Date: Sunday, December 24, 2023
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Led by: Reverend Karen Lindquist
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“Re-Creating the Mind”with Reverend Karen Lindquist, Cherag Michael Douglas, Rich Ater, and George Ramirez.
Within this worship service we shall express the pertinent need to Recreate our Minds reflected in this year’s discernment: Transforming the Body, Heart and Mind.
We shall explore the created light contained in every living thing and develop our capacity to witness, experience and work with this eternal light to the healing and benefit of the entire world. Shared by George Ramirez.
We shall contemplate on the simple hazelnut as Julian of Norwich shared in her “showings”. (Saint Julian was an anchorite who lived a hidden life in a simple cell attached to the church of St Julian in Norwich. She had a profound love to the Mass, the Holy Eucharist, for the Mother of God and was especially united to Christ in prayer and consecration. While never officially canonized by the Church as a Saint, Julian’s virtue and saintly life has been celebrated and put forward by Popes and Saints.) Shared by Rich Ater.
We shall walk the Labyrinth in contemplation recreating the mind to amplify the benefits of our new relationship with the world and reflect upon the labyrinth as representative of this year’s theme of transformation. Shared by Cherag Michael Douglas.
About the Labyrinth:
A labyrinth can be experienced as the birthing womb of the Great Goddess. Thus, the labyrinth experience is a potent practice of Self-Integration as it encapsulates the spiraling journey in and out of incarnation. On the journey in, towards the center, one cleanses the dirt from the road. On the journey out, one is born anew to consciously dwell in a human body, made holy by having got a taste of the Infinite Center. https://www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.htm
The Sufi prayer is his journey towards the eternal goal, his realization of God.
The question now arises: “How do you get to this attitude of prayer in life? “. First and foremost, people for whom prayer is praise, if their whole life must adopt an attitude of prayer, they must bring praise and gratitude to the smallest aspects of life, and feel grateful for the smallest act of kindness shown to them by someone. Man is far below this ideal in life; he is so hard, he really misses many opportunities to thank. Sometimes it is because of his riches, while other times he is blinded by his power; everything that is done for him he thinks is owed to him because of his money or influence. When a man has been able to reach this attitude of praise and thanksgiving for all things in life, then his life can truly be called a prayer life. ~ Hazrat Inayat Khan – Pearls From An Invisible OceanSHARING OUR WEALTH
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POETRY
From a stone, I learned the art of remaining still.
From a river, I learned the art of remaining in flow.
From a falling leaf, I learned the art of remaining detached.
From a breeze, I learned the art of remaining gentle.
From a mountain, I learned the art of remaining strong.
From a gentle raindrop, I learned the art of remaining calm.
From a seed, I learned the art of remaining patient.
From a caterpillar, I learned the art of remaining persistent.
From a seashell, I learned the art of remaining open.
From a tree, I learned the art of remaining grounded.
From a drifting cloud, I learned the art of remaining free.
From a modest flower, I learned the art of remaining humble.
From a forest, I learned the art of remaining regenerative.
From a butterfly, I learned the art of remaining graceful.
From a snowflake, I learned the art of remaining unique.
And from a flame, I learned the art of remaining passionate.
