A.R.E. Meeting for 3/20/23

Leader: John

 

Four selfless Cayce followers reported on their experiments from last week and we had a brief discussion of novenas for St Joseph (March 19^th was St Joseph Day). John brought up “solfeggio” frequencies from which to meditate, so we held a 20-minute meditation at 528 Hz. Afterwards, we started reading out of A Search for God, Book III, and went through the “Introduction,” “What is Righteousness/What is Sin?,” and “There is a Way.” The experiment for this week is:

 

Experiment: Reflect on our standards of right and wrong. Do we ever go by our own standards without consideration of others, or do we use Christ as a standard by which to act? Do we act in regard to others as we would have them act toward us?

A.R.E. Meeting for 3/13/23

Leader: John

Five faithful Cayce followers read through the last three readings that pertained to “Righteousness vs Sin.” Next week we should be ready to tackle this lesson at the start of Book III. The experiment for this week is:

Experiment: Remember that Jesus careth for us, so don’t let your heart be troubled. If we would think about this during the trials of each day, we need not have fear or doubt. And as we know Christ careth for us, do with thy might what thy hands find to do day by day.

A.R.E. Meeting for 3/6/23

Leader: John

Six aware students continued their study into understanding righteousness (and not sin). We read reading 262-126, and came up with two experiments.

Experiment 1: Be consciously aware and in at-onement with your ideal so as to be in a righteous state. Also be aware of any deviation from that ideal, because that would constitute a sin.

Experiment 2: Don’t be lazy and put off what our consciousness directs us to do today. Apply yourself directly and sincerely. Remember that trying counts as righteousness.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/27/23

Leader: Greg

 

Five perfect students continued their study into righteousness. He said, “Be ye PERFECT, even as my Father in heaven is perfect.” We finished our reading of 262-125 and will begin next week with 262-126.

 

Experiment: Set a daily intent for yourself to be perfect. Ask God to guide you on this path of perfection.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/20/23

Leader: Greg

Five seekers spent the evening of President’s Day starting a new chapter on Righteousness vs Sin. We read from the readings, beginning with 262-124 where we learned about the crystallization of consciousness by Spirit. We also had considerable discussion on the quote “Except your righteousness exceed that of the self-righteous, ye shall all likewise perish.” We stopped at Reading 126-125, paragraph 11. There were two experiments developed for this week. 

Experiment 1: Reflect during the week of times when we are being self-righteous and letting our ego get the best of us. Bring it to mind and work to become more righteous.

 Experiment 2: As He gave in prayer, “As I ask forgiveness, so I forgive others,” work on forgiving ourselves for misdeeds and forgiving and showing mercy to others.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/13/23

Leader: Greg

Six graduates of Book II, having finished reading the Spirit chapter last week, read a summary of the chapter in the SFG: The Source Materials book, and went over the last experiment: 

Experiment: Put concern and love for people first in your life. Try being with people and really enjoying their company and the sharing and love which is possible in being together.

A.R.E. Meeting for 2/6/23

Leader: Greg

 

Five fabulous initiates are near graduating from Book II of the Search for God. We finished reading our last chapter on Spirit. We have two experiments to consider for next week:

 

Experiment 1: Observe how you think and speak about this country and its leaders. Take responsibility yourself for living more fully some of the ideals upon which the nation was founded.

 

Experiment 2: Take note of what your energy levels have tended to be like for the last few weeks. Then try to spend a little more time each day (perhaps only 30 minutes) in sincere and loving service to someone. Observe whether or not this new activity seems to (a) drain energy, (b) create new energy but still not drain any, or (c) reenergize you, renew and rest you.