Above – Down, Inside – Out
Dear Spiritual Family,
As shared in last week’s written message, we lovingly dedicate this message to the memory of our dear friend, Retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant A.J. Elliott who made his transition on September 17 just a few months shy of ninety-eight or as he would say, “39 for the 59th time.”
“Every good thing given and every perfect gift; it comes down from the Father of lights in whom there is no variation or shadow cast by His turning.” James 1:17
In this experiential video message, you are given the opportunity to incorporate the essence of this Scripture through visualization and affirmation.
Of course, we know that God is not “up there” and we are not “down here.” We know that God is “OMNIPRESENCE” – ALL PRESENCE and….
Yet it is often helpful to turn our attention “Heavenward” as Jesus modeled when he was about to “feed the five thousand” and again when he was about to resurrect Lazarus who had been “dead” for days. “Father, I thank You for hearing me but You always hear me,” he prayed.
When we speak from, when we pray from, when we give thanks from the Christ of our Being – that which we are and have always been and will always be – The Father ALWAYS hears us and always pours out those “good things, those perfect gifts” into our consciousness. Mary, in her comments, reinforces this teaching.
We may well ask on arising each morning, “Well Father, what do You have for me today?” Our focus of God’s gifts in this week’s message is LOVE, PEACE, and HAPPINESS (JOY).
LOVE – A statement attributed to Werner Erhard: “You don’t have to go looking for love when it is where you come from.” And from Dr. David Hawkins: “Love is the Ultimate Law of the Universe.” “It is the energy that radiates when the blocks to it have been surrendered. It is more than an emotion or a thought – it is a state of being. Love is what we have become through the pathway of surrender…Lovingness is a way through which we light up the world.”
PEACE – When we truly want the Peace of God, It cannot help but flow to our awareness. That Peace, like Love, is our natural state. In Unity, we have sung the words, hundreds of thousands of times, “Let peace begin with me.” Our gift to the world is to be that peace to the best of our ability.
HAPPINESS – Alan Cohen reminds us of an interesting study of successful people – 65% said that first they were happy and then came success and the other 35% said happiness followed success. Our odds are certainly better to be happy, to be joyful, first!
So join us in this week’s message, open that beautiful Crown Chakra and let God’s gifts of Love, Peace, and Happiness fill your being – “As Above, so Below. As within – so without.” Centered in these truths, your Light will bless you and all those in your loving consciousness – close by and far away.
We love you,
Rev. Steve and Mary