Yesterday I returned from a week long camping trip in the Okanagan. I haven’t been camping since I journeyed to Vancouver, and this was my first camping trip with children. After 7 days of letting go of what I wanted to do in honour of the girls having a great holiday -- I have so much appreciation for you parents! How do you do it!?!?

This is what I did:

Steal intimate moments with God, as you would with a precious lover. -- Alan Cohen

I remember these moments vividly – some of the best were walking to the washroom from our various campsites (the only alone time I could find). I remember the full moon shining through the pine trees, lighting up the pathway, and an owl flying very close overhead. I remember the bird choirs early in the mornings and what it felt like to have wild birds land on my hand and eat the peanuts I offered them. I remember evening bat songs as they flew through a grove of trees feeding on insects. I remember being 5 feet from a deer who just stood there looking at me without fleeing. I remember being so inspired by Mother Nature’s incredible beauty.

I know all of us have very busy lives, and some of us wonder how we could ever fit in 20 minutes of meditation, some spiritual reading, and Spiritual Mind Treatment, with jobs to go to, families to take care of, and errands to do. So steal them!! The precious moments going within, and being perfectly in the NOW are the most important moments for the maintenance of our sanity. It’s sort of like tithing – even though it looks like there won’t be enough money if we set aside a tithe, there always is. When we set aside time for our spiritual practices, there is more than enough time for everything else, and indeed, this time set apart with our Beloved, makes all other moments so much more valuable.

Grateful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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The Power and Presence of The Beloved sustains me. It is all there ever has been, is now or will be. It is everything I can experience with my senses and so much more – and I claim It as my own Self.

In this moment, I breathe deeply and allow myself to be still. I am totally in the moment. In this very moment, there is nothing to worry about, nothing to plan, nothing to fear. There is only Love. I allow myself to see and feel the Love of The Beloved. I see It in everything I have created around me. I feel It in the depth of my being. I hear It in the beat of my heart and all the sounds around me. I can touch It just by touching anything with the tips of my fingers. I can taste it in the things I eat and drink.

I choose now to have more precious moments with My Beloved. I know these moments are the lifeblood of my existence. In them I feel the fullness of Being and know I am an emanation of The One.

Gratefully I celebrate my life. I know it is God’s Life, and it up to me to make it a good one, and so I do. And So It Is.

In Alan Cohen’s e-newsletter this week, he gave a link to a Honda ad that is amazing. He writes:

If you ever wondered about cause and effect, this mind-boggling Honda TV ad will astound and illuminate you! There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time. The commercial took 606 takes over weeks of shooting day and night. Cost was $6,000,000, with three months of engineering to set it up. All the parts are from two of the six handmade Honda Accords in the world. Enjoy!

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It reminded me of a story that Rev. Doug Craig told quite a few years ago when he visited my church in Hawai’i. At the time, he was the leader of the Red Deer Centre and had to drive to Calgary for some errands. A friend had to go into town as well, so they went together. Afterwards they decided to stop for dinner at a restaurant they knew. Rev. Doug pulled into the first parking place he saw on the street and got teased by his friend, because, after all, he should be able to manifest a parking space right in front. He decided to humour her, and sure enough, just as they drove up, another car pulled out of the space right in front of the restaurant. As Rev. Doug got out of his car, he saw a woman’s purse in the street – and at the same time – a picture flashed through his mind of standing behind two women at a corner light. One was saying to the other “I’ve lost my purse, and I don’t know what to do. I’m praying someone honest found it.”

Because both Rev. Doug and his friend were very hungry, they decided to take the purse to the police after they’d eaten, and he put it in his car. After dinner, Doug’s friend said she wanted to quickly visit a bookstore close by, so they set off in that direction. At the corner, Rev. Doug found himself behind two women …. And yes, one was saying “I’ve lost my purse ….” He tapped her on the shoulder, took her to his car, and handed her her purse.

I love this story, because it is delightful example of the Law of Cause and Effect in action. If you’ve watched the Honda video clip, you will realize that everything in this story, just as in the video, had to happen exactly as it did so that things would turn out for everyone’s highest and best good.

Perhaps if there’s an area in your life where things are looking like they are falling apart –you might consider that Divine Right Action is taking place, and things are really falling into their right and perfect places. Or if you’ve been Treating for a certain experience and it still hasn’t manifested, you might consider that the Universal Gears are in action, declare that you know it to be so, and remember: We are indeed dealing with Infinite Intelligence, and It is working through us every moment!

Grateful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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We live and move and have our being in an infinite Field of creative potentiality. This Field is both Love and Law. This Field serves us as we focus our attention on it. This Field has many names, each one both personal and impersonal to us. I call It The Divine.

Today I celebrate The Divine and the intricate ways It works in my life. I embody the Truth that It is done unto me as I believe, and I believe I am One with The Divine. All that It is, I am.

I set my intentions with care and watch them manifest with joy, knowing that in this infinite Field of creative potentiality, everything is moving into its right and perfect place to serve me well.

Gratefully I celebrate my position as co-creator. All is well in my world. And so it is.

Regardless of whether we are celebrating Canada Day or Independence Day .. in this part of the world our weekend is about Freedom. For some, this word means freedom “from” something – an absence of external restraints: ie: freedom from oppression as in political & religious freedom. For others, it is freedom “for” something, as in the freedom to live in peace.

Dr. Holmes writes in the glossary of the Science of Mind: “Real freedom means we are created in the image of perfection and left alone and allowed to make the discovery for ourselves.” In other words, freedom could be a name for behaviour based on conscious choices rather than automatic programming.

What freedom really is, is a state of consciousness. Every moment we are choosing either freedom or bondage. As I’m complaining about aspects of life, I’m in bondage. As I release myself from the hamster wheel of negativity, I am free.

Most of us are praying for world peace – and as we celebrate our freedom as the collective consciousness called Canada or the United States, it is important for us to remember that freedom & peace start at home - within us.

The Master Jesus said “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." John 8:31,32.

He was saying “As I stand in Principle, I am free.” The bottom line is “It is done unto us as we believe.” Every time we choose to remember that we are expressing The One, we are healing old negative beliefs and in essence, signing our personal declarations of independence! In our “signing” we are sending the ripples of our consciousness across this Infinite Field of Creative Potentiality … creating Peace.

One of the things I love about this holiday is the fireworks. There is something magical about these wonderful displays of great bursts of coloured light. Millions of people feel as I do. Metaphysically, let’s use each burst as an “Ah Ha” moment of freedom, and let the Light of Peace illuminate our world!

Peaceful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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A Prayer for World Peace, by Dr. Ernest Holmes

"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof..."

I know there is but One Mind, which is the Mind of God, in which all people live and move and have their being. I know there is a Divine Pattern for humanity and within this pattern there is Infinite harmony and peace, cooperation, unity and mutual helpfulness.

I know that the mind of man, being one with the Mind of God, shall discover the method, the way and the means best fitted to permit the flow of Divine Love between individuals and nations. Thus harmony, peace, cooperation, unity and mutual helpfulness will be experienced by all. I know there shall be a free interchange of ideas, of cultures, of spiritual concepts, of ethics, of educational systems and scientific discoveries - for all good belongs to all alike. I know that, because the Divine Mind has created us all, we are bound together in one Infinite and perfect unity.

In bringing about World Peace, I know that all people and all nations will remain individual, but unified for the common purpose of promoting peace, happiness, harmony and prosperity.

I know that deep within every person the Divine Pattern of perfect peace is already implanted.

I now declare that in each man and in leaders of thought everywhere this Divine Pattern moves into action and form, to the end that all nations and all people shall live together in peace, harmony, and prosperity forever.

So it is now.

A simple message came to my e-mail box this week from Dr. Ruth Marcus …

Flirting with life isn't enough.
Your commitment is what makes the difference.

I spent much of my childhood on the outside looking in. I hardly ever participated – I just watched and wished I could have the fun I was seeing. Of course, that was a lack of self-esteem and not feeling worthy. This is no longer my Truth, yet that quote made me wonder just where I am flirting with life now that I’m grown up.

As a youth I loved to write. As a teenager I used to write love stories. I’ve always known I could write good ones, and I’ve flirted with the idea of joining the ranks of romance writers for many years. I’ve probably started at least 50 stories. None of them were finished, none of them were sent in. Rev. Tag and I wrote a delightful science fiction/fantasy book … yet it sits embedded on a disk buried in a drawer of my desk.

Recently on CBC I heard about the 250^th anniversary of Mozart and a story started coming. I wrote down my idea, and then spent the afternoon doing research. I was really excited and time just flew by! That was probably 3 weeks ago and nothing more has been done. Flirting with Life.

I KNOW writing is a Divine Gift … and yet I continue flirting. Teasing The Divine, so to speak, as I throw myself into a project and then let it die. Obviously I haven’t committed myself to truly expressing my Divine Gift, except through this medium. This medium is safe. I don’t have to face my fears about rejection, or doing it wrong. This medium brings lots of positive comments, even money. So I continue to flirt with my Gift.

Where are you flirting with Life? For clues, look at where you are the most afraid. Something tells me this is a great time for all of us to move beyond flirting!! The whole Universe is conspiring to manifest through us to be all that we are meant to be – why prevent It from doing so? Let’s make a commitment together – to be fully involved in this Divine Relationship.

This week the song that keeps playing in my head is another Ricky Byers-Beckwith song: “Use Me.” One of the lines is “God needs us to shine Its Light, as me, as you, so ……” The Gifts we have are to be shared – no matter how scary it is. Let’s stop flirting with Life by hiding our Light! Sing the chorus with me, will you?

Use me, oh God, I stand for You

And here I’ll abide as You show me

All that I must do.

I know for each of us that Infinite Intelligence within us has only our good in Mind. It is waiting for us to make the first step, and I know we are divinely guided in all we do. So -- I’m ready to make that commitment!! Are you?

Grateful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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There is that within me that is Infinite Intelligence. It is the starting point of all creation. It is creation itself. I now remember that the Mind I am using is Divine Mind, and all I need to know about anything is within.

Right now, I choose to stop flirting with Life. I am not alone. God and I are One. I declare I am fully committed to this relationship. I am an exciting, fulfilled, emanation of Divine Light. I shine this Light everywhere I go. I am prospered and blessed beyond measure because of my commitment.

Gratefully I celebrate my choice to stop flirting with Life. Life lives through me in Love, Laughter and Grace. And so it is.

Last summer, when I was living in White Rock, I didn’t want to drive all the way back up to Kitsilano to get my hair cut at the salon I had been going to, so I treated to be guided to a person that would do a good job closer to home. One day I walked by a Great Clips on my way to Starbucks, and something made me turn around and go in. I discovered a very talented man named Troy. Not only did he do a good job – he did a great job!! My hair looked better than it had the whole 6 years I’ve been in Vancouver! As you women know, cnce we find a good hairdresser, we go to all sorts of lengths to keep them, so every six weeks I’ve been driving down to White Rock to get my haircut.

Yesterday as I was out running errands, I drove by another Great Clips here in Langley. Something made me turn in and as I parked the car, I quickly treated to know that Divine Mind would again guide me to another good stylist – someone like Troy. Imagine my surprise when I walked in and saw him standing there!! A month ago he’d been made the manager of the Langley shop.

I laughed and told him I’d take responsibility for his accepting the transfer to Langley. I’d prayed for a great stylist closer to home!

Wednesday, I handed in a lottery ticket to check and heard the music -- $75.00! Whoo Hoo!!

If you remember, last week I told you about being stuck in a story, and then finally letting it go. Now I’m having so much fun! The new song running through my head lately is “My God is So Good to Me” by Dr. Ricki Byers-Beckwith.

This morning I opened an e-mail from Eileen Cady, founder of Findhorn, to read this:

I go before you to prepare the way, making the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth. Remember this wonderful promise when you are faced with seemingly insurmountable problems, and cease your struggling and striving. Relax, let go, hand it all over to Me and watch the whole thing dissolve into nothingness, for nothing can withstand the light of Truth. As long as you put first things first, all things work together for good and all is very, very well.

Live constantly in this state of expectancy, of expecting wonder upon wonder to take place. Live beyond the ordinary so-called normal way of life. Live beyond yourself. Take your toe off the bottom and float in My divine Love, resting in Me.

YES! This week, let The Divine go before you and prepare your way! Thank You God!! And so it is.

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The Creator and Source of all dwells within me. It is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving. It is my own Self. Spirit in me, as me, constantly awakens me to my spiritual magnificence.

I declare that my life is a wonderful reflection of this magnificence. Regardless of what has been in my past, I know my life is God’s life and it is a good one. Because of this I manifest health on every level of my being … physically, emotionally and mentally. All of my affairs – financial, relationships and work – are also direct manifestations of the Divine Life I am living.

Joyfully I celebrate my Life. I am so grateful for my awakening. I trust in the God Presence within me and my God is so good to me!!

And so it is.

“In the silence, in the silence, God speaks to me … “

Most of us have had a tune that keeps playing in our heads. It wasn’t until I read “Breathing Lessons” by Anne Tyler that I started paying attention when that happened. I read this book a long time ago, and what I remember was that a husband and wife are driving to a wedding and having a serious discussion, when the husband starts whistling. The wife recognized the tune as something that was apropos to the discussion, and also realized that her husband is unconscious of what he is whistling.

It made me realize that those tunes that run though our heads are like “instant messages” from the Universe.

A week ago Donna Michael‘s song “God Speaks to Me” kept running through my head over and over. First it was just the tune, then some of the words stated to filter in. As I heard the words, I thought “Yes, God speaks to me” and went about my business. The song wouldn’t leave.

On my altar, I have a deck of cards called “Self Care Cards” created by Cheryl Richardson for women. They have absolutely beautiful artwork. Part of my morning routine is to open myself to my Self by picking one of those cards. Two days in a row, I picked “Silence.” Each time I admired the picture and put it back in the stack.

Still the song would not leave me. I decided we should sing it at our Sunday Gathering and found it on the wonderful CD’s the Saskatoon CRS gifted to us.

As I read the words, which are basically what I wrote above, plus a chorus, a sentence jumped out at me: “God speaks to me in the silence of my heart.”

Later that day I was near the altar, and decided to pick another card. I breathed deeply, closed my eyes and chose one … yes – again it was “Silence.” Suddenly I understood that I hadn’t paid any attention to either the song in my head or the card, because a story I had been telling myself over and over was louder than my Instant Messages.

We all do it – we go over and over something in our minds until that is the only thing we hear. I had even Treated about a harmonious resolution to this “story” …. but kept telling it to myself. I never got quiet enough to hear what Infinite Intelligence answered. It was getting through though, with a song that wouldn’t leave my head and with a personal ritual. I turned the card over and read: “Listen to your Wise Self. Silence is good self care.”

Breathing deeply, I knew it was time to let go. I had to close my mental mouth, so to speak, and drop the “story.” So I did. As I breathed deeply again, I could hear a bird symphony from my back yard, and as the music poured though me, I felt such relief!

I am so grateful for the Universe’s way of working with me. I am so grateful that Infinite Intelligence will never give up on me, and use everything in the universe I have created around me to constantly give me instant message love notes!! I declare right now I am always connected – and so are YOU!

Allow yourself some silence by letting go of the stories you’ve been holding on to… God speaks to you in the silence of your heart.

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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There is only The One. It is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving. It is the Source and substance of all things, including me. My awareness of my connection in the Oneness is now greater than it has ever been before. I rejoice in knowing all that God is, I am.

Today I choose to “be still and know that I am God.” I release the stories I have kept in bondage in my mind, thanking them for serving me well, and letting them transform into something greater. I KNOW who I am.

I gratefully celebrate my life – God’s Life – with joy. I am so grateful for my connection in God. And so it is.

Someone asked me the other day what to do when it seems like their Spiritual Mind Treatments aren’t working. I answered “Have Faith.” They looked at me with a “yea right” look replying “I do, but …” and launched into their story. That's the thing about faith. It’s something one has to develop and grow into. If you don't have it, it’s hard to understand. And if you do, no explanation is necessary.

Ernest Holmes wrote “Faith is a mental attitude which no longer permits itself to conceive of an opposite.” “No longer permits itself” … this means letting go of the story once and for all. How hard this seems sometimes!! As the actress Gloria Manon said during her powerful “Breakthrough Drama” workshop I attended back in the early ‘80’s – “We are so attached to our precious turds.”

My favourite quote on faith is by the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore: “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. To me, this says, no matter what the appearances are, no matter what I have created around me, no matter how dark my life or situation seems, I can FEEL the Powerful Presence of the Light within and around me.

The Quaker theologian Elton Trueblood wrote: “Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.” And there’s the bottom line! Trusting. How does one develop trust in a world that seems untrustworthy? I suppose the first thing to do is to stop trying to make The Divine in our image! Meditate upon the omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence of The Divine. Upon the infinite intelligence and unconditional love of this Power for Good in the universe that we are always using. Go back to God.

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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The Truth of me, and all of us, is that we are living, breathing, expressions of the One Life, the One Heart, the One Mind that we call The Divine. This is the Source and substance of all that is. It is the originator of all our dreams, and the manifestation of those dreams.

Knowing this, I now declare I am willing to let go of the stories that no longer serve me. I accept my place in the process of creation, and I joyfully create new stories to live by. If I have been living a story of lack or limitation, I wipe it away and live by the abundance of the universe. If I have been living a story of aloneness, I now choose to live in Oneness. Any stories of ill health are replaced by stories of vibrant life.

And if I have been living stories of great good, I now live in even greater good!

I trust Spiritual Law to work wonderfully in my life today. I am so grateful I can set these intentions and experience the Divine Life. Life is good, and all is well with me NOW. And so it is.

Yesterday was the 6^th anniversary of my arrival here. I can remember so clearly being in the car and looking up to read “Welcome to Canada.” It had been a grey day, and just as I looked up, the sun shone through the clouds in what I call “saint lights.” It felt like a blessing!!

And the blessing continues. Even though these past six years have been both lonely and difficult, and exciting and fulfilling, I know I have always been experiencing the perfection of Life. I have experienced constant mental and emotional growth. I have revealed the Truth of my being. The woman who drove under that sign has matured spiritually as well as physically!

As I look back, I see that my strength is in the ability to Trust. I KNOW on all levels that there is an Infinitely Intelligent Essence that is within and around all of us. It is absolutely everywhere present. I know It only has our highest good in mind, and that we are the cause and creator of all we experience. I know we are choosing our next experience, either consciously or unconsciously, by what we are choosing at this exact moment.

This morning I choose to be grateful. I am so grateful for the teachings of the Science of Mind. The SOM has been a life saver and a mental & emotional health saver!! I am grateful for the people I have attracted around me to play in this infinite Field of creative potentiality. I am grateful for YOU because you are one of them. I am grateful to have the consciousness to be able do what I love to do, and be supported in doing it. I am grateful for the family, both two legged and four, that I have created around me. I am grateful to live in one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I am grateful that Spirit in me, as me, is living a magnificent life!! Thank You, Thank You, Infinite Spirit!!

What are you choosing today?

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Infinite Spirit within me is alive, awake and aware. It is flowing through me, manifesting It’s Life as me. I accept my spiritual perfection.

My physical body is the outpicturing of this perfection. It is the manifestation of the Life, the energy, the love that is Spirit. I accept my perfect body.

Everything about my life works harmoniously – my relationships, my finances, my creative expression. It is all Spirit, which is perfectly expressing through me.

I have a constant expectancy of living a magnificent life, therefore I do.

I live and move and have my being in the perfection of this present moment. In this moment I am guided and provided for in a first class manner knowing only the highest and best for all.

I am so grateful for my conscious awareness of the Truth of my being, how the Law works and the power of my choices. I am grateful for the revealing of our spiritual magnificence! Today is a good day to be alive!

And so it is.

I was watching Rev. Kathianne Lewis, pastor of the Seattle Center for Spiritual Living, on the internet the other day, and heard an affirmation that is now stuck to my bulletin board above my desk:

I AM WILLING TO LIVE A LIFE IN WHICH THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS!!

Have you noticed how much we humans complain!?!? About our health, our wealth, our jobs, our mates, our children, our parents or ourselves? At first I took that affirmation to be about other people - “I am willing to live a life in which no one complains around me.” But the affirmation wouldn’t let go. Remembering “they” are my mirror, I ordered my-not-so-silent witness (grin) to do some research work. I found when I was using the words “if only”, “why didn’t”, “why doesn’t” or “should” I was in the middle of complaining!! I also realized that complaining is just another form of blaming!

The word complain comes from the old Latin meaning “to lament.” It seems we spend a lot of time “lamenting our fate” when in Truth, we are where we are in life because we chose what we are experiencing. Perhaps we didn’t choose it consciously, we might have chosen by not choosing something different.

The motivational author, Brian Tracy, writes: "I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear specific unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore.”

I AM WILLING TO LIVE A LIFE IN WHICH THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS!!

Absolutely!! This means not only do I not have complaints – there are no complaints around me as well. I choose to take responsibility for my experiences! I live a life of gratitude for all that I have, all I am and all that will be!!

Dr. Holmes writes: "When the time comes that nothing goes forth from you other than what you would be glad to have return, then you will have reached your heaven."

Thank You Divine Mind!! Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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Divine Mind is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving. It is absolutely everywhere present, including within me. This Mind is my mind, and is powerful beyond measure.

I celebrate the power of choice as I call it forth consciously. I accept both Love and Law flowing through me revealing my perfect Truth. I choose to have any inner conflicts that have shown up in my life as lack, limitation, not enoughness or victimization, be transformed by my knowing Truth. I declare I live a life without complaints. I choose love, joy and perfect harmony with my world. I choose to live my true nature – the nature of The Divine.

These choices fill me with gratitude and a deep inner peace fills my heart and mind. Today is a good day to be alive! And so it is.

Yesterday I was at the mall, spending some of that delightful money I won, and doing one of my favorite things: having a decadent coffee drink and wandering around people watching. It was obvious that a lot of Mother’s Day shopping was happening. Women seemed to be shopping with a definite gift in mind. Some men herded their small children into housewares departments while others wandered around looking at a lot of things, ending up at flower kiosks or candy stores.

Yes, most of us are thinking about our Mothers this weekend. Some of us are thinking about being Mothers. Some are thinking fond thoughts, and some just want to avoid the holiday.

In my meditation this morning I remembered being about 6 years old, sitting on the wall between our house and our next door neighbor’s. I wasn’t allowed out of our yard, however, I was trying to make friends with the little girl who lived next door. I remember so clearly watching her Mother bring out a sweater, helping her put it on, and giving her a hug. I could tell the little girl was enfolded in her Mother’s love as well as her arms. My heart hurt from longing for that type of experience.

When I was 33, my birth sister found me, our brother and our Mother. After talking a couple of times on the phone, I received a note from my Mother that said “I love you my sweet daughter.” I cried years of tears as I realized I had never heard that before. A month or so later, at our first meeting, I felt my Mother’s arms around me, and knew I was experiencing what I had longed for as a 6 year old. It was an amazing experience.

This weekend I choose to be grateful for the Mother that birthed me because I am alive! I’m grateful for the Mother that adopted me at 2 ½ because in between her alcoholic rages she gave me an appreciation for the beauty in this world. I’m grateful for being sent away to live at a girl’s catholic school, because I discovered the Divine Mother which made it easier to be alive. I’m grateful for the foster Mother that taught me the true meaning of family as she opened her heart as well as her home to this 16 year old runaway. And I know that as I grew up, my affinity for Mother Mary attracted me to the spiritual Mothers I’m grateful to have had: Rev. Helen Street and Mama Luanna.

If you’re one of those who has difficulty with this holiday because of the pains of your childhood, or the pains you might be experiencing as Mothers, Grandmothers, or Stepmothers – there is always something to be grateful for. I invite you to focus on that. Remember to Love everyone unconditionally, including yourself. You are your own best Mother!!

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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There is that within me that is the Divine Mother. It celebrates my life, as It is the cause and the source of my life, and lives through me, as me. It is unconditional Love. This Love is always giving Itself to me.

I now say YES to this Love. I feel it deep within my being, and allow myself to experience It without any conditions. I am the Beloved, loved beyond measure. I accept this. It is my Truth.

This Love fills me with the strength and courage to live my life magnificently. It constantly reminds me I have nothing to be afraid of, nothing to be ashamed of. I am the child of Love made manifest, and this is good, very good.

I am so grateful for embodying the consciousness of Divine Love. I celebrate the Divine Mother with joy. And so it is.

May 5, 2006

Dear Ones,

Last weekend while visiting our shopping mall, I filled out an entry blank for a $1,500 shopping spree. Tuesday I got a call saying I’d won!! Not only did I win the shopping spree, but I also won two hours with a fashion consultant.

Whoo Hoo!! Thank you Spirit!!

Someone said “You are so lucky” when I told them about it, and suddenly I remembered sitting on my hotel room balcony the first morning in Giza, Egypt, years ago, watching the sun painting the top of the Great Pyramid gold. I thought to myself “I’m so lucky to be here.” Almost immediately I heard a voice say – “Lucky!?! Luck had nothing to do with it!! It’s consciousness!”

So I smiled at the person who had just said I was so lucky and replied, “I have a winning consciousness.” As the words came out of my mouth, I remembered looking in my closet one day last week and saying to myself, with great emotion (ok, I was whining) “I want some new clothes!”

I just love the way Spirit works!! The loom of the Universe gathers threads of consciousness, weaving together our desires with the right events at the right moment so that our desires are fulfilled. Did I consciously Treat for new clothes – or to win the shopping spree? No. However, I did state a request with a lot of energy attached to it. We are always in creation mode. Our dominant thoughts are the threads The Universe is weaving to make the tapestry of our lives.

The phrase “What were you thinking?” has been heard by many of us with negative connotations. Yet it is one of the most important questions we can ask ourselves as we become clear about our dominant thoughts and our place in the greater tapestry of Life. Remembering and owning our portion of the creative process makes it easier to realize how powerful we are and a lot more fun!!

Joyful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

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I choose today to open my mind, heart, and every cell and atom of my being to the awareness of the Divine Presence. This infinitely intelligent creative energy is the Source and Substance of all there is, including me.

How grateful I am to realize my place in the creative process. I release all thoughts of littleness or lack. I accept that Infinite Intelligence is at work in me, as me at every moment. I pay attention to what I am thinking because of this. I declare I have a clear mind, and a pure heart. I also declare I am living in Divine Joy and my life reflects this with ease and grace.

God is good, and all is well with my world. I am so grateful for this awareness.

I release these words into spiritual law, claiming all that I have spoken for is here now. And so it is.

I just love the creativity of some of the churches around town. The other day driving down 200 St. I saw a marquee that read

“Prayer – the absolute wireless”

At least that’s what I remember it reading – I also remember saying YES! as I drove by and had good chuckle.

Prayer IS the absolute wireless, and what is prayer but the ability to tap into Infinite Intelligence at any moment, for anything. Indeed, we are always praying without ceasing, as the Master Teacher Jesus said. Now is the time to pray rightly! There’s no fees, no roaming charges, no taxes – nothing to pay at all. Oh wait a moment, yes there is! And what is that you ask? It’s our understanding and attention!!

Dr. Holmes writes in “Living the Science of Mind”:

Divine Guidance is just as definite a Principle in the Universe as is the Law of Attraction and Repulsion. Your use of Divine Guidance must be just as conscious as an architect drawing a plan; just as certain as a mathematician solving a problems, and the answer is just as definite.”

Our “wireless” can never be turned off. It is a direct line to the Infinite, and will respond to us as we respond to It.

Dr. Holmes also writes: “We know this same Law, working for us, is inhibited or accelerated in It’s action through our faith and acceptance of It.”

I wonder how many of us are struggling with some problem, looking for solutions in the outer world. If only we would believe that all answers are within!!

Allow yourself to play with the idea of having “the Absolute Wireless” today!

It’s the Truth!!

Oh – by the way, here’s the phone number -- Isaiah 65:24

“And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”

Joyful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is One Mind – that Mind is infinitely intelligent. That Mind is absolutely everywhere – it is The Divine in Action. It moves through me, manifesting Life as me, directed by my thoughts and feelings.

Today I allow myself to remember I am always tapped into Mind. There is no way I could separate myself from It, as It is all there is. Therefore, I relax and remember that anything I have been struggling with is easily and effortless resolved by my turning within. Infinite Intelligence responds immediately as I allow It, and so I do. I am divinely guided in all my affairs, physically, emotionally, and mentally. I am still and hear the guidance easily. I respond to it with joy and gratitude.

I am so grateful to know that I have the absolute wireless! And so it is!

The other day someone sent me an e-mail about the latest spiritual movie to come out… check this link:

www.thepeacefulwarriormovie.com/

I remember director Stephen Simon standing in our Centre one Sunday morning when we were meeting on the boat at Granville Island, stating his intention clearly and passionately to change the caliber of movies coming from Hollywood.

I am so delighted to see the fruits of his intention made manifest and I know this is just the beginning! On his website, Simon states: “Spiritual Cinema examines who we are and why we are here and illuminates the human condition through stories and images that inspire us to explore what we can be as humanity when we operate at our very best. Spiritual Cinema reflects our beliefs and values and illustrates their impact upon our lives and our society.”

This is BIG! Most of the world is bemoaning the state of the world as they watch the news and read the papers. They are seeing the glass half empty (or worse). Yet, if we turn away from that, we will notice the proliferation of positive books, TV shows, movies, songs, etc., and we will realize we are really a lot further along in consciousness than we might have thought!!

The message of these new movies, etc., is just that – WE CAN CHOOSE!

Religious Science tells us that if we wish to live a better life and leave a better world for our children, we MUST choose! In Truth we cannot help but choose – all life is a series of choices, so what we really teach is to pay attention to what we are choosing. Indeed, to choose to live consciously!

We are living in exciting times – in the throes of a huge paradigm shift – and I, for one, am glad to be doing my part in the shifting! How about you?

Blessings, Rev. Angelica

PS – Did you know our Centre was the first Religious Science church Mr. Simon spoke in? I’m proud to have been a part of his Intention!!

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

We live in an infinite field of creative potentiality. This field is Divine Energy – It is the Source and the home and the substance of all things, including us. It moves in, through and as us. It is infinitely intelligent and unconditionally loving. It IS, and that is all there is.

Knowing this, I am grateful to be consciously aware of my part of the creation process. I choose now to focus on the good, the True and the beautiful things of this world. I choose to focus on Life made manifest as each of us, in grace and joy.

I declare that each of us begins to see how we make a difference in our world. I know we now live with eyes open, hearts open, minds clear and hands willing to do the work. We are the creators of our future and I know we are making it a good one!

With a grateful heart, I release these words, celebrating their Truth. And so it is.

"There's an old saying: You can't have Easter without Good Friday. Many people today express the desire to have an open heart, a loving heart, a compassionate heart. Well, how do you open your heart? Usually, it's broken open. Jesus on the cross breaks your heart. He breaks it open. You can't look at the crucifixion without having an experience of compassion. Only a heart broken open — one that can have compassion for those who suffer — can truly appreciate the new life represented by Easter."

— Sri Eknath Easwaran in Original Goodness

Most of us have experienced a broken heart – and some of us are still clinging to that brokenness as a precious wound … a medal to show we’ve been through the relationship wars. All we can think about is our wounds.

Sri Easwaran’s quote reminds us to go beyond those wounds, and realize we’re not the only ones with broken hearts. This is one of the common stories of humanity - a part of our spiritual evolution. The quote also reminds us to have compassion, and realize that on a much larger level, we are opening our hearts to experience a greater understanding of Eternal Life Itself.

Dr. Holmes writes in the Science of Mind: “The spiral of Life is upward, carries us forward, not backward. Eternal and progressive expansion is its law and there are no breaks in its continuity. It seems to me that our evolution is the result of an unfolding consciousness of that which already is, and needs but to be realized to become a fact of everyday life.”

This is Easter for me – understanding what I have crucified myself with and for, allowing myself to grieve it, being compassionate with myself, and letting it go. Easter is about coming to an understanding that my stories are a microcosm of the macrocosm of the collective consciousness. Again having compassion, and allowing all of us to rise above our wounds, knowing Life is an eternal gift, and that every wounding, every broken heart, is an opportunity to move forward on our individual evolutionary spirals, which in turn moves humanity forward.

What greater Love can one give than this?

Easter Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

There is One Life, this Life is Divine Life, and this is the Life I am living. Divine Life is the life of all, moving in, through, and as us, right here and right now.

I celebrate this Life, knowing It is unconditionally loving.

Today I choose to use the energies of Easter to allow myself to be resurrected from all I have buried myself in. I let go of all thoughts of lack and limitation, disease or aloneness. I know who I am – Spirit in form!

I open my heart to feel compassion for my brothers and sisters as they move up their evolutionary spirals. I support them in knowing the Truth of their Being just as I know mine. I know we are all in this Life together – because there is only the One Life. My compassionate heart is open, and I love everything that is. My love warms and supports all it comes in contact with and more.

I celebrate Eternal Life, and am so grateful for being awake and aware to experience all Life has to offer. And so it is.

Last Sunday, Leonard Eaglecloud shared a story that works wonderfully with our Investigation of the 9 Insights we are doing this month. (from the book The Celestine Prophecy)

One fall, he and a young woman were sitting under a gorgeous maple tree, playing music, with hats in front of them to accept donations from passers by. They started talking and the young woman shared with him that she really needed $20, yet her hat was empty. Leonard asked her to know there were angels everywhere, and to believe she would have the help she needed.

They sat in silence for a moment, Leonard praying for her and the young woman breathing into believing. As they opened their eyes, a large beautifully coloured leaf floated down from the tree, landing right in her hat. A taxi stopped, a man jumped out, and with a thick accent, said he had to have that leaf! He was heading to the airport on his way home and wanted to share the colours of fall with his family. He reached in his wallet, took out his last Canadian twenty, exchanged it for the leaf, jumped back in the taxi and was gone!

Was that man an angel? Maybe. Was this a coincidence? Not!! An awesome Infinite Intelligence made that man in that taxi notice that particular leaf as it just to be falling right into her hat! He also happened to have one Canadian twenty left. All of it occurred to respond to her request for $20!! How delightful it is to watch the workings of the Universe!! And how amazing to know that the whole Power of the Universe is behind our every request!!

I believe these “coincidences” are happening to all of us all the time. They are like Love Notes from the Universe. Let’s open our eyes to see the possibilities around us, accepting our Love Notes with joy and gratitude!! Start noticing the coincidences in your life and you will see how wonderfully the Universe works for and through you!!

Joyful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

Today I recognize and acknowledge the awesome Power and Presence of the Universe in my life. I know It has always been here, is now, and always will be.

I now declare my eyes, heart and mind are open to see the Love Notes the Universe has for me. I am consciously aware of seeming coincidences, and recognize them as the workings of Infinite Intelligence in answer to my desires. I accept that there is so much more going on here than I could possibly ever imagine, and I am grateful to be able to recognize whatever part of It I can.

I know that as I open myself, I am opening to a greater experience of The Divine, not only for myself but for all. I celebrate my abilities and willingness to do this. I am grateful for my expanded awareness of Life. And so it is.

Dr. Holmes writes on pg 154 of the Science of Mind:

“Every day and every hour we are meeting the eternal realities of life, and in such degree as we co-operate with these eternal realities in love, in peace, in wisdom, and in joy – believing and receiving – we are automatically blessed.”

All of Life is telling us to open up to a greater realization of that Eternal Reality we call God. How do we do that? Religious Science gives us the great tools of Spiritual Mind Treatment, meditation, visualization, affirmations, etc., and we can use these tools to work with the answer that Dr. Holmes gave us in the above statement … Believing and Receiving.

To see Dr. Holmes himself saying one of his most famous sayings, click on this link:

http://www.wingsofprayer.com/ErnestHolmes.rm

Dr. Holmes truly believed this statement and was open to receiving the benefits of this statement being firmly established in mind. Because of this, we have our wonderful teaching, and many examples of how it works for all.

Believing means we can no longer tell the stories we’ve been using to excuse our lack and limitation. So many of us suffer from some degree of plomitus – “Poor Little Ole Me.” We unconsciously tell our stories every chance we get – not realizing that in our repetitions, the Universal Law is acting upon them, thereby making our stories even more real!

Receiving means trusting. Being willing to trust the Power that is greater than we are, and acting as if our desires have already been met.

So simple, yet not exactly easy! Today decide to set a part of your mind aside to act as your witness. Affirm that every time you launch into the latest rendition of your “story” something happens to gently and easily remind you that that story is no longer your Truth. Treat to open your mind, your heart and your whole being to receive more good, more God, in your life today!!

Joyful Blessings, Rev. Angelica

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I recognize the Presence of Universal Power in my life right now. This Power is an emanation of Divine Life, and I am an expression of this Life. This Power works through spiritual Law and is unconditionally loving. It works for me by working through me, as me!

As I speak my word, the whole Universe is behind it. I declare I express physical, emotional and mental health. All the areas of my life reflect this Divine health. No longer are my finances, my work, my relationships, or my health affected by the stories I used to tell. Those stories no longer have any power. There is only One Power, and that Power is God. I believe and receive.

Gratefully I acknowledge my life as Divine Life made manifest. I celebrate the blessings in and of my life. I celebrate knowing that as I accept the Greater Good in my life, I do it not only for myself, but for everyone. I release this Treatment, knowing it is already so, and so it is.