A.R.E. Meeting for 12/22/25

Leader: Eric
 
Five seekers survived the shortest day of the year in patience. We completed reading the chapter on Patience and can work one of the last two suggested experiments.
 
Experiment 1: 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). ‘
 
Experiment 2: 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.