A.R.E. Meeting for 5/3/21

 Leader: Sylvia

“Global manifestation of oneness, and the Love of God and All People.
 
Group Ideal: Oneness
Action: Affirm daily our oneness with each other.
 
Lesson: Fellowship. Scripture: I John 1:7
If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another.
 
Books: ASFG I and accompanying experiments book by Mark Thurston, Ph.D.
 
Experiment 1. Before each meditation period have a short prayer time to awaken fellowship. In prayer affirm your awareness of being called by God to do a work. Express your desire to answer personally this call in all aspects of your life.
 
Experiment 2. Listen to others. Don’t let yourself get caught in being overly concerned about a particular approach or technique to listening. Refrain from thinking of your response while the other person is still talking. You may find helpful to say to that person something like, "Those were some really important thoughts you just expressed. Let me think about them for a few minutes before I respond." Record instances in which you feel you really were able to listen.
 
In preparation of entering into the inner holy of holies, we said a prayer of attunement. John ohmed externally, and we did the “r re ohm” internally. For additional attunement, we did relaxing neck stretches, alternate breathing, and a prayer of protection prior to 15 minutes of silence focused toward fellowship. Sending out that which we received from universal forces, via fellowship within, in the form of the energy of Love, Healing, & Light to all the people, places, and situations, it became apparent we were praying for both the microcosm and the macrocosm. The situations where we had prayer concerns for locally, we also had concerns for the same issues nationally and internationally. And we prayed for people’s wellness, protection, healing everywhere.
 
We acknowledged ARE and leaders being sued by former youth campers alleging sexual harassment, assault or rape at ARE’s summer camp in years past.
 
It’s UNBELIEVABLE news. That outrageous boundary of violations from harassment to rape could be inflicted onto vulnerable youth at ARE camp. It is so opposite of all of the ARE’s principles, and Cayce’s practices, and wisdom on how to develop spiritually, and his, Gladys, other associates lifelong accomplishment of living high ideals. Thousands and thousands of people worldwide are grateful to have had spiritually transformational uplifting experiences attending ARE programs.
 
ARE’s CEO is working diligently to resolve this issue, both the alleged and unknown. He has hired a private company to investigate this situation. He has asked for others to come forward as well.
 
Let’s pray continuously to hold up ARE and all it’s worldwide centers, departments, schools, seminars and classes with prayers of protection and healing for the highest good. Lets pray God provides aid to any and all people who may have had unwelcome inappropriate sexual contact. Let’s also uplift those accused perpetrators of dark deeds into the presence of omniscient God for their highest good.
 
Five souls did an experiment, many dealt with despicable, very annoying, or burdensome situations in the third experiment. While not actually despicable, it may be time for one soul to stop researching and writing a monthly newsletter, after volunteering 10 hours in the evening monthly for 25 years. A very despicable ten months of neighborhood noise pollution has given one soul the ability to surrender, to cope, to appreciate a retreat space and return to painting. One sensitive soul finds despicable those hardened people who hurt and or take advantage of the disabled, frail elderly, who are cognitively limited. This soul has found here trustworthy people who listen, hold confidences, and don’t gossip. The soul who needed a functioning mechanical part, it was arrived, didn’t work and another had to be ordered. This soul acquired an opportunity to practice constructive qualities of long suffering and patience. With hindsight, one soul expressed regrets of not doing an experiment. Their week would have gone better seeking virtue or understanding,
 
We discussed louder, then more loudly, pros and cons of Covid-19 vaccines; it’s effects, protections, benefits, reports of vaccinated people’s irregular energy fields, with few points of agreement.
 
We talked about authentic Ojebwa tea, compounded or tincture tea, and the Holy Spirit. Tonight our reading asked us if we are aware of the divine flame of the Holy Spirit worthy of our adoration, buried deep within the heart of our brother. Jesus had promised after he ascended that he would empower us and send us the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, also described as a divine flame.
 
The Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost, a Feast celebrated 50 days or 7 weeks after Easter or the Passover. It was described as a roaring, storm like wind filling the room they were in. Tongues of fire appeared above twelve disciples heads, as the twelve received the gift of tongues: an immediate ability to speak in the listener’s own language. Others present also received the Holy Spirit at that time.
 
Incidentally, the Torah uses the same terminology for God’s Holy Spirit upon Joshua, Caleb, Bezalel, & Oholiab.
 
Suffering with our fellowman, loving each other despite our failings, having faith in the power of the spirit within until the fallen can see their own strength, being a friend who stands by in time of temptation or need, all of these actions nurtures and strengthens our relationship with the Holy.
 
In Loving oneness,
Sylvia Raye