THIS WORLD IS A SCHOOL   Pass a test in Spiritual understanding, and never again throughout eternity will that particular task have to be done.  Your attitude should be: .           I am going to live forever; in a thousand years still alive and active somewhere; and so the events of today have only the importance that belongs to today.  I greet the unknown with a cheer, and press forward joyously, exulting in the great adventure. .           Armed with this philosophy, and really understanding its power, you have nothing to fear in life or death-because God is All, and God is Good. .           Now the God peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus. . . make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight. . .(Hebrews 13:20-21).   From Around The Year With Emmet Fox Emmet Fox June 25thpg.176 Emmet Fox

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect any praise or reward. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom. Your struggles with the world will have come to an end. Ajahn Chah

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love will not open; no gulf that enough love will not bridge; no wall that enough love will not throw down; no sin that enough love will not redeem.    It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake; a sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. Unknown

A meditation from Around the year with Emmet Fox: The Tide Flows In and Out We don not make our spiritual unfoldment in a steady straight line.  Human nature does not work in that way.  No one moves upward in a path of unbroken progress to the attainment of perfection.  What happens is that we move forward steadily for a while, and then we have a little setback.  Then we move forward again, and presently we may have another setback. These setbacks are not important as long as the general movement of our lives is forward. The tide flows in and out. the foremost wave comes in and in, and it seems as though it would never stop until it reached highwater mark - but it does stop, and actually goes back, and if one did not know better he would suppose that that was the end of the matter. but it is not. the tide goes back a little, but not to its old mark, and then it comes on again and this time it makes a higher mark. this mode of progression seems to be general throughout nature. do not watch the individual waves but keep your attention on the tide, and all will be well.   Emmet Fox

Our Deepest Fear       “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Marianne Williamson

" God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way.   -    C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis

Creator, open our hearts to peace and healing between all people.   Creator, open our hearts to provide and protect for all children of the earth.   Creator, open our hearts to respect for the earth, and all the gifts of the earth.   Creator, open our hearts to end exclusion, violence, and fear among all.   Thank-you for the gifts of this day and every day   native american - micmac - alycia longriver – 1995

Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom.   Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.   I seek strength, not to be superior to my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy - myself. Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit will come to you without shame.   american indian - lakota - chief yellow lark - 1887

O our Father, the Sky, hear us and make us strong. O our Mother, the Earth, hear us and give us support. O Spirit of the East, send us your Wisdom. O Spirit of the South, may we tread your path. O Spirit of the West, may we always be ready for the long journey. O Spirit of the North, purify us with your cleansing winds.     american indian – sioux

The angels dance in your wake The sun rises for your glory Stars illume in your light Magnificent and eternal My Lord Jesus My timeless love justina m. pernetter