Dear Friends,
“Mother Earth has sent us to our rooms to think about
what we have done.”     Anonymous
There is always a “Silver Lining” in a crisis or tragedy. From what I am reading and hearing, our beautiful Mother Earth is healing and being replenished.  Since the world has been on lock down, cars, planes, and all companies that pollute the air on a daily basis have decreased their harmful emissions.  Read the excerpts from the article below.
https://www.alrasub.com/earth-is-healing-amidst-covid-19-outbreak/
“China has reported a significant improvement in its air quality.
The skies are blue and sunny these days while they were covered with smoke in normal circumstances.”
“In Venice canals have cleared up. As there is a lock down in the country, boating is banned and there are no tourists around. Swans, dolphins, and fishes are making their way to the waters of Venice.
The water is blue and clear. The apparent cleanliness of the water is not just attributed to a lack of pollution but also to the absence of motorized boats, which normally churns up the muddy canal floor.”
“India is also under lock down from the past few days. The reduction in Mumbai Marine Drive has been observed which is due to decreased water traffic. The absence of water transportation has led people to witness a school of dolphins playing in the water.”
“It is the right time to say that our planet would breathe a long sigh of relief if humans were to vanish. But this is not how it should be. We should take the opportunity of this lock down to reflect and see how we can be more organized and live in harmony with nature. ”
“With so many industries shutting down due to the corona pandemic, it is the ideal time for them to brainstorm plans to return more environmentally conscious. If companies would change their plans to consider the environment, this small and reasonably fast, change we are seeing now could continue to change the fate of planet earth.”
Along with our IMAGINING a Higher Consciousness on Earth, let us IMAGINE a  continued CLEAN Earth and our habits of pollution stop. It is truly a time to “clean up our act.”  Mother Earth sent us to our rooms. Let us take this lesson, learn from it, and do and be better.
If not,  Mother Earth may ban us from our earth home in a greater crisis.
Imagining  a Clean Earth,

Dear Friends,
The other day when it was raining and the sun shining, I looked out on our balcony and saw a beautiful, clear, vibrant RA I N B OW.

What a perfect example of HOPE and LOVE in the midst of our crisis.
In spite of the rain, the sun is always shinning.
In spite of the Covid19 crisis, GOD is always here with us,
flowing and moving through us as Divine Intelligence,
Wisdom, Love and Intuition.
An interesting phrase people say when going through a situation,
“Take Heart…”  Yes, let us take heart, take love, take compassion and let this be our new normal, now and when the crisis it over.
IMAGINE
When talking with friends who normally go into a work place 5 days a week, they say how nicer it is to be able to work at home.  It is less stress, less interruptions, and they can get more work done.
What if….
the new normal was for business owners and companies to establish a policy for employees to be able to work part time at home.  I can see this helping families with children and keeping people healthy by not having to come to work when a cold symptom presents itself. There would be less cars on the road half the time as well.
What if…
the schools set up a policy for students to be home schooled half the time  and half on campus.  This would be an option for parents who can do this.
What if…
our leaders, both Republican and Democrat finally came together in bipartisan leadership to really address the needs of the poor, the uninsured medically and unemployed. That would be a Miracle and I am a believer in miracles.
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From my Spiritual Sister
“My intent prayer and vision for a New World:
-People are awakened to our interconnectedness with all of life, that we are all truly ONE…we interact in the world from that knowingness with compassion, connection and cooperation.
– Each person shifts from the mind to moving into one’s Heart in all
thought and action.
– Heart-to-heart connection from one person to another person, growing
and spreading across the planet.
– Congruency of mind, body and spirit, augmenting physical healing
of the body.
– We open ourselves to Grace and grow in Consciousness, experiencing
and expressing unconditional Love.
Namaste,
Carol D.”

Blessings and Imagining!

Dear Friends,
At our POINT Interfaith Meeting  last week (via zoom) we asked each person:
“What are you doing to increase your spiritual health
during this time of crisis?”
Wonderful ideas were presented; laughing at email jokes, keeping a personal spiritual practice, walking, connecting via zoom/ email/ text, Centering prayer, praying for the ill/and health workers, reading inspirational material, walking on the beach, journaling, sitting quietly in church, helping sew masks… and more.
One minister said he is IMAGINING  what he would like the world to look like and BE after the crisis is over. He is imagining a world of compassion for all. We cannot go back to the way we were.
I loved that idea!
I ASK YOU as you read this message today.
WHAT WILL YOU IMAGINE THE WORLD TO BE?
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE NEW NORMAL TO LOOK LIKE?
IMAGINE
“…Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin’ life in peace
You
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed…”
Thank you John Lennon

Inspired thoughts:
“The Divine Ideas stand back of all human thought, seeking admittance through the doorway of the mind.”
(Dr. Ernest Holmes, Science of Mind book)
“Community means seeing everyone as important.”
(Rev. Sally Robbins, April issue Science of Mind magazine)
“I need to let go of all old growth to make room for the new.”
(Rev. Sally Robbins, April issue Science of Mind magazine)
Imagining,
Abigail and Steve

Tomorrow is April 1st and we are well into our Spring Season. 
One morning as I walked through the neighborhood, I saw flowers sprouting and the greenery sparkling. The smells were wonderful and I really felt the Newness of Spring.  Later I was reading the SoM magazine and loved the article by Rev. Dr. David Alexander titled,
“Lovingly Tend Your Mental Garden.”
It was a wonderful reminder that our thoughts are seeds. When we think a thought, we plant that thought into the fertile ground of our mind. We tend that thought seed with positive affirmations, and weeding any negative thoughts that come to mind.  Dr. David said:
“The soil we plant in, is connected to the subconscious mind
of collective humanity…a part of the stream of consciousness
that moves around us every day.”
This means not only are we tending our own garden, we are tending everyone else’s garden as well, because we are all connected.  The more we weed out fear, despair, hopelessness, worry, anxiety and judgement, from our own garden, the more we are weeding these ideas out of the world consciousness.   At this time of crisis in our world, it is vitally important to keep the seeds of love, joy, service, happiness, compassion and Oneness,  in our hearts and minds. The thoughts we think WILL HEAL OUR PLANET and bring back the WHOLELESS of HEALTH and LIFE  to all people, animals and our Mother Earth.

Along with my husband Steve, I have a  wonderful prayer partner,
Rev. Dr. Kathleen Johnson, who wrote a beautiful prayer treatment
in relation to the Covid 19.
“It begins by recognizing the Nature of God as Omnipresence, Omnipotence, and Omniscience, as Love, Wholeness, Health and Abundant Supply of All Good. We then admit our union in God and that human nature is the same as God Nature. Then we can realize that we have been given the power of creation through our thoughts, spoken words, and beliefs. So let us claim the evolution of human consciousness beginning with us, a shift from fear to love, from a belief in the power of disease to a knowing that God is the Only Power and that Power is within us guiding us, inspiring us and co-creating with us.
Let us claim the health of humanity in all ways, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Now let us give thanks for the manifestation of this prayer by releasing it to the Creative Mind of God, the Heart of God. 
And so it is.”
-by Rev. Dr. Kathleen Johnson

Tending Lovingly,
Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends,
Very often I am asked and/or in a discussion about what we can do in these divisive times.  At a San Dieguito Interfaith Ministers Association, Rev. Karen Koblentz read the words of Audrey Pary.
“As the world fights to figure everything out, I’ll be holding doors for strangers, letting people cut in front of me in traffic, saying good morning, keeping babies entertained in grocery lines, stopping to talk to someone who is lonely, being patient with sales clerks, smiling at a passerby. Why?
Because I will not stand idly by and live in a world where love is invisible.
Join me in showing kindness, understanding, and judging less. Be kind to a stranger, give grace to friends who are having a bad day, be forgiving of yourself -today and every day.
BE the change, BE the light, start today and never stop”
What a wonderful way to move through your day. Be aware of those around you, say a kind word, do a kind deed.  One never knows how gigantic the ripple effect will be.
Kindly,
Abigail and Steve