Tonight Celebration Centre is having our Family Masquerade Party at WindSong. (See details below) What fun! As I’ve observed various costumes being made, including my own, I’ve noticed how a costume gives us permission to play. We can be a swirly-skirted gypsy dancer, a masked mystery man, a spider-boy, a clown, or giant gnomes, and as we put on the costume a new persona comes out.

Or is it new?

I’m starting to think each of us (consciously or unconsciously) chooses the costume we wear because of some unexpressed creative yearning of our Spirit. Our costume disguises our conventional self, liberates our personality and opens us to receive pleasure in being recognized as that unexpressed part of us.

Halloween is the one day a year we adults give ourselves permission to go over the top and be free. It makes me ask “Who set the rules?” as to who we are supposed to be in everyday life. Who sets the rules as to who we cannot be? We do!

What would happen if we really allowed ourselves to play “let’s pretend” on a regular basis? Let’s pretend we are fabulous dancers, men of mystery, divine comedians, and people who live in magical forests. Let’s pretend we are Spiritual Beings having a delightful human experience. Want to play? Why not? It’s true! We can be anything we want to be and letting our Inner Child out means we’ll have a lot more joy in our lives.

Playful

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I know there is only One. One unified consciousness filled with infinite divine expression. This One manifests Itself as me, acting through my thoughts and feelings.

As Spirit expressing in this world, I declare I am safe to express my childlike nature with ease and grace. I am untouched by anything that is unlike Love, and nothing outside of me can have an effect on me. I choose my Path with joy. I am in perfect harmony. I play well. I am the manifested One Life, experiencing love for myself and all others.

With a joyful heart I release these words, grateful for my conscious recognition and acknowledgment of my Divine Child within. And so it is.

I’m still cruising in Thanksgiving mode and I love it!! Karen Drucker’s song “I am so blessed” keeps running through my head. For those of you who haven’t heard it, it’s a simple song:

I am so blessed, I am so blessed

I am so grateful for all that I have

I am so blessed, I am so blessed

I am so grateful, I am so blessed.

This morning I looked up “blessed” in the dictionary:

1. Consecrated – sacred, holy

2. worthy of adoration, reverence

3. divinely or supremely favoured

4. blissfully happy or contented

In Religious Science we say absolutely everything is God – there is nothing but God …. So yes, definition #1 & 2 are appropriate – we are sacred, holy beings, definitely worthy of adoration & reverence, most particularly from ourselves.

Definition #3 reminded me of Dr. Holmes definition of Grace in the glossary of the Science of Mind text: “Grace is the givingness of Spirit to Its Creation and is not a special law, but a specialized one. In other words, Grace is, but we need to recognize it. It is not something God imposed on us, but is the logical result of the correct acceptance of life and of a correct relationship to the Spirit.”

When we recognize and are in acceptance of the Truth of our being, it is easy to feel divinely favoured. Everything seems to fall into its perfect place, Treatments manifest easily, life is good. Which leads us right into definition #4.

Now there’s an interesting phenomena that happens to just about everyone almost as soon as we realize we are blissfully happy … we begin to worry about whether it will last! I’ve discovered when I start to worry, going back to feeling grateful does the trick. The Truth is, how I am feeling is a choice! Thich Naht Hanh wrote "At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it."

What are you choosing today? OK, let’s sing – I am so blessed, I am so blessed …

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There is That Within Me that is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving. It is my Higher Self, First Cause, God, the Force, Divine Mind … what ever I choose to call It. It is within me and around me, It is – and that is all there is.

Today as I allow myself to accept the Truth – I am a sacred, holy being, living in a sacred Universe. I appreciate everything about my life. I give thanks for my body, and the ability it gives me to live in this present time. I give thanks for the other bodies in my life, whether they be family, friends, strangers, or pets. They are all expressions of The Divine. I give thanks for my ability to share my Divine gifts and talents with my world. I give thanks for being richly supported by The Divine. I give thanks for Being.

As I continually live in a grateful consciousness, I feel the Blessings of the Universe even greater than I ever have before. It is good to live in these times, regardless of what the world tries to tell me. My life is God’s Life, and I recognize and accept that It is a good one!

Breathing deeply, I release these words into Law, feeling the blessings of them. And so It is.

This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada. I love this holiday. Gratitude is my favourite state of mind.

Most of the time, when we think of being grateful, we think about what we have and what we’ve received. What if this year we were grateful for all we can give?

If you really think about it, giving and receiving are the same energy - Divine Energy working through us - and since we think of God as the energy of Love, in Truth all we can really give or receive is Love.

True giving is simply giving of your Self and receiving of your Self. It has nothing to do with anything material or measurable.

In the front of my Bible, I have listed a collection of prosperity quotes. One of them reads God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.—II Corinthians 9:6-8.

The Divine loves the cheerful giver because the mind and heart are open, and the pure substance of Being freely flows out into the world and balances all things.

Give in love — give when you cannot see any possibility of return. Give your real substance, the substance of your heart, your authentic Self. Bless everything you give. See yourself as a joy filled agent of The Divine handing out a great bounty from the inexhaustible supply of Good.

What are you grateful for that you are able to give?

I am so grateful I can give Love, inspiration, empowerment, compassion, smiles, encouragement -- all that I am and all my gifts and talents to You!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Grateful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Gratefully I recognize the powerful Presence of The Divine absolutely everywhere. It is around me and within me. It is the Source of all. Divine Mind, through my thoughts and feelings operating in Law, creates.

As I look at my life reflected all around me, I delight in my creations. Even those I might feel need changing I delight in, because I see how powerful I am.

Today I choose to be grateful for all I can give. I am grateful to have the choice to be nonjudgmental, compassionate, wise, fear-free, and to give these qualities of being to the people in my life. I am grateful for my gifts and talents and my ability to give these to my world. I am grateful to give friendship and solace where needed. I am grateful to give Love.

I recognize The Divine in each person from this moment on. I see them as their authentic Selves. I am truly grateful to the One Life that is living us. It is good, very good.

And so it is.

I’m so excited!! Our Courses start next week. I love taking classes! “Wait a minute,” you might be thinking – “you’re teaching them not taking them!” Yes, I am – but I am also always a student.

The late Dr. Bill Hornaday once told a story at the Asilomar Conference of walking into Dr. Holmes office and finding him at his desk reading the Science of Mind. He asked him what he was doing. Dr. Holmes said “Studying!” Hornaday was surprised – after all, Dr. Holmes had written the book. Dr. Holmes then told him it didn’t matter if he had written it, it was a life-long study.

In our Sunday Gatherings you get the idea of how to use our Principles, and be inspired and empowered to do so. Yet Courses are where the “rubber meets the road.” Do you have an area of your life you’d like to change? Attend a course – change is guaranteed !!

Imagine this – you’re a child, watching other children ride their bikes. You want to do it too. You see you that you get on the bike, put your feet on the pedals and push. You know you can do it, because you have a general understanding of what is necessary for you to do.

Yet everything changes once you actually get on the bike. First, someone has to hold the bike while you learn that magic two wheeler balance. Once you’ve got that down, you discover that things like rocks in the road can totally change your direction. Cars or people in front of you can scare the heck out of you. You have to learn how to turn without falling over and stop without flying over the handlebars.

Then suddenly you’re riding with that group of children you were watching and having a great time! You realize a sense of freedom. You can go anywhere at anytime. And once you’ve got it, you never forget! Even if you don’t ride a bike for years, you’ll still be able to get on and ride away with ease.

Yes, I KNOW how to ride a bike – let me be the one that runs along side you while you’re learning. I’ll teach you all I know, and we’ll learn even more together as we ride – then I’ll learn from you as you surpass me!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

PS – It doesn't matter what philosophy you follow – courses are like supplements for the mind!! Take one today!

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Spirit within me rejoices as I remember there is only One Life - God’s Life and this is the Life I am experiencing moment by moment. I know God is Love and Love points the way while Law makes the way possible.

Today I choose to make conscious choices. I no longer live in reaction to the world around me. I co-create with love and joy in my ability to do so. I create prosperity, health, great creativity, and a deep sense of inner peace. I allow myself to become more familiar with The Divine – that powerful Presence that is within me and around me – that loves me with an unconditional Love – always has, always will.

I am grateful for the Principles of Religious Science. I am grateful I can learn them at a deeper level. I am grateful I can change my thoughts and feelings and change my life!

I release these words to Spiritual Law, knowing they are already so. And so it is.

SOM 208 – Emerson’s Essays starts Tuesday, Oct. 2^nd, ONLINE – 6:30 pm – contact me for directions to chatroom

I am always available for listening, counseling and Spiritual Mind Treatment. Contact me by calling 604-514-4684 or replying to this e-mail.

Today is the International Day of Peace, a day set aside by the United Nations, first celebrated in 1982, where millions of people around the world participate in a minute of
silence for world peace at noon in every time zone.

Perhaps you might be asking “why would I participate in this … does it really do any good?”

In 1975 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became known for teaching Transcendental Meditation for Global benefits. His University taught a Unified Field Theory through meditation, which has been known in Vedic Sciences for thousands of years. Many scientific studies have been done since then on the effects created by large group meditation, The results were amazing and the phenomenon became so well known it was named the Maharishi Effect. The Maharishi Effect establishes the principle that individual consciousness affects collective consciousness.

To say it more simply, in the children’s book Dinotopia, one of the ‘codes’ is that “one raindrop raises the sea.” As we allow ourselves to become still, and consciously connect with that web of consciousness, or the Noesphere, as Barbara Marx Hubbard calls it, our consciousness helps lift the consciousness of humanity. We are doing our part to Awaken Humanity to Its Spiritual Magnificence.

Imagine tuning in every hour with a conscious intention for Peace in our world. What would that look like? We have lived with war somewhere in our world all our lives, some of us more than others. We could start by imagining what our individual lives would be like if they were totally peaceful. Most of us have had moments like that. Perhaps instead of trying to figure out what it would look like, we could remember what it feels like. Our conscious intention plus our feelings are what makes manifestations!

For just a moment, allow yourself to sink deep within to the centre of your being. Feel the Peace that passeth all understanding and let that Peace radiate out into your world. You ARE making a difference!

Peaceful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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The only Reality is Spirit – everywhere present, all powerful, all knowing. I acknowledge this Presence within me and around me as I focus on World Peace.

Today as I join with millions of others in this World Day of Peace, I easily drop any judgments about any part of my world. I declare it all good – and I know this is true, because it is all God. I feel the Peace of God permeating the atmosphere, radiating out from me to all points of the universe. I awaken to the Truth of God, and as I awaken, others are awakening. I have the consciousness of Peace and I am a blessing to my world, just as my world blesses me.

Gratefully I celebrate my recognition of the One Life we are all living, the One Breath we are all breathing, the One Mind we are all using. God is perfect peace, and peace expresses through everything right now. And So It Is.

A few weeks ago I was listening to some funny songs by country singer, Joe Diffie, and the chorus of one of them caught my attention:

“Cause and Effect, Chain of events

All of the chaos makes perfect sense

When you’re spinning around, things come undone

Welcome to Earth – 3^rd rock from the sun.”

If we really understood that each of our actions creates a reaction, we’d probably be waaaay more consciously creative! Ernest Holmes writes on page 101 of The Science of Mind “Everything we see, touch, taste, feel, hear or grasp with the physical senses, is an effect. What we see comes from that which we do not see.”

The line that caught me the most was “When we’re spinning around, things come undone.” This “spinning around” is usually at times in our life where we’ve given the effects a lot more power than they deserve. The more power we give them, the more they unravel! Holmes also writes “All manifestations, all body, is effect, and is subject to its cause.”

Here I sit, day 7 of the worst cold I’ve ever had. I immediately treated for perfect health when I started noticing the symptoms, yet it just kept getting worse. I self-medicated with various natural remedies, yet it kept getting worse. I gave myself all sorts of metaphysical excuses for manifesting the disease, and did all sorts of metaphysical processes. I came to a conclusion about my cause of this effect. All of that was beneficial, yet I was still sick. I forgot something very basic. All effect is subject to its cause. Which means at any moment I could take my power back and just say NO!

Taking one’s power back requires stillness. I’ve been so busy doing life, and getting through the day, sick or not, I haven’t allowed myself to become silent and know the Truth. I kept thinking about it, but putting it off till tomorrow. Do you do that too?

Holmes writes under “silence” in the glossary of the SOM … “The Silence is our communion with Spirit; our awareness of our Unity with Good, our understanding that ‘the Father within, he doeth the work.’”

Next time you feel yourself spinning – before things can unravel any further - take a deep breath and go within. Let go and let God do Its perfect work, in, through and as YOU!!

Healthy Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Divine Love points the way, Divine Law makes the way possible. I now take my power back from where ever I have given it away, knowing it is mine to use consciously. I know this because I am a unique expression of the One Life. That Life is seeking to express Itself as and through me with infinite intelligence and unconditional love and It must become effect in my life as I direct It.

Therefore I now consciously become still and KNOW the Truth. In the silence of the centre of my being, I know nothing is too great or too small for the Law to accomplish through me. As I say yes to Life, Life says yes to me. If I have allowed myself to be mesmerized by dis-ease in any area of my experience, I now choose to say NO! This is not my reality. My Reality is living Divine Life – God Life, and I live it with grace, ease and joy.

Gratefully I become harmonious and balanced as a result of stepping into the silence. Life is good, very good. I release these words knowing it is the Law within doing the work. And so It is.

September 11, 2001 is one of those days forever etched in our memories. We all remember what we were doing and how we felt when we heard the news.

It was a Tuesday morning, just like today … a morning we got up and went about our daily morning routines, not knowing something momentous was about to happen.

That day for me, as an American, was agonizing. I couldn’t do anything for anyone – all I could do was watch and pray. During a meditation that afternoon, I saw the twin towers as a gateway that had been blown open in our collective consciousness. It was a gateway of our choosing. We could choose to see the ‘axis of evil” flooding in, or we could see a wave of compassion flowing out. I chose compassion as did millions of people around the world. We began to move from feeling separate to a new idea of global oneness.

Other disasters have happened since that fateful day and others happened before it. Each one of them giving us an opportunity to choose how we want to react. Today is a good day for the collective consciousness of humanity to look at where it is still holding on and let go. We can help by looking at our personal disasters, doing our forgiveness work if needed, and letting those people (including ourselves) have safe passage through our minds and hearts.

Yes, the Global Heart is expressing more compassion, and that compassion comes from unconditional love. God is Love and Love heals.

Blessings of Love, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

Today I choose to reinforce the Divine Pattern of Peace in my heart. I do this by first acknowledging that no matter what any event looks like, it too is good. It cannot be anything else as all is God.

I declare on an individual and global level we are able to see the blessings in all events. If we can’t see them immediately, we call them forth anyway, knowing the highest good for all concerned.

The Law takes our declarations and makes them manifest, and Love heals and points the way.

With a grateful heart I celebrate being a part of the Compassionate Heart. And so it is.

I am so in awe of what I have attracted into my life I can’t stop smiling!! Yet, recently I noticed another feeling just under the surface of all this Joy. I finally figured out what it is… it’s a syndrome many of us experience called “Waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop.”

It made me start thinking about why we can’t just accept our good unconditionally.

Some of the symptoms of this syndrome are:

· We all want more than we’re experiencing now, yet are suspicious when we get it.

· Someone does something wonderful for us, and we are suspicious about what they want in return.

· We feel our desire for more good is selfish

· We hear ourselves saying “good things never last.”

· In the midst of a wonderful experience we find ourselves thinking “this is too good to be true.”

In my ponderings of this universal epidemic, I’d say it’s created by a feeling of not being deserving. One of the bottom-line beliefs for everyone I have worked with over the years seems to be "I am not good enough!" Frequently added to that is “And I don't do enough.” It makes me wonder --- according to whose standards?

If we really believe what we teach in Religious Science --- that there is only one Life, that Life is God’s Life and that Life is the life we are living --- we would realize we are infinitely deserving of all good. We would also remember that our dominant thoughts are building our current reality, so if there’s work to be done on our deservability, let’s get to it! We are only bound by the beliefs of our past because we are allowing ourselves to be.

The Truth is we are all loved beyond measure in so many different ways. God is the Great Giver, it is our job to be a Great Receiver. We are magnificent beings, expressions of The Divine. Let yourself receive your greatest good and highest joy this week!! You DO deserve it!

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is only One -- one unconditionally loving heart I live in, one great mind I am using, one perfect life I am living. One powerful Presence that fills the Universe and beyond anything I can imagine. This is my Reality and It is good.

Knowing this, I now declare that Infinite Intelligence is working through me, erasing all I have embodied about not being good enough. I replace those old beliefs with the Truth of my being. I am worthy of all good – how could a perfect expression of The Divine be anything else?

I accept more good in my life as love, inner peace, great joy, and wisdom beyond what I thought I had before. This reflects in my relationships, my work, my finances and my body. I am now absorbing and emanating a Divine Pattern that is awesome! I know who I am.

Gratefully I release these words, welcoming the feeling they set up within me. I am deserving. I am whole, complete and magnificent. This is God’s Life, and I’m making it a great one!! And so it is.

When I was a very young girl, our family went to Palm Springs, California almost every weekend. I can remember sitting on a lounge chair by the pool, watching the old people. They were wrinkled and leathery looking from being outside so much, and quite a few had grey hair. I asked my brother how old he thought they were, and he said “Really old -- they must be 50!” To us, 50 was the end of the world.

Well, I’ve passed 50 and it sure doesn’t look like what it used to!! Of course, now I realize age is all a state of mind. A few days ago I was talking to an older woman in the market. She went into her stories of aging: the pain of movement, the illness, and the forgetfulness. I was so surprised to discover she is younger than I am!!

How many of us fall into the trap of “when you get older you will experience _________” It’s really not that uncommon. We’re fed messages of the symptoms of aging all the time. We all have something that fits in there. Mine was reflected to me at the eye doctors as she said “As you get older, your eyesight naturally diminishes.” I started to agree with her and caught myself just in time. “Not mine!” I replied, and she laughed. I decided right then and there my prescription would never change.

In The Secret, Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith said what Dr. Holmes told us years ago: “You can begin right now to feel healthy. You can begin to feel prosperous. You can begin to feel the love that’s surrounding you, even if it’s not there. And what will happen is the Universe will correspond to the nature of your song. The Universe will correspond to the nature of that inner feeling and manifest, because that’s the way you feel.”

And that’s The Truth and I’m sticking to it!

Blessings of Joy, Rev. Angelica

I used to live in a cramped house with Confusion & Pain but then I met the Friend and started getting drunk and singing all night.
Confusion & Pain started acting nasty with threats and talk like this-
If you don't stop that, all that fun, we're leaving!
--- Hafiz

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is only One Power. It is Love and Law. It is infinitely intelligent. It is Self aware. It is the Divine Presence that permeates all things including us. Divine Mind is the mind I have been using and always will. As I acknowledge this I celebrate my own Self awareness. This Self is birthless, deathless, and ageless.

I choose to let go of any concepts I might have embodied about getting old. I refuse to accept any beliefs that state I must “fall apart” as I get older. This body I reside in is my clothing for Divine Life to express Itself here and now. I treat it well. I enjoy the delights made possible because I reside in a body. I bless every aspect of how it works.

I am so happy to be experiencing Life in the fullest sense. I am grateful for having a body and waking each day to experience its health and gracefulness.

My Life is Divine Life and It is a good one! And so It is!

How are you doing with our Complaint-Free World Campaign? I’ve gotta tell you I’ve thought about quitting – this is harder than I thought it would be! I’ve even forgotten to wear the bracelet a couple of days. However, when we started and I realized how much complaining was part of my experience, I made a commitment. I had no idea it was going to take so long. I have been able to make it two days without changing my bracelet to the other wrist. Yea! Yet no sooner was I patting myself on the back about it, I found myself complaining again! For instance, I was walking through an organic vegetable farm market today, and heard myself thinking “They want me to pay that for those!?!” Complaining is so subtle … and the bracelet is doing its job by making me conscious of what’s going through my mind.

Someone told me they had made it through a week without letting the complaints come out their mouth. Which told me they were thinking them, just not speaking them aloud. I wanted to say “Hey, complaints are complaints” but it wasn’t my business to tell them how they should participate in the Campaign. Truth is, I’m doing this for myself, and I’m glad people are willing to play with me!

However, I want to remind all of us that our theme for this year is Experiencing Heaven in 2007. The only thing that keeps us from that experience is our consciousness. The point of our Campaign is to become aware of our thought processes. As we do, we will begin to see when and why we’re not living in heaven. And what is heaven? To me it is an embodiment of the consciousness of Oneness, of liberty, and joy.

This is what I really want. So I recommit myself daily. If you’ve been going through the same things I have - keep breathing - I KNOW we can do it!

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Living in this glorious world of infinite possibilities, I celebrate Its Divine Nature. I celebrate knowing all there is is God. There can be nothing else. God is all powerful, all knowing and everywhere present – including right where I am. My life is Divine Life, and I am honoured to be an expression of It.

Today I recommit to living a complaint-free life. My intention is to live in heaven. I now declare my consciousness is clear that It is Divine. Everything in my life reflects this choice and it is good, very good.

As I make my intentions clear to myself, Divine Mind, through Law, assists me in attaining and maintaining them. I am so grateful for this wonderful process. I love Life and all that is in it! This Life is a good life – It is God’s Life!

And so It is!

The other day I was standing in a line … I have so many “ah ha” moments in lines J I was listening to a conversation between a Mother and a young girl. The Mother had said no to something, and was giving an explanation, when the child butted in saying “What does that mean?” The Mother started her explanation again. As I listened I realized the explanation didn’t mean a thing to the child, indeed it was just an excuse for saying no.

Later that day, someone asked me to do something, and I launched into an explanation of why I couldn’t, and right in the middle I remembered that scene in the store. It came to me how much we feel we have to explain ourselves to others.

I began to wonder if we feel we have to explain ourselves to God. Do we have to give a reason why we want something? Have we forgotten that the Law, being impersonal, doesn’t need an explanation, or an excuse for our desires?

Do you remember the cartoon character Mr. Natural ??

Me: “Mr. Natural, what does it all mean?”
Mr. Natural: “Don't mean shee-it.”)

Those of you who are my age will remember this character … and smile. We want Life to have meaning and so we give meaning to everything. So much so we share that meaning as excuses with everyone around us. Nothing has meaning except for what we give it. What if we didn’t need an excuse for wanting more good in our lives? What if we could approach the Law with a “Just because” attitude? Somehow it seems to me, if we need an excuse, we really don’t feel we are deserving of our good. Please understand that we are Living Law just as we are. The Law doesn’t care what we want to attract, It just works for us, through us, as us.

Maybe we need to start an Excuse Free World campaign!! Big Grin!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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I recognize the powerful Presence here and everywhere. I know It is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving, and is working in this world through and as me. I really let this sink in. I embody the Truth: I am God made manifest just as I am.

I now choose to let go of my need to make excuses for myself and my desires. I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing. I want more money, and there is no reason why I can not have it. I want to be healthy, and there is nothing that says I am to suffer with illness. I want more love, and there is nothing that says I do not deserve it. I want to use my creative talents in the world, and there is nothing that says I am not supposed to. No one makes my laws except for me. No one gives meaning to my Life except for me. In remembering Who I AM, I now understand that Life is for me, and the Law will work for me, through me, for what ever I set my mind and heart to.

I now accept both the freedom this gives me, and the responsibility. Love points the way and Divine Wisdom guides me with ease and grace. The Law works wonderfully and I use It with great joy!

Gratefully I release these words, knowing they are already done. And so It is!

In class one day someone told me they felt affirmations didn’t work. Gently I told them “If you feel they don’t work, then they are working by not working.” What we focus on is what we attract into our experience.

Another student felt that when they were saying affirmations, or even the “realization” step of Spiritual Mind Treatment, they were lying. In Truth, they were not lying about the spiritual prototype they are creating with their thoughts, however, their desire to stay in integrity in the material world was working against them.

Then this morning I received an e-mail newsletter from Marty Marsh, author of The Law of Attraction for Everyday Living in which he included a three step process from a chapter called “Fire Your Desire”:

The first step is to declare what you want, using the words “I am in the process of _____” at the beginning … for instance, if one is Treating, Affirming or Intending for more money in their lives they would say:

"I am in the process of attracting all actions, thoughts, situations and experiences necessary to have all the money I need and want.

(Adding “I am in the process of …” would help the one that was uncomfortable about “lying.” Being creative, we are always in the process of something!)

The second step is to complete these sentences: (my examples follow)

• I love it when... I can pay my bills with ease

• I love knowing... I always have more than enough.

• I love how it feels... to never worry about money.

• I love the thought of... being able give away money.

• I get excited at the thought... of recognizing the Source within me

• I get excited when I picture...myself debt-free!

• I love seeing myself...as a financially independent person.

(This step would help the student who was feeling it didn’t work to get focused on what they wanted to feel.)

The third step is to take the thoughts and feelings and put it all together:

"I am delighted and grateful the Law of Attraction is creating and orchestrating all that needs to happen so I always have enough money for everything I want and need."

Marty Marsh says it is all about raising the vibration, which to me, is about raising our consciousness. There are so many delightful methods to play with in this wonderfully infinite field of creativity we reside in. Playing with Marsh’s process this morning reminded me of an even simpler one, created by the late Rev. Helen Street:

Divine Mind is now assisting me in attaining and maintaining the consciousness of …… having more than enough money for everything I want and need!

I personally like the simplicity of the last statement. I can trust Divine Mind to include the thoughts and feelings necessary. After all It is infinitely intelligent!!

Happy Manifesting!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is only One Life – a Light that resides within me and all things. It is Power Itself. It is constantly attracting to Itself all It needs to express Itself as us, through our thoughts and feelings.

Therefore I now declare I am ready to step into a greater expression of this One Life. I let my Light shine so brightly that all who see me have a deeper awareness of their own Truth. As I attract more and more good into my life, I realize it has been there all along. All I had to do was open my heart and mind to It and It appeared.

Divine Mind is always assisting me in attaining the consciousness of highest good and greatest joy, in many different forms. I am so grateful I know this, and now, not only do I know it, but I have embodied it, and it is a part of me. Whether my good is in the form of money, health, love, creativity, inner peace, or all of them together, I know I am always in the process of creation, and this is good, very good.

I release these words to Spiritual Law, knowing they are done. And so It is.

Note: new online course starting in August – see announcements below.

Tonight I’m having a Gratitude Dinner at my home as part of our Divine Dining. I love having parties, and along with the planning, the cleaning, the wondering if I’m going to have enough chairs, etc., I’ve really been focused on all I have to be thankful for. There is so much!

Albert Schweitzer said

“To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”

I had never thought about “training” myself for an attitude of gratitude. Yet with the Complaint Free World Campaign we’re participating in, I see it is a necessary training. It reminds me of the story of Pollyanna, (who’s name many take in vain as they tell me “Don’t have such a Pollyanna attitude” -- like it’s a bad thing.) Pollyanna was taught to look for the good in all circumstances, and turned a town full of complaining people into one of joy and love.

The Catholic mystic Meister Eckhart wrote:

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.”

Thank you for being my readers, being the vehicles though which I express my passion for spirituality!!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

Today I celebrate thanks giving. I am grateful to be more and more aware of the powerful Presence of the Divine in my life and all around me. I am grateful to know I am on a Path that will nurture and empower my soul as I honour the principles of Science of Mind and Nature and Life.

I am grateful we are all on a magnificent journey. As we open our hearts and minds, being grateful for all that is, and all we have attracted to us, we see we truly are living in the Kingdom of God. All around us is tailor-made for just for us by right of our consciousness.

If there is any place I am not satisfied, I am so grateful I can change my mind, and thereby change my life. I am grateful for the challenges I have attracted, knowing they have led me to a deeper understanding of my Self. I am grateful for the joys of my life, knowing they too, have led me to a greater awareness of Truth. I step out fully taking my authority as a Divine Being, because I am so grateful to know there is only One Life, that Life is God’s and that Life is my life.

And so It is.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

SPIRITUAL SUMMER SCHOOL ONLINE! Do class in your pj’s !!

THE FOUR AGREEMENTS – based on the book by don Miguel Ruiz ..

4 principles for everyone!! 4 Tuesdays beginning August 7th held in Rev. Angelica’s chatroom. 6:30 to 8:00 PM $50.00 Contact me for more information.

Note: I am always available for listening, counseling and Spiritual Mind Treatment.

Have you seen the world map at the bottom of the site? My intention is to see red dots all across our planet and it’s happening!! Thank you!

Want to read some prosperity messages? http://thank-god-im-rich.blogspot.com

Last night I got to see a great comedian – Toby Hargrave – at the Cascades Comedy Club here in Langley. Laughing was a great way to end my birthday! During one of his stories, a phrase he used jumped out at me and hasn’t let me go. It’s this:

“It’s not the differences that separate us, it’s the silences between us.”

I started thinking about the times I’ve had an experience that was way too embarrassing to share with anyone .. and of course, had only ever happened to me … only to later find the same thing had happened to others as well.

I’ve had people go through things, which when I found out about them after the fact, asked “Why didn’t you call me?” .. the common response is “Oh, I didn’t want to bother you with it.”

Why do we do this? Suffer in silence? Perhaps it’s because we’ve been taught as children not to “air our dirty laundry” or perhaps it’s because as New Thought people we’ve been taught that talking about what we feel is negative is wrong. Perhaps it’s because society has told us there are things that just aren’t to be talked about. So we muddle through, doing our spiritual work (or not) and trying to stay positive. Our embarrassment often stops us from talking with the people we love because of our fears of being rejected or because we don’t want to hurt their feelings.

We are not meant to go through anything alone. We are spiritual beings having a human experience and part of that experience includes all sorts of feelings and needs and desires. One of our needs is communication. We need to share with one another. The Truth is there is only One Story, and we are all living it. We’ve all had embarrassing moments, painful moments, frustrating moments, moments of rage, moments of pleasure and moments of joy.

It is our silences that separate us.

Yes, it is possible to hear someone’s story without buying into it. Practitioners of Religious Science do it all the time. We can stand in the Truth for each other, knowing who we are listening to is an expression of the Divine!

Oh, we can also share our stories without complaining J

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I live and move and have my being in the Heart of God. This Heart is filled with unconditional Love. There is nothing I could have ever done, or will do, that can prevent me from experiencing this Love. Only in my mind can I separate myself.

Today I choose to accept my story as Life’s Story. It is filled with lots of moments, and it is shared with all. I let go of any embarrassment, fears of being rejected, or self-pity, and breathe deeply. I let myself participate in honest communication, knowing as I do, I am releasing the energy I have bound to myself by not sharing who I am. I know that as I let go I make more room for Love. And this is good, very good.

I celebrate myself as Spirit in form. I am grateful for the human experience. I no longer let my silences separate me. I live in peace. I feel the fullness of Being.

And so It is.