Dear Spiritual Family,
In our video message today, we find inspiration and guidance in two of Unity’s most remarkable leaders – Myrtle Fillmore, Co-Founder of the Unity movement and Martha Smock, former long-time editor of Daily Word.
As I, Mary, read from Martha’s classic work, Meet It with Faith, you are encouraged to meditate with the beauty and simplicity of this perennial, affirmative prayer. “God is in the midst of me as Life, as Light, as Love.”
And from Myrtle’s writings: “God’s Qualities – Instead of thinking of the people whom you have believed to be evil and an undesirable influence, think of the goodness of God in the life of all of His children. Think of God as everywhere –present light, love, peace, power, and life. Think of all men, all women, all children as abiding in God’s presence and expressing God’s qualities. As you do this, you will touch the reality of individuals, and you will invite only the best from them.”
What better spiritual recipe is there for fasting from the noise of appearance?
She then calls us to “Quiet and Rest – A period of quiet and rest each day is your opportunity to establish yourself at the center of your being, the one place where the supply of life and substance are inexhaustible. God is the eternal life that we make into living…God gives freely; it is up to us to keep the receiving channels open, to keep attuned to the realities so that our intellect does not take us out among the limited ideas of the world.”
And finally, “The Silence – The Silence is a kind of stillness, a place of retreat into which we may enter and, having entered, may know the Truth. We go into the Silence by observing the instructions, “Be still, and know.” (Psalm 46:19). The only way to know is to become perfectly still, to get away from the outer and from looking for things, into the inner quiet where we are alone with wisdom. In the Silence, wisdom is given for every need.”
As we consciously choose in this Lenten Season, as in every season, to “fast” from the various noises of the world of appearances and “feast” in the Silence, we will be filled with God’s Spirit and guided by His wisdom.
Happy feasting!
We Love You,
Rev. Steve and Mary