations which, in looking back, you realize would have been
good opportunities for this kind of sharing.
Cindi
announced a program upcoming in Denver on Oct. 14th. "After we die:
an exploration of Death, Heaven, Ghosts, and the Souls Journey Beyond
Death" presented by author, speaker, psychic, trainer Echo Bodine. Greg gave me her book on her psychic
experiences, and lent me his video of her teaching us how to do our own
reading. We can be thinking about
whether we want to attend this exciting program by a quite good speaker.
May I add, I, Sylvia, am so very grateful for each
of you. I'm so glad when each of you
comes to share sacred space, presence, experiences, and loving healing thoughts,
in our common search for meaning in life and greater awareness of the presence
of God, within, without, everywhere present. Another member expressed gratitude and happiness to those who came and
for coming last night. Speaking for all of us, we hope next Monday you can and
will join us at Ruth a Holly Library!
Recognizing the presence,
Sylvia
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