Today is Good Friday … I’ve always wondered why the day Jesus was crucified was called “good”. In my research I found that some say it used to be called “God Friday” and became Good Friday just like “God be with you” became “Good bye.”

For me, the method of Jesus’ death made his teaching more powerful. Would we have gotten the message that “God is Love and this is who you are”, if he had lived to a ripe old age or would he have faded away like so many other great teachers – even some in our own tradition?

What would our world be like without Christianity? Some might say it would be more peaceful – some say more chaotic. And is the Jesus story even true? Is it a particular person’s story – or a conglomeration of many stories? So many questions. Jean Houston wrote: “A myth is something that might have never been but that is always happening. It is the DNA code of the human psyche. It is available for one generation, and again, in a different twist, for another. It has multiple, myriad facets. It drops into a culture like a crystal seed in a supersaturated solution, and then it blooms and blossoms."

The Jesus story is our story. Each of us must come to our own understanding of it. As we review why Easter is celebrated, we must ask ourselves how it affects our lives and decide how we want it to.

For me, I will honour the man’s life and death. I can take comfort in his strength of faith, his absolute knowingness that he and the Father were One. I value his teaching and appreciate these words “All these things I do, you can do, and even greater.”

It seems that "Good Friday" is like so many of the great spiritual truths. It is a paradox. Like "You shall find yourself by losing yourself." Or "Less is more." These paradoxes are difficult to totally understand, yet sometimes they take hold of us. And when they do, nothing is the same ever again.

Easter Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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There is That Within me that is my Christ nature. It is Unconditional Love. It is an absolute knowingness. It is of great value to me and my world.

I choose to honour this today and everyday by the way I live my life. I am Love made manifest and Love is the greatest healing agent in the universe. I am the Beloved in whom God is well pleased and I let this Love flow forth from me nurturing and blessing all I come in contact with.

As Love flows from within me, it aligns everything in my life - my health, my wealth, my relationships and my use of my talents – with that Divine Christ Pattern.

For this I am eternally grateful. I celebrate my conscious awareness of the Christ. And so It is.

Today I plagiarize a billboard I saw on a church marquee in Brookswood, B.C.:

The best vitamin for a Religious Scientist is B 1.

Dr. Holmes wrote on page 51 of the Science of Mind:

“One of the great difficulties in the new order of thought is that we are likely to indulge in too much theory and too little practice.”

This statement was written sometime in the early ‘20’s yet how true it still is !!!

With the success of the film “The Secret,” the collective Western consciousness is realizing the possibilities of the Law of Attraction. We in Religious Science have the benefit of studying the Law. We know this Law is always working for us, always has, and always will – but are we living it? Now is the time to go beyond theory and use it consciously!

Dr. Holmes goes on to write “As a matter of fact, we only know as much as we can prove by actual demonstration.”

Are you still struggling in any area of your life? That’s the area where you’re playing in the realm of theory. You might understand this teaching, but you haven’t subjectified it. Taking it to the subjective level means not only believing it intellectually, but feeling that knowingness at a deep cellular level, where it is so much a part of you, you don’t have to think about it.

In Hawai’i, we’d say “Hele Ka ‘Olelo” or Walk the Talk. What a great privilege we have, to be able to be the shining examples of conscious use of the Law. So – If you call yourself a Religious Scientist - BE ONE!

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The Infinite Mind of God is the perfect place to reside. In this Mind is Love and Law. Love points the way, and Law makes the way possible. As I contemplate this Mind, I remember this is the Mind I am using. Within me is both Love and Law.

Today I choose to be more consciously aware of my use of the Law. I choose to let my intentions be loving and graceful. As I do this, I know I am an example for awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence.

I walk my talk with ease.

I am so grateful for these teachings and my willingness to always take them deeper. What I am learning is how to be Real in every moment. I am filled with the joy and love of The Divine as I walk my Path. This is good, very good, and so It is.

This morning I woke up really tired of the rain. It’s been raining for 20 days - enough already!! I felt as grey as it looked outside my window. However, life must go on, and I got in the car for a drive to Vancouver to pick up some books for class. Not something I was looking forward to doing. Pouring rain all through Langley, beating down on the car roof in bumper to bumper traffic over the Port Mann Bridge, all the way down Highway 1 into the city. Yucko! Even the music on CBC was dirge-like.

As I got closer to town I started to notice cherry trees in full bloom. Instantly my spirits lifted. Regardless of the weather, those trees were doing what they do naturally – bloom gorgeously!

I remembered this is the way of the Universe as well. No matter what I’m doing, the Universe goes on creating beauty and peace everywhere. That is Its’ nature. That IS nature – and what a good teacher she is!

I heard myself saying “I love Spring,” and a quote came to me from Eileen Cady, the co-founder of Findhorn:

“It is love that changes the world, love that raises the vibrations, love that heals and makes whole. Love is the greatest power in the universe and that love is yours when your longing for it is deep enough. Let all you do be built on foundations of love, for love is so strong and sure that it can withstand anything. Love is not something to be talked about, it is something to be lived and demonstrated. It is very real and alive and it cannot be hidden. If love is there it will be felt. Start now to open your hearts and love, love, love. There is no better time than the ever-present, glorious NOW.”

My errand was at a book distributors – a mental candy shop for me. How I enjoyed walking the stacks and looking at all the new titles. I love to read! Funny thing – the drive back to Langley, even with the traffic, was much different than the drive there. Had it stopped raining? No, but now the rain was beating on the roof in a musical pattern, everyone seemed to be so much more courteous, and CBC had more uplifting music. I changed my perceptions – I started loving instead of resenting - and the world changed around me. Ahhhh, Spring. Thank You Divine Love!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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As I contemplate the Great Oneness of the Universe, I return to my Self. I know who I am = Spirit in form. I am so happy to remember and appreciate the Power Within.

I choose today to have Spring in my conscious mind. No longer can anything outside of me affect me. I choose to enjoy the mysteries of growth, and the awareness of beauty. I am radiant, energetic, healthy in mind, body and emotions. All that there is, all that I am, is Love made manifest. How grateful I am to come back to my Self!

I accept responsibility for co-creating a Divine Life. I bless all challenges I have created for they have brought me back to Center. God is my Life, and my good. My Life is wonderful. Gratefully I release these words to Law and so It is.

A question usually asked during courses on Spiritual Mind Treatment (Religious Science’s form of affirmative prayer) is “How many times does one have to do a Treatment?”

“Until you see a demonstration” is my usual answer – however, I want to remind us that in Truth we are “praying without ceasing.” Whatever we are focusing our attention on is what will manifest, regardless of what our intentions are. If our dominant thinking is about our problems, we are telling the Law we want more of those. And the Universe says “Yes, my Beloved.”

We all know how hard it is to stay focused on what we want when what we’re experiencing is right in our face, especially with physical challenges. How does one, while in the midst of any kind of pain, declare they are healthy? I like using this phrase: “Regardless of appearances, my Truth is” … ie: Regardless of appearances, my Truth is my body is a reflection of Divine Health. Regardless of appearances, my Truth is I am living a prosperous life. Regardless of appearances, my Truth is I have a soul-satisfying, well-paying position. Regardless of appearances, my Truth is I have loving relationships.

Dr. Holmes writes “Daily we must consciously choose our position in the Law.”
Yet, we don’t have to do this by ourselves. We have an Inner Presence that is serving us at every moment. All we have to do is ask. The Master Jesus taught us to “pray believing it is so, and it shall be.“ This means to declare “I am _________” and to embody that declaration. However, if you’re having a hard time with an “I am” statement, here’s another idea:

My teacher, Rev. Helen Street developed an affirmation – she wanted to stop smoking. She kept reminding herself that Divine Mind was assisting her in attaining the consciousness of a non-smoker. One morning she called me all excited because she didn’t have any cigarettes in her freezer. My not being a smoker, she had to explain that her affirmation was working because a smoker always had another carton of cigarettes in the house. Unfortunately she later bought another carton … and I decided I would add something to that affirmation … so I say
“Divine Mind now assists me in attaining and maintaining the consciousness of _________.”

Let’s say I put health and wholeness in that space. As I make the declaration, the Power of Universal Law is behind it, and I know I am attracting whatever I need to make this declaration my Truth - the right thoughts, the right people, the right methodology – RIGHT NOW!

Absolutely everything begins and ends in consciousness … Thank God we’re in a teaching that states “Change your thinking, and change your life!”

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Divine Mind is now assisting me in attaining and maintaining the consciousness of my authentic Self. I am Spirit in form, having a human experience. Everywhere I look, and everything I experience is The Divine. There is nothing else.

I celebrate this Truth. Knowing this, I do great things for myself and my world. I consciously choose to co-create health, wealth, love and creativity for all. I let my life be a shining example of living Truth. I let my thoughts of living Divine Life radiate through the collective consciousness, blessing all they come in contact with. God in me, as me, is doing magnificent work.

Gratefully aware of the power of my thinking, I release these words, knowing they have made a difference. I claim Good and share it joyously. And so It is.

A few days ago I decided to get a cup of coffee in a little shop in the mall I’d never been in before. As I sat at a table watching the hustle and bustle going on just outside the door, I could hear snatches of conversation going on around me. At that moment the occupants of the shop were women. I heard stories about children, spouses, errands, hairdressers, gas prices, dentists – and even though the stories were coming from different tables, there was one common denominator = Complaints.

Is this what our communication with each other has come to? Have we refined the art of complaining rather than the art of conversation?

I wrote in my journal “I now live a complaint free life.”

Of course, now that I was aware of complaining, I started hearing my own self-talk. As I pulled up to my building, someone was parked in my spot. I opened my mailbox to find someone else’s mail – again. I walked into my office to find bird feathers and other parts under my chair. Suddenly, I started laughing. I certainly have perfected the art!! I could have acknowledged that the person in my spot was moving things and my spot happens to be closest to the doors. I could have thanked Darling Daisy for bringing me a present - but I didn’t – I went into automatic complaining mode.

Once again I realize the value of one of don Miguel Ruiz’s 4 Agreements:
Don’t take anything personally. That’s where my complaints were coming from. It was as if each person (and cat) were doing something intentionally to me! Now really!!

How grateful I am to have overheard those coffee-shop conversations. Join me this week in letting go of our mastery of the art of complaining …. Say with me:

“I am living a complaint free life!”


Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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I recognize the ever-present Divine Life that is flowing in, through and around me. This Life has everything in it necessary to the fulfillment of my highest good. All I have to do is declare a thing so – and all the power of the Universe rushes to make my declaration my Truth.
How grateful I am to be able to declare I live a complaint free life. My life is God’s Life – so there is really nothing to complain about! Every experience I have is a reflection of my use of the Divine Creative Field of Potentiality. I chose to know myself in a greater and deeper way, thereby reflecting only the highest good in myself, and all whom I come in contact with.

Gratefully, I release this Treatment, knowing the power of my words and the feelings behind them. All is well and peaceful in my world. And so It is.

I’m fascinated with the appearances in our world of a major consciousness shift on one hand, and all the individual and planetary crap on the other.

Let me list just a few things I see at this time:
- The success of an independent film called “The Secret” making public ideas most of you readers have known for a while.
- A film about global warming winning an Oscar, bringing awareness for our personal responsibility for our planet.
- A woman and an African American running for President of the United States.

Part of me wants to jump up and down with joy for this outpicturing of the changes in the collective consciousness.

Yet, so many people I know are experiencing illness at the moment, especially colds, or the flu. Years ago, when I was first studying Religious Science, Dr. Leo Fishbeck, of the Glendale, California church, mentioned that colds are commonly known in metaphysics as confusion … and that could be true, but what he also saw them as is the outward expression of a birth of something that had been brewing in consciousness. He related it to when a baby is born and mucus has to be cleared.

So here we are, experiencing a birth of something that has been brewing in the collective unconscious. We are living in a renaissance period! This is so exciting …. What other great events are going to come with this birthing?

OK, some of you are going to ask “but what about the planetary crap?” -- the violence, the seeming addiction to trauma and drama that is outpicturing as well. Once again, I remind you, that as a new consciousness is born, the old fights to stay alive. We’ve all experienced this in our own lives .. and we’re watching it on a global scale. Yet, as metaphysicians, what do you want to focus on?

Personally I’m enjoying being a “midwife” to a new Reality .. aren’t you?

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There is only One Life, that Life is God’s Life, and that Life is my Life.
How grateful I am to know this Truth. There is only the One, manifesting infinitely in a finite world. I am grateful to recognize my part of the Creative Principle of Life.

I know I create with my intention and attention. I now choose to be a conscious co-creator. I turn away from appearances of anything that is unlike Good, and focus on the beauty, the magnificence, the wonder of living Life at this time. I relish my role as midwife to harmony, abundance, joy, health, and inner peace. I celebrate all my relationships as I move through my day, knowing they are all good, all God.

Gratefully, I know the nature of God is eternal and unconditional Love. I am a bearer of this Love to all. I know Divine Love flows through all experiences, and events, regardless of appearances. God is good, and all is well in my world.

I release this Treatment, knowing the power of my words and the feelings behind them. And so It is.

On Oprah’s second show, the “Reaction to The Secret” she made this comment:

“You can struggle against the current of your life or you can go with the flow.”

Years ago, when “Go with the flow” was a popular statement, I had a problem with it. I had a mental picture of lying on my back, lazily floating down a river. The problem was I had to go where the current took me. I felt that if people just went with the flow of the collective consciousness, there would still be the same challenges. If we thought the way we’d always thought, we’d get the results we’d always got. I was for making decisions & choices and following them to their conclusion.

When Oprah made her comment, the word “current” suddenly had a new connotation – I saw a new picture in my mind. I’ve often used electricity as an analogy for The Divine. It is everywhere around us, waiting to be used. Suddenly I saw myself as a transformer for the Infinite Current of The Divine to flow out into the world. I have, as do you, my own filters (beliefs, etc) that take the Divine Current and modify It as It moves through me into expression in the world. This makes the Current uniquely MINE. It enables me to operate with ease as I allow It to flow through me, or I can resist It. When I feel life is a struggle, it is a clear sign that I have tried to express this Energy in a way that is foreign to It as me. Perhaps I’ve tried to deny It, or tried to act like It was someone else’s energy. It wants to come through fully, and I might have, in my resistance, squeezed It down to a trickle. Thank God I can never totally stop the current as it is my Life force.

Now I know we are not only Transformers, we are the operators of this Divine Device. As the operator, all we have to do is open the channels to a fuller expression. Join me in letting go of the struggle, being a conscious operator and …. Go with the Divine Flow!

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Gratefully, I celebrate the Divine Energy of the Universe as It flows through me. It is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving. It is my Life force.

I am open and willing to being a greater transformer – I feel this wonderful life force as It moves into every area of my life … I feel my relationships, my finances, my health and my creativity swell with the Infinite Presence and Power. I am living an authentically spiritual life, and it is a good one!

I am so grateful to be aware of my place in the Flow of Life. I take that place willingly, standing proudly in the Truth. Life is good in me, as me and through me. And so It is.

27 years ago, when I first walked into a Religious Science church, I learned a whole new language … it included words like consciousness, demonstration, manifestation, attraction etc., and my friends thought I was in a cult. This afternoon, Dr. Michael Beckwith and others will return to the Oprah show and a film called The Secret is a secret no longer. Our teaching is in the mainstream!

We are truly in a renaissance period! I’ve been saying for years that we are in the midst of an awesome paradigm shift – where a new belief system is moving into the collective consciousness. You might not think so when watching the news, however, Marilyn Ferguson, who coined the phrase “paradigm shift” in her book The Aquarian Conspiracy, in the early ‘80’s, wrote that when a new consciousness is being born, the old one fights to stay alive. I see this so clearly! Humanity is moving from a fear-based reality to one of common sense, from a greedy grab all to a quiet respect of Mother Nature’s ways, from a dependence on others to take care of us, to an honourable self-sufficiency, and from a sense of separateness to Oneness. We’re becoming more mindful.

What exciting times we live in! How grateful I am to have attracted to me the ways and means to keep being a part of this Global Paradigm Shift! How grateful I am to YOU who have been doing your part in this Great Work!

We DO make a difference!

Blessings of Love, Rev. Angelica

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At the core of everything, there is only One – One infinitely intelligent, unconditionally loving Energy that is the Source and substance of all things. This energy is Life Itself. It lives in me and through all others as Divine Consciousness. It is the only begotten, always begetting.

I now declare I have the consciousness of Oneness. Any thoughts of separation are false ideas I immediately release. My renewed consciousness brings me a great sense of inner peace, and an excitement for what is. I am a living expression of the Law of Attraction in action. I am whole and magnificent, immersed in Spirit as It lives through me. I celebrate my life and the lives of all others.

We have come a long way, and are moving confidently into our future. I am so grateful to be alive in this period of history. We are awakening to our spiritual magnificence. I claim this, I know this, and it is so. And so it is.

Everywhere we look today there are hearts – made of paper, candy, flowers, glass, ceramic, fabric – just about every medium we can imagine. The colours of red and pink and variations thereof are everywhere as well. Yes, it’s almost Valentine’s Day.

This proliferation of Valentine’s symbols is a metaphor for the inner desires of our souls. Red is the colour of life = physical energy, passion, courage, power, will, and desire. Red is powerfully linked to our most primitive physical and emotional needs of survival and self preservation. Love is one of those essential needs for survival. Pink is the color of universal love = emotional love of self and others, friendship, affection, harmony and inner peace.

We have a great need for loving and being loved, and consciously recognizing that this is so. I believe this is because God is Love – and God being All, this is what we are and that Powerful Presence of Love within us wants to be acknowledged!

The late Eileen Cady, co-founder of Findhorn wrote:

“Love is everywhere, in everything, around everything. Love is the greatest creative force in the universe. If Love were to be withdrawn, all would disintegrate. Love holds together, blends together; it is the together of togetherness.

Nothing can withstand the power of Love. With a heart filled with Love you can speak with wisdom, compassion and deep understanding and tenderness. You can speak with real authority because you are filled with My essence. Love is your true heritage. Why not claim it?”

Let’s be our own Valentine not just once a year but everyday – Claim LOVE today!

Blessings of Love, Rev. Angelica

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My Love goes out to every one in the world;

"I do not exclude anything, for I love all Nature and everything that is.

My Love warms and lightens everything that it touches, and it
goes out into all places.

The Love flowing through me is a Power to all who come into contact with it,

and all feel and know that I love.

Love within me is Complete and Perfect."

And So It Is.

(By Ernest Holmes)

25 years ago when I first started attending the Honolulu, HI, Church of Religious Science, I was struck by a long plaque that ran down the side wall. It read:

Be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind.

I soon realized this was what Religious Science was all about, and it is a statement that means more to me every year as I walk my Path.

It is so easy to become mesmerized by the world way of thinking. My recent health experience proved that to me. I originally hurt my back in a car accident in 1975. Every once in awhile I would do something that would make it flare up again. In 2001, when I was pulling weeds in my yard and ended up pulling out my back instead, I went to a chiropractor who told me I was in terrible shape, had a chronic condition and going to end up using a walker. I refused to accept that diagnosis and after a year of chiropractor visits and a lot of Spiritual Mind Treatment felt 100% better.

With this recent experience, I realized I had never let go of his “declaration” for me. The morning I had the appointment with a new chiropractor here in Langley, I stopped by the bank first. While painfully standing in line, not one but three different people came in using walkers. I’ve stood in that line every week for the past year and a half and have never seen even one person with a walker before! The old chiropractor’s words rang loudly in my head. I started rationalizing things. I thought, “Well, if that’s what is to be – I know I can handle it. At least they still have some mobility. Why, even if I had to be in a wheelchair, I could still get around.” I took a deep breath, and as I released it, I suddenly realized what I was doing – I was accepting being crippled!! I took another breath and consciously chose to release the fear I was holding onto, and then heard “There but for my consciousness go I.”

Thanks God! I immediately went into an argumentative type of Spiritual Mind Treatment, sending that part of my mind that likes to rationalize an acceptance-of- what-is-and-it’s-going-to-get-worse packing!!

A few moments later I was at my new chiropractor. When I told him what my old one had said, he responded “No way – it might take some time, but we’ll have you strong and flexible. I don’t see you having to use a walker.” Less than two months later, I am standing straight and tall, back strong and flexible!! The chiropractor’s amazed – and at my last visit he said “Well, keep up that ‘mind power’ you’re using –it’s working better than I expected!”

Be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind.

Where’s your mind been lately?

Grateful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Gratefully I acknowledge the infinitely intelligent Divine Mind that I live in and that lives in me. The Divine has only my good in Mind. I am aligned in this good.

I now declare there is part of my Mind that acts as my silent witness, gently, easily and humorously nudging me when I am being mesmerized by the world way of thinking. I know what I think about predominantly manifests in my physical world. I now choose to think of Great Good for myself and all Life. God is my good, and manifests for me as health, wealth, creativity and love.

I celebrate knowing I can be transformed by the renewal of my mind. Daily I do my spiritual practices as a renewal process. Daily I am made again in the image and likeness of The Divine, and for this I am eternally grateful.

And so it is.

Last night I saw a television ad for Disneyland and was inspired by their theme “A Year of a Million Dreams.”

This made me start thinking: The population of Earth according to the World Population Clock right this moment is 6,572,310,537. This means there are a minimum of 7 billion dreams occurring right at this very moment!! 7 Billion potential dreams infiltrating the Inner Net. WOW! I now have an ever greater appreciation for Infinite Intelligence!

With a chuckle, I remember a scene from the film “Bruce Almighty” where the character played by Jim Carey got to take over as God, and was trying to work the computer for all the prayers that were coming through. He decided to say yes to all of them.

I believe YES is the only word this wonderful Principle we call God responds with. If we are dreaming little dreams, or limiting dreams, the Universe can only say yes. If we are dreaming BIG dreams, the Universe can only say yes. It is up to us to choose our dreams carefully !!

Each of us has probably had a million dreams in our lifetime… dreams of learning to walk, run, ride a bike, drive a car, dance, skate, golf, horseback ride, cook, write ,,, just to name a few.

I believe there is one common denominator in all our dreams .. no matter who we are, or where we live .. we want to be recognized as being of value to our world. The great spiritual teacher, Emma Curtis Hopkins, said a practitioner’s job was to remind people of who they are – Spirit. We are all practitioners of this science … let us recognize the Truth of ourselves and each other, and celebrate our dreams!

Let this be a Year of a Million Dreams made manifest! I KNOW who you are!! And I’m Grateful for your Presence,

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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We are living in an infinite Field of creative potentiality. This Field is the Creative Energy of Life. It is within me and knows me as Itself.

Today I choose to not only exist in this Field, but be a conscious co-creative director of the Energy of Life. I choose to know that not only my dreams, but the dreams of all people are valuable and good. I use God’s language and say YES! Yes we are living in a peaceful world. Yes we are prosperous. Yes we are healthy in body, mind and emotions. Yes we are loved. Yes, our dreams of being authentic are now revealed.

I now give Infinite Intelligence permission to easily and effortlessly erase all that is unlike the pattern of our Divine Perfection. We know who we are. God in form.

This is good and very good, and I am eternally grateful. I release this word, knowing it is done. And so It is.

Wednesday evening a group of us attended the YukYuks show at the casino here in Langley. We laughed for an hour and a half! As we left the theatre we joked about the endorphins we’d stirred up. We all had great big smiles and the world felt good.

We humans take ourselves way too seriously. Granted there’s lots going on in our world that takes serious consideration – however, Joy is one of the attributes of The Divine – therefore, one of ours. We want to live a balanced life and incorporating joy into it is part of the balancing.

One day years ago I was swimming in the hot ponds in Kapoho on the Big Island. As I floated in the warm water I was contemplating a challenge in my life. I was thinking of all the “coulds” and “shoulds,” just like I had been doing for a few days. I had gone to the hot ponds to relax, and it just wasn’t working. I remember telling myself “just let it go” and suddenly a child’s laughter rippled across the surface of the water dancing into every atom of my being. I could feel myself smiling in response, and suddenly the “challenge” didn’t seem so big at all. I let this child’s laughter, and the ensuing laughter from others fill me and lift me up.

Science is recognizing the importance of laughter. We’ve all heard how Norman Cousins healed himself of a terrible disease by watching slapstick movies in his hospital room. Dr. Madan Kataria, a physician from Mumbai, India, recognized the need for more laughter while on his morning walk one day in 1995 and created Laughter Yoga. It caught on so well that he and his wife now travel the world setting up Laughter Yoga clubs, teaching people how to laugh intentionally. This is wonderful, yet it’s also kind of sad, as it speaks to the idea that somewhere, somehow, as we grew up, we lost the ability to laugh naturally … or maybe we don’t feel like we have permission.

A Pranic healer once wrote: “Laughter comes from the center of our Being, the core of our heart. Our belly is so full of laughter that it permeates every cell in our body. True laughter is true prayer. When you laugh, the whole of nature laughs with you. It echoes and resounds and makes life worthwhile. When things go all right, everybody can laugh, but when everything falls apart, and yet you laugh, that is evolution and growth.”

Laughter is a sacred experience. It brings people closer. It relieves physical, mental and emotional pain. It makes our challenges shrink in size. Its like an internal aerobics session for our organs. It removes stress, enriches our blood with oxygen, and helps boost our immune system. Laughter really is the best medicine for mind, body and heart!

Smiling Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Oh Great Spirit of Joy, fill my heart with laughter!

Today I choose to take myself lightly. I recognize The Power Within and how easily I can direct It into a negative or positive experience with my dominant thoughts. Today I choose to laugh, to be joy filled, and to experience the delights of being alive.

As I make these choices, the whole Universe responds. I have let my Divine Child out to play. Joy is the sign of my alignment with and as God. How happy I am to be able to do this!

Gratefully, I celebrate Divine Joy today. And so it is.

As many of you know, I metaphysically interpret everything, and here’s something I’ve been mulling over for the past couple of weeks. Recently 3 major figures in our world died. James Brown, Gerald Ford & Saddam Hussein.

When I heard about James Brown, my thought was “We’re losing our soul.” When Ford died, I first thought about the parodies by Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live, then about him forgiving Nixon, and then I realized Ford was a voice of integrity. When Hussein was executed, I thought, “Judas has died again.”

As we look around at the results of the collective consciousness of humanity, it does seem like we are losing our soul. We read and hear about random shootings, senseless acts of violence, horrific things I can’t even comprehend that humanity is perpetuating upon itself. Yet in understanding our teaching we realize everything “out there” is just a big mirror. On an individual level, how many of us are more concerned with the material effects of our lives than we are with our spiritual health?

Then there are those of us who are leading quiet lives in integrity, and are doing so in the best way we know how. Yet when something out of alignment happens, we think about it but don’t speak up. Sometimes when we’re around those that do, we feel embarrassed.

Then there is always the one who must be the Judas – the betrayer, the one who dies to bring a greater Truth to light. In Truth he was but our mirror .. a distorted carnival mirror, but a mirror none the less.

In my contemplations, I became even more aware that whatever I do has an effect on the whole of humanity and how important it is for me to do something. Yes, we teach individuality and self-responsibility, yet we are responsible for our brothers and sisters. They are us. In the book “Social Intelligence” author Daniel Goleman relates a story of a group of seminary students who were assigned the parable of the Good Samaritan to give a talk on. Every 15 minutes one of them left the room to go to another building to give their sermon. Their route took them past a doorway in which a man was slumped, moaning in pain. Over half the students ignored him, so intent were they in getting to their lecture hall. Little did they know this man was actually part of their curriculum!

So to James Brown, Gerald Ford and Saddam Hussein, I say thank you for being part of my curriculum. In your deaths I got the message to nurture and honour our collective soul, it truly is that part of us that celebrates Divine Life. To speak up in integrity and to put actions to my words, and to forgive and bless those who are our mirrors.

Each live is a Divine Life and has a Divine Purpose.

Let’s live that Purpose out loud!!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is One Life, that is God’s Life. My soul reflects this One Life and everything It is.

Today I choose to see absolutely everything and everyone as part of this One Life. Regardless of any judgments I might have had, I see all expressing their Divine Purpose.

I put my hands out to the Universe and say Here I am God – use me in ways that empower the good of the collective soul. I am willing and I am ready.

As I do these things, my own life reflects this goodness. I am surrounded by an atmosphere of peace and grace. Gratefully I experience all that makes Life happy and worthwhile by means of me.

And so it os.

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It’s really hard to be a teacher of this philosophy and be experiencing something physical – or financial – or emotional and not be able to move out of it immediately!

In the middle of December I woke up with a backache, which got progressively worse, until a couple of days later, I dragged myself to the chiropractor and got examined. I was shocked seeing the x-rays. My spine was crooked, my pelvis tilted, and needless to say I was in a lot of pain. According to him, I had re-injured a chronic condition. Every time I visited him, he would put up the x-ray. I had to face those pictures while he evaluated me and what adjustments he would be doing.

Within just a few visits I was standing straighter and feeling so much better. This was wonderful. Then last Saturday, I woke up in the middle of the night in terrible pain and as I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror, all I could see was a crooked woman. I thought about the Spiritual Mind Treatments I was doing for myself, and that others were doing. I had a crisis of faith and stood there yelling “This isn’t fair – this isn’t fair!!” A Voice said “Life isn’t fair – it’s what you make of it.” A calmness came over me. I realized that though I had been Treating for a straight spine, my main focus had been on trying not to feel pain. I had accepted I had a chronic condition, and was fighting the fear of being crippled. I saw that x-ray once again in my mind’s eye, and realized how many times I had thought about it. The Universe was giving me what I was predominantly thinking about – what I was making of my life!

I immediately decided to change my mind. I decided to focus on being grateful. I would be grateful I could still move around, grateful for the help I was receiving, grateful I was alive. Every time I was able to move without pain, even if it was only for a second, I praised it. “It’s working! It’s working!”

Imagine my doing church Sunday morning in this condition!! I found myself not only dealing with pain but embarrassment as well. However, my decision to be well attracted two people coming over a half hour early to church. One was our practitioner, and she had brought a friend who had just become a Reiki Master. I was able to experience the work of both of them and the tension of pain and embarrassment drained away.

From the moment I changed my mind, I’ve been getting stronger and straighter, and attract just what I need to do so. I now have a picture of a healthy spine where I see it often. I decided to close my eyes at the chiropractor’s office so I won’t see the x-ray he needs to look at during his evaluation. As I told him what I was doing, I remembered he too, was God in expression, working for me to facilitate my healing.

This morning I got an e-mail message written by the late Eileen Cady of Findhorn:

The lessons of patience, persistence and perseverance, which have to be learned by every soul, are vitally important. Do not give up when you fail to put them into practice all the time, but keep on and on and know that you will win through in the end. Victory is assured for those who faint not on the way.

Learn to keep on an even keel and do not be up in the heavens one moment and down in the depths of hell the next. Keep your mind stayed on Me, hold the vision of perfection ever before you and never let it go; this is the way to bring it about. Put your whole faith and trust in Me and be at perfect peace.

Our teaching is so simple – Focus on what you want – regardless of appearances!! Must be what Jesus meant when he said “Keep thine eye single.” Absolutely everything is God in form and here to serve us. It can only serve what we’ve accepted for ourselves!

Are you dealing with something issue right now? No matter what you’re going through, know you can change your mind – and change your experience!! This stuff works!!

Thank God! Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is That Within Me that is infinitely intelligent, yet It is bound by my beliefs. I now choose to accept a greater idea of myself. I am God in expression, forever creating my reality.

I now declare all my experiences are openings to my Higher Truth. This Truth is that I am pure potentiality. I think, and I become. I now release anything that is no longer necessary to the fulfillment of my highest good and greatest joy. I know who I am – an expression of The Divine, and my life reflects this in body, mind and heart. Only good and more good is mine to experience now. I know this for myself and for all others. All there is is God.

I release these words, knowing they have been embodied by my subjective mind and are now the builders of my universe. I am grateful to the Source of all. And so it is.

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Last January we set our theme as “The Year of Gratitude.” As I look back, I see I manifested so much to be grateful for. How about you? This year I will continue the practice of consciously being grateful as we set our theme of

“Experiencing Heaven in 2007”

The first step is to define what “heaven” means to us. In the dictionary, Heaven is 1) a place or condition of supreme happiness and peace where good people are believed to go after death, 2) a blissful experience, 3) where God lives.

Since we believe absolutely everything is God, we’re in heaven already – we don’t have to wait until we die a physical death – however, we can die to what no longer serves us and start acting like we really are living in heaven now!! Imagine what it would feel like to experience supreme happiness. We won’t be able to if we’re hanging on to anything that is unlike that. This is the year to take classes, read, be in spiritual community, pray, meditate and commune with nature. This is the year to truly do our spiritual work and reveal our authentic Selves!

I look forward to experiencing heaven with you,

Gratefully, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

Love points the way and Law makes the way possible. Love and Law are two aspects of The Divine – that unconditionally loving, infinitely intelligent Presence that is the Source of all things – that permeates all things.

Love and Law are at work in me now as I speak this word:

I declare I am ready and willing to experience heaven right now. I am ready and willing to KNOW my True Self – God in form. I am ready to use this awareness to serve my world with love and gratitude.

As I declare these things, Infinite Intelligence goes before me preparing the way that Love has pointed out through me. I look forward with eager expectancy to all I manifest this year. I KNOW this year will be the best year ever!

With a grateful heart, I release these words, knowing they are already done. And so it is.

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I can’t let Christmas go by without sharing my Great Aunt’s Christmas Story:

Once upon a time, there was a little boy, dressed in old, torn clothing, walking through the center of town. He stared at the gaily decorated shop windows with longing eyes. People rushed past him, with their warm coats and arms full of packages, getting into warm carriages to take them home. Some carried shopping bags with delicious smells, and the little boy looked longingly at those too.

None of the shop keepers paid any attention to him as he stopped outside their doors, letting the warm air heat his little body for an instant as the customers went in or came out.

The sounds of the carolers died away as the little boy walked away from the town’s busy center. Snow had begun to fall, but not one carriage stopped to offer him a ride. The little boy began to feel colder. As he walked down the road, he came to a large, beautiful house. The opulently decorated Christmas tree in the front window almost took his breath away. It was covered with big red bows, glass balls and candles everywhere. He could see toy soldiers and teddy bears, and pretty ballerinas. It was wonderful!

Music was coming from the house, and he could hear laughter and singing. “Perhaps these good people will take me in” he thought. It took quite a while for the door to open when he knocked. A tall, white haired man dressed in black and white, looked out at him, quite exasperatedly. “Go away little boy – go away. You should know better than to try to come in here!” The huge door slammed shut with a gust of warm air so strong it almost knocked the little boy over in the snow.

This same thing happened at every house he tried. Only the trees in the front windows changed.

Finally he came to the very edge of town. The snow was falling much heavier, and it was becoming harder and harder to walk. The little boy started to cry. Then in the midst of his tears, he saw a tiny light off in the distance. He struggled through the snow toward it and came upon a cottage. The candle in the front window was very small, but it beckoned to him invitingly. As he looked in, he could see a small tree branch in a pot on the table. It was decorated with bits of yarn and string, and underneath were some oranges and nuts.

In front of the fireplace was a woman dressed in simple clothing, holding a baby on her lap, talking to a small child seated in front of her. He listened for a moment to the soft voice telling the story of another child.

The little boy tapped on the window trying to get their attention. The small child tugged on the woman’s skirt. “Someone’s outside, Mother.” “No dear” she said, “it was only the wind blowing the tree branches against the house.” She set the baby in the child’s lap and went to the stove. “The porridge will be cooked in a minute, children, and then we’ll have our Christmas Dinner.”

The little boy knocked harder. “Oh, Mother, there IS someone outside.” the child said. The woman opened the door and saw the little boy. “Oh my poor dear” she cried, “come in this instant and sit by our fire! You are so cold and wet!”

The little boy soon found himself wrapped in a blanket, snuggled to the woman’s bosom. He felt so good and warm. The child brought a bowl of porridge for him to eat and then an orange and gave it to him as a Christmas present.

After awhile, the baby and the small child became sleepy, so the woman took them into the other room of the cottage to put them to bed.

The little boy sitting in front of the fire began to smile. As he smiled, his face lit up and he became surrounded by a golden light. The light grew larger and larger until the woman and her small child came back into the room to see what it was. They gasped as they saw that the tiny branch had become a large, gaily decorated tree, filled with presents …. There were smells of turkey, ham and pies coming from the oven. And as the light grew, the cottage expanded and new furnishings came into view. Soon the light was so bright they could no longer see the little boy. “Who was that Mama? the little child asked “That was no little beggar boy!” “No child,” said the Mother softly as tears streamed down her face. “That was the Christ Child.”

And from that Christmas on, a candle was always placed in the window to light the Christ Child’s way home.

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is only One Light that permeates all things. It is a Divine Light – the Christ Light. This Light is within me. There is nothing I could ever do to put that Light out. It is my Lifeforce.

Today I declare I fan the flames of this Light. I will no refuse my own Christhood in any area of my life. I will nurture this Flame with every part of my being, allowing It to shine in all the dark corners. As I acknowledge this Light, It becomes more predominant within me. It erases all pain, resentment, greed, any sense of not-enoughness. It fills me with Divine Love. It constantly reminds me that I am the Beloved in whom It is well pleased. My Light shines so brightly all who come into my Presence, recognize themselves as the Light and together we Light up the world.

I am so grateful for absolutely everything … especially for this season of the year that reminds me that I am the Light of the World, and I bless it with Love. And so it is.

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I was listening to the news in the car yesterday and discovered a judge in Toronto had banned a Christmas tree from the courthouse because it represented a Christian holiday.

The Seattle airport had also removed a large Christmas tree because a Rabbi said he’d sue if a giant menorah wasn’t erected. (later he said he was kidding)

A woman put up a wreath on her condo in the shape of a peace sign and the strata council asked her to remove it because it was a pagan symbol.

All three of these events were because someone complained. Why do we have to be so exclusive instead of inclusive? The courthouse and the airport could have erected Jewish symbols and any other symbols for various religious holidays in December. And all three “authorities” could have done some research on the symbols before demanding their removal.

A woman called in to the radio station while I was listening and said this was just another example of Christians being persecuted. And there’s the answer to my question: We take things too personally!! Someone looked at a beautifully decorated tree (which is actually a pre-Christian symbol) and decided it was personally offensive. Their attitude was “What about me? I’m __________. (Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, whatever) and why isn’t my faith represented just as vividly as Christianity?” The good of the whole was sacrificed for the good of one.

These outpicturings are macrocosmic reflections of the microcosm of our personal lives. Where are we taking things too personally? Where are we expecting others to live according to the way we think life should be lived? The holidays are certainly good mirrors of our consciousness, collectively or individually!

This season let’s practice being more authentically Spirit … unconditionally loving!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is only One Presence manifesting though and as many names, many religions. This Presence also knows Itself by our name. It our lifeforce, the vitality that animates our physical being. No matter what we call It, or how we worship It, It changes not. It just is. Unconditionally loving, infinitely intelligent, everywhere present.

Today I declare I will not take anything personally. I know in Truth, that everything in my life is here by my acceptance of it. I choose to let go and let the Divine Presence move through me in waves of Love. I choose to let others be exactly who they are without any preconceived ideas of what that should be. I no longer require that anyone live according to the rules I have set up for my life. Today I practice loving unconditionally, and in this way I reflect my Divine Nature.

Gratefully I release these words into Spiritual Law, knowing they are already done.

And so it is.

The other day, while going through a pile of papers to be filed, I found a scrap with this written on it:

“When did you last lay your head in the lap of awe.”

Think for a moment – when did you last let yourself experience a true moment of awe? All of us have them… one that instantly comes to my mind was being present at my Goddaughter’s birth.

The dictionary defines AWE as “a mixture of wonder and dread … a feeling of amazement and respect mixed with fear that is often coupled with a feeling of personal insignificance or powerlessness.”

Yes, this describes how I felt watching Esther being born, and for you who have given birth, it must be definitely be the way you felt during the experience!

This is the type of fear that is mentioned in the Bible. There is a line in Deuteronomy 6:13 that reads “Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.” Whenever “the Lord thy God” is mentioned, we can read it as the aspect of God called The Law. To me, this statement metaphysically says “You will be in awe of the Law, and use it, and know it is True by your experiences of It.”

Seeing as we are using the Law all the time, let us consciously do so, and intend to have many little moments of awe this season. Recognize them and be grateful – and for goodness sake

Believe!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I recognize the Infinite Awesomeness of The Divine. It is absolutely everywhere. I can not get away from It as everything is God in form and this includes me.

God is One with Itself always in all ways.

Today I allow myself to be in awe of the Power residing within me. With my thoughts and feelings I co-create my reality. I declare I am ready and willing to experience more of The Divine in every area of my life. As I speak my word for health, wealth, right livelihood, and loving relationships, I am in awe of how wonderfully Spirit works through me, creating more joy and wonder in my life!

Gratefully I release this word into Law, marveling at how delightfully the Law works for me, as me, though me. And so it is.

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