A.R.E. Meeting for 9/19/16

Tonight we read the chapter "What  is my ideal". We discussed our concept of an ideal and two formats for following Cayce's suggestion that everybody should have an ideal.  The first is three concentric circles, with spiritual centered, mental, and physical last in the outer circle.  Then add what you are going to do for each part of the whole to help you live that ideal.  The other has the same information in three columns.

We chose for this weeks experiment on page 41:  

    "Be aware each day of the way in which others can influence your decisions. Do you have a tendency to go along with others to avoid  having to face discord whether or not it is the best you know to do?

     Each day of this week, make a special effort to be sensitive to the opinions or desires of others. But regardless, make your decisions based upon your ideals (even if it means standing alone).  Record situations in which you were able to make decisions in this way."

The program in Denver given by trilingual speaker, Peter Woodbury, was excellent on Saturday. He taught us about, "Many lives, One Source:  understanding karma, Grace, reincarnation, and our place in the Divine plan."

From this writers perspective, no speaker has made the concepts of Grace and of Forgiveness more clear  or achievable than Peter Woodbury,MSW. He did a group hypnotic regression morning and afternoon. Peter remained in Denver doing regressions until Wednesday.

A.R.E. Meeting for 8/1/16

We reported on our experiments.

We did energy healing under John's guide's dance and prayed for pain relief for Eric as well as doing our our regular meditation and sending love and light for healing to others John led the meeting in Eric's absence.

We discussed  the power of the spoken word, as when Jesus raised Lazrus from death, our connections  with nature, and of communicating with animals, crows, and ants.

We talked about the effect of our anger on our spoken word, on others hearing and receiving angry vibrations, and it's power to sterilize or kill soil cursed with anger.

We read in the experiments book on pages 29 and 30 down to the experiment:

      Be aware that there are no idle words.  With your speech you are creating and having a strong effect upon the attitudes and feelings of your listeners.  When you feel that it is possible to work  through a particular difficulty on your own, refrain from the temptation to complain or talk about it in a negative way to others. Also look for opportunities to use the spoken word to uplift the consciousness of others.

Words by Sylvia

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/25/16

We began Chapter II, Know Thyself, in Search for God Book I.

We read up to "Self in Relation to Others."

We did not begin the chapter in the Experiments Book, but we chose the first experiment:

At the end of each day take time to review your experiences.  Be aware of what you have thought of yourself at various times during the day (e.g., I thought I was really incapable of doing something; I had a self-image of being very knowledgeable;  I had a self-image of being really foolhardy).  You may feel that some of these self-images are not consistent with the highest spirit you know--they aren't really helping you grow.  For each of these, imagine a different light in which you would have preferred to have seen yourself in that incident.  Write that down as a possible replacement  And if the opportunity arises, try out the replacement self-image the next day.

 2016 Study Group Leader List

Aug.     Eric

Set.      Katie

Oct.      Sylvia

Nov.     John

Dec.      Martinaya

Jan.       Marsha

Feb.       Cindi

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/18/16

Blessing to All,

Our healing energy meditation last night was powerful.  I felt so good afterwards.  I hope everyone else did, too.

We included even you members who aren't coming (even Nancy), so hopefully you'll feel the benefits.  And we hope you'll come back to us.

We did not read in the Search for God book, since we finished the chapter on Cooperation last week.  This week we finished the Cooperation chapter in the Experiments book.  Next week we'll start chapter 3, Know Thyself.

Our Experiment:

Take time to consider and write down the kind of world that you would like to come into for your next incarnation.  Select one quality of that futuristic world you imagine and write down ways that you could be helping to build that right now, even though it may not show fruits in this lifetime.  Work on manifesting those things that you could be doing now to make the world a better place to experience for your next incarnation.

 Example:

quality:                         everyone meditates

what I could do now:    meditate daily myself, share my books or understandings about meditation.

A.R.E. Meeting for 7/11/16

This week we finished the chapter on Cooperation in the A Search for God Book I.

In the Experiments book, we read to the top of page 24.

The two experiments, if you choose to try them:

 1.  Take upon self a new responsibility for helping some other person.  Don't try to make decisions for that person or do things for him that he needs to be doing, but take on a sense of responsibility for loving and caring about that person, even though it may be a burden (time-wise, energy-wise or otherwise).

 2.  Work on relating to others with kindness.  Especially focus on speaking kindly.  Record those instances where you were able to replace an impulse to speak harshly or thoughtlessly with kind words  Record as well, without a sense of self-condemnation, those instances where greater kindness than you expressed would have been helpful.

We decided to assign leaders for each of the coming months.  Of course, the month you are assigned can always be changed.

July    Cindi

Aug.   Eric

Sept.  Katie

Oct.    Sylvia

Nov.   John

Dec.   Martinaya

Jan.    Marsha

Feb.    Cindi

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/27/16

John, I want to thank you for your healing energy directed toward my foot.  It is 100% better today!

Marsha was our leader all of June.  We need a new leader for July.  But remember, next Monday is a holiday, so we won't meet.

Search for God Book I: In the chapter on Cooperation, we read "Method of Obtaining Cooperation."  Just the one section.

Our experiment is on page 22 of the Experiments book:

Choose and write down a habit pattern that is especially characteristic of your own limited, ego self.  Pray each day that, as your real self, you may let loose of your involvement with that pattern.  Cultivate an attitude of openness to His healing for this part of your life.  At the end of each day, record any situation during the day where you experienced losing this particular limited sense of self.

Blessings and love,

Cindi

A.R.E. Meeting for 6/20/16

Leader: Marsha

After everyone had a chance to discuss how their week went and whether they followed through with an experiment, we began our reading for this week. In the Experiments book, we started with Chapter 2 on page 19, and read to the quote on page 21.

In the Search for God book, we read the second section in the Cooperation chapter titled “Need for Cooperation.”

The chosen experiment is on page 20:

Live with the awareness  that what you are thinking is actually creating and is very real. At the end of each day, review your thought patterns. Record those that you feel were especially constructive or helpful. Without a sense of self-condemnation, record those that you feel were not consistent with your ideals.