A.R.E. Meeting for 01/24/11

Leader: Cindi (for Eric)
Reader: Greg

We started the book "How to Interpret Your Dreams," read the Introduction, and began Chapter 1. We are on page 2, "Analogies of the Mind."

For the time being, the discipline is to keep a dream journal.

A.R.E. Meeting for 01/17/11

Leader: Eric
Reader: Cindi

We completed Search for God, Book III. Next week, bring your dream book.

The discipline can be either of these two suggestions, or both:

1. Start a dream journal for next week.

2. To work with this week's material: "So surround thyself with thought, by deed, by act, with the consciousness of the Christ that no man, no group, no thought, may hurt thee." (Page 46)

A.R.E. Meeting for 01/10/11

Leader: Eric
Reader: Eric

We are in the chapter titled "This Day Choose Thou." We read to the middle of page 43, where we will start with the paragraph "Do not confuse, then, mental experiences..."

The discipline is from a paragraph on page 42. "Hence there becomes the more necessity for the entity in the present to hold fast to that which is good. Not good alone in the sense of laudation. Rather good in the sense of being creative in the mental and physical experience of individuals."

Poem: "The Noble New"

Discovered by Eric.

THE NOBLE NEW

Sing songs that none have sung
Think thoughts that ne'er in brain have rung
Walk in paths that none have trod
Weep tears as none have shed for God
Give peace to all whom none other gave
Claim him your own who's everywhere disclaimed
Love all with love that none have felt
And brave the battle of life with strength unchain

-Paramahansa Yogananda

A.R.E. Meeting for 01/03/11

Leader: Eric
Reader: Greg

We are in the chapter titled "This Day Choose Thou." We read to the middle of page 41, where we will start the section "The World Needs People Who Are Unafraid."

The discipline is from the last sentence we read on page 41: "Of myself I can do nothing, but with my Father I can do all things." Use this as an affirmation during the week.

A.R.E. Meeting for 12/27/10

Leader: Greg (for Sylvia)
Reader: Bob

We started the chapter titled "This Day Choose Thou." We read to the bottom of page 39, where we will start the section "Life Is Determined Through the Elements of Choice."

The experiment is taken from a paragraph on page 39: "Then choose ye this day whom ye will serve. It is not all that the Ideal should be our choice, as it is living and putting into practice the attributes of the Ideal. If the Ideal is love, then love should be manifested in our activities. If the Ideal is patience, then we should choose to be patient with others and in doing so, others may see the Ideal in us." This paragraph, combined with the previous page that states "Do not just sit still and wait!" and "Activity is found only in a purposeful life, either for good or for evil," means that we should actively try to apply the attributes of our ideal during this coming week.

A.R.E. Meeting for 12/20/10

Leader: Sylvia
Reader: Eric

We finished the chapter "Man's Relationship to Man." Next week we will start the chapter titled "This Day Choose Thou."

The experiment is taken from the last paragraph of the chapter we finished.

Children of the promise must always look for the God-like qualities of Christ in their fellow man. As we learn to do this, more and more the flaws in our brother will fade away, and we will behold only that which is Good.

Look for the good in others.