A.R.E. Meeting for 2/28/22

Leader: Scott
 
John made an appearance, but dropped out, leaving six in fellowship while Cindi hosted the festivities. In the “Day and Night” chapter in the SFG book, we read the sections “Experiences Regarding Day and Night” and “I Am – Alpha and Omega.” We read through two experiments for this week:
 
Experiment 1: Spend the 15 minutes before you go to bed on activities and attitudes which you feel will make it more likely that your sleep period will be one of rest and healing. Keep a record of these activities and the results.
Example: Pray, read poetry or inspirational material, sing, chant, etc.
 
Experiment 2: Spend a week paying special attention to your dream experiences. Identify those elements of your dreams (symbols and actions) which reflect parts of yourself that you have been ignoring or have been darkened to you.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/21/22

Leader: Scott

Seven entities succeeded in turning darkness into light on President’s Day. In the SFG book, we read the section “Night Unto Night Showeth Knowledge.” In the Experiments book we have the following on page 24:

Experiment: As all three—body, mind and soul—are important, so is it important to have a balanced, integrated life. Select an area of your life in which you need to have a better sense of working with all three aspects simultaneously. Try living that part of your life holistically.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/14/22

Leader: Scott
 
Six valentine-loving, soul-seeking students met to continue the chapter on “Night and Day.” We read the next section “Day unto Day Uttereth Speech.” Remember that we can only teach others when we ourselves know. In the Experiments book, we read the next two:
 
Experiment 1: Tell yourself that for a week you will let go of anxieties about how you will obtain what you think you need from the material world in order to be happy. Make a special effort to put God first and be open to receive what He knows you most need. Affirm that you will trust God to bring you that you have need of.
 
Experiment 2: Make a list of the major material things and possessions in your life. As a self-study, write next to each one your current attitude toward that material possession and what your ideal mental attitude would be.
Example: My house. Current attitude has been one of restlessness, wishing I had a bigger, nicer one. Mental ideal would be a sense of thankfulness and a desire to take really good care of the house I have, trusting that if it is best for me to move into another place, the way will be shown to me.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/7/22

Leader: Sylvia (for Scott)
 
Five frolicking friends gathered to start the chapter on “Day and Night.” We began the meeting by talking about dreams. Cindi had correspondence with Christine Word who wrote an article called “Dream Talk” in Venture Inward. Can you have a dream within a dream? This was followed by a lengthy discussion about our experiment on difficult life situations.
 
We read the first two sections in the SFG book: “Introduction” and “Why the Creation of the World?”
 
Experiment: Select a difficulty in your life or some situation with which you are struggling. Work at changing your attitude by recognizing to what law it is you must be obedient in order to move beyond the problem. In your prayers about this difficulty ask for a greater capacity to be lovingly and joyfully obedient to this higher law.