Forgive Your Enemies

 

Dear Friends,
If you have not heard, I want to let you know there was a senseless arson attack early Sunday morning on one of the Masjids in Escondido, CA.
Our heartfelt condolences goes out to this community.  We were all shocked and horrified to hear another terrorist attack happened in our own neighborhood and community. We condemn the white supremacist ideology that led to this attempt. We faithfully stand with  our Muslim brothers and sisters. For when an injustice and killing takes place in one locale, it affects people all over the world.
There were several speakers before the evening Muslim prayers began.
I spoke on behalf of New Thought and the Poway Interfaith Team.
(photo below).  I encouraged everyone to reach out to people of different faith traditions to get to know them better, through potlucks, service projects,  and sharing faith beliefs. As my byline above says, “When knowledge is shared, awareness and understanding become greater.  Myths and misconceptions are dissipated, and barriers of fear melt away.”
Rev. Meg Decker, from the Episcopal tradition, and also part of the Escondido Together Interfaith Group said it is part of her tradition to not only love your neighbors but to pray for those who persecute you, or harm you in any way.
The more we pray for love within them, the softer they will be and their hearts will change.   Beautiful words.
In all traditions there is FORGIVENESS.  As we approach Good Friday, we remember the words of Jesus the Christ,  “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.”
What is happening with these attacks on faith houses, is, the community is rallying together, standing up for one another, and becoming closer friends and supporters.  Hate divides. Love and Compassion bring people together.
Let us all pray for those whose hearts have gone astray,
have been poisoned  with lies.  Their glass may look dark,
ugly and murky.  When we pray for them it is as if we are
pouring pure water into the glass.  As the prayers keep coming we see the glass overflowing and slowly the murky water begins to flow out, and what is left
is sweet, pure water.
Keep the prayers flowing and see hearts softening and becoming pure, as God has intended  it to be.
Forgiving,
Abigail

Hands and Heart

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Friends,
This Sunday we were at The Unity Church in San Diego hearing a wonderful message by Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell. As always the music was inspiring.
We sang the song by Karen Drucker called “Blessing To the World.”

You are the heart. You are the hands.
You are the voice of Spirit on earth.
And who you are, and all you do, is a blessing to the world.

We are the heart. We are the hands.
We are the voice of Spirit on earth.
And who we are, and all we do, is a blessing to the world.

I am the heart. I am the hands.
I am the voice of Spirit on earth.
And who I am, and all I do, is a blessing to the world.

As we were singing this song, I really felt the Unity of all attending the service and singing the words. We are all blessings to the world. We all have unique purposes to achieve and be. No one is out of the loop. A phrase Rev. Wendy repeated was, ” We are Magnificent Beings and still a Work in Progress.”
The two go hand in hand, not opposed to one another.
Each one of us is created by the Divine Source of all Good, Love, Wisdom and Intelligence. That is our DNA. How we use this identity and knowledge is our choice here on earth. And I believe, if we are here, we are still learning and growing in our spiritual unfoldment, hence, “a work in progress.”

The Science of Mind magazine was devoted to the same idea on March 10.
Rev. Joanne McFadden shared a story about a dog trainer and her unique purpose. She trains dogs who are blind and deaf. She has taught deaf dogs
sign language and uses other trained dogs to help the blind ones learn how to navigate a house. All her dogs are adoptable when she has completed her work. What a wonderful gift she blesses and brings to the world.

“Spirit needs each of us to express Itself, and Spirit is intensely creative.
It created each of us for a special purpose. Have you discovered yours?
How can you be the heart and hands of Spirit on Earth like no one else can?”
-McFadden

Blessings,

Abigail

I AM the Messiah

Dear Friends,
The Prophecy
“Once upon a time there was a small community of people who were not getting along with each other. They would bicker and argue all day long…
Then one night their minister had a vision. The vision was very simple and very short. The vision told him, ‘One of your members is the Messiah.’
The minister shared his vision with the community and from that day on things began to change.
Every day when one member of the community was with another member they would think, ‘Maybe this is the Messiah.’ So they began to treat one another with more love, more care and more respect. Each person began to think,’Maybe I AM the Messiah,’ so they began to treat themselves with more love and respect. The community began to prosper and the members stopped bickering and arguing. The community began to grow and others came from far and wide to join them because it was known for the love, care and respect that flourished there.”
Children Believe Everything You Say, by Jennifer Day
We can all learn a great deal from children’s stories. These stories are for everyone. Adults who read them, remember who they are. For in truth, we are all messiahs. We all have God’s DNA within us. We all come from the same Source as Love. We all have the Christ Consciousness potential. Jesus the Christ said, “What I do, you can do also.” Time to stop bickering with one another and be loving and kind to each other. We may not agree with others, however we can show respect for their opinions and ask, ” How did you come to feel or believe that way.” This opens conversations without push backs or walls in consciousness.
Those who choose to continue acting as if they are not God and Good, will eventually realize all action is karmic and Divine justice is always served. All are on their own evolutionary journey.
Be the messiah today, be good to yourself and good to others. All are here for a purpose, and we can respect God’s intention for everyone.
I AM one of many Messiahs,
Abigail

Our Connected Family

Dear Friends,
I was reading the article about Wayne Dyer in the ‘Unity Magazine’ and was
reminded again of our human/spiritual connectedness.  At this time in our history we seem to be a divisive people.
We need to remember who we are – Spirit, God, Love and Light.  Even more we need to remember we all come from the same Source.  Our roots are God. We are all one BIG family, growing, learning and evolving in many ways. From the image, above, we can see people on the branches,  at different levels, different sides, yet all CONNECTED at the root of our being.  God’s DNA is in each and every one of us. Wayne Dyer, quoted in the article said,
“We are all branches on the same tree, this tree of humanity, and that no tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst each other. When we engage in battle,… we’re just creating more of the stress, fear, anxiety and tension that we say we don’t want in our world. People get so caught up in their emotions, especially when they believe what someone else is doing or thinking is wrong. Your HIGHEST SELF wants peace. Go to that place of peace.”
 
In Religious Science we know when we pray, we go to that place of peace, God within, and know the Omnipresence, Omniscience, Omnipotence, Ominloving and Omniaction of Spirit within ourselves. We feel the Divine because we are the Divine.  I like to think of God as “stretched out in smiling repose.”  It is that place where all is good, whole, healthy, abundant, peaceful and joyous. When I feel it for myself, I feel it and know it for all people I am thinking about and praying for.
We do not have to agree with people’s opinions. We do not need to argue our point. We DO need to see them as our brother and sister, branches on the same tree in the same family.  Let us do unto others as others would want us to do to them.  Let us be kind, loving and respectful. Every thought and action is a ripple out into the world and felt by all.
Sending Love,
Abigail

Happy Valentine’s Day

Dear Friends,
This Valentine’s Day Blessing is my prayer for you this week. God, our Source, Creator, Divine Parent birthed us with It’s LOVE, Light, Wisdom and Intelligence. Love is inherent within us, which allows us to feel love for our spouse, partner, child, parent, friend, co-worker, and even the stranger on the street. There is a favorite saying, “There is no spot where GOD is not.” We can easily put the word LOVE in the quote. “There is no spot where LOVE is not.” Even in our most difficult challenges, LOVE is there. When we feel our world is crashing down, LOVE is there. When we break up with our partner, spouse or friend, LOVE is there. For the Intelligence of the Universe is based on LOVE and the Highest Good for all is continually revealing Itself. Our eternal life is designed to move us forward knowing and being more LOVE.
We do not need another person to feel love. Love is within us already. Once
we recognize LOVE is who we are, we can begin to express it in so many ways.
Kiss your spouse/partner
Hug your child
Smile at your neighbor
Refrain from judgment
Say hi to a homeless person on the street
View a challenge from another point of view.
Send a card of appreciation
Make a phone call to someone you haven’t talked with in awhile.
Pray for the Highest Good for all, whether you agree with them or not.
I know you can think of more ways to be and express LOVE.
No need to rely on another person for LOVE. If we have the special relationship where we feel One Soul is flowing through two bodies, let us count our blessings and give thanks. If we don’t have a spouse or partner, let us give thanks for our family and friends. GOD/LOVE is within YOU and within everyone. LOVE is the origin of the Universe. This LOVE Energy will continue today and forever. You can’t stop it, just flow with it. Be happy and be at peace.
Happy Valentine’s Day!

Replenish and Serve

Dear Friends,
If your life is like mine, you are busy with activities, events, meetings and trying to make a difference in the world. Yesterday, I heard a fabulous speaker, Bishop Cornelius Bowser speak about the Implicit Bias in our country’s history and laws of the land. Unfortunately we are still a country dealing with bias and racism. We hear it from leaders in our government, in the news, in the killings of black men and in the unjust rulings in the courtrooms. Biship Bowser said a person of color will get a longer sentence for the same crime than a white person. We hear how some of our police officers tend to pull the trigger in the black neighborhoods, more than in white neighborhoods. People of color are pulled over in their cars on a regular basis. We hear White Supremists holding rallys and marching. Bishop Cornelius told a story of a Mayor telling his Police Commissioner to stop all the rampant crimes in the black neighborhoods. The PC took the police gang unit out of the black neighborhoods and put them in the white neighborhoods. He took the police patrolling the white neighborhoods and assigned them to the black neighborhoods. CRIME DROPPED almost instantly.
We know the Spiriutal Principle, when we LOOK for something, it generally appears in our world. When we see good, we get good, when we see bad we get bad. Simplistic? Yes. True? Yes.
There is so much need in our society, helping the homeless, the immigrants, the refugees, the people of color, it overwhelms me. I want to cry because there is so much fear and hatred happening in our country. I am paralyzed at times and feel I cannot do anything. I felt this way yesterday after the Bishop’s talk and all the people who stood up advertising their particular justice events. I was not the only one feeling this way. I talked with a friend who also went to this event. She said the negative energy is over powering sometimes where she cannot do anything.
I realized, I need to bring my saddened heart and overwhelmed mind out of the abyss.If you are at all feeling helpless, first write down all the good things you have done and are doing to help someone. Then choose ONE thing to do that will lift a person’s spirit and consciousness. Simple things will have a ripple affect and you will never know what the outcomes will be.
Take clothes to Good Will or the Salvation Army.
Keep some food in the car and give it to a homeless person on the street.
Take food to a food pantry.
Find an organization that speaks to your heart and get involved.
Most of all find a sacred place for your personal stillness and quietude.
Replenish yourself with the LOVE and LIGHT of the Divine, then go out
into the world and help others.

Replenished and Serving,
Abigail

VISION the Positive

Dear Friends,

I just finished a wonderful book, Becoming, by Michelle Obama. It is her life story from birth to present day, and the years during Barack Obama’s Presidency. There were times it brought me to tears thinking, we had such a dedicated, ethical, compassionate, devoted man in the White House. He loved his country and he loved his family. Both Barack and Michelle worked together to bring our country to its highest consciousness and best for ALL the people, and the world. I cry because we do not have that today. It saddens me to see the divisiveness, prejudice rearing its ugly head in so many ways. Each day, as I watch the sun rise, I know it is a new day, with a new light permeating the globe. I pray the Spiritual LIGHT begins to shine and change those who would rather hurt someone else, than begin to understand them. I pray the LIGHT erases the darkness of bias towards people of color, country, ethnicity and gender. We just had the Women’s March and the March honoring what Dr. Martin Luther King stood for. I am happy so many people participated. On another note, it is sad we still have to make our voices heard in this way, because the wheel of change is moving so slowly.
At this time in our earth development I believe we should be feeling like brothers and sisters of the earth, not of a particular country, origin, gender, or race, but because we are here and are meant to work, play, share and eat together.

When I attended the Parliament of World Religions I felt we came close to the way God has intended us to be. People from all over the world, all colors, races, genders, wearing beautiful faith and ethnicity attire, were talking, laughing, listening, and eating together. For a few days, it felt like all was right with the world. Unfortunately when we came home, we had to come back to reality.
In the book, Becoming, Michelle quoted Barack,
” You may live in the world as it is, but you can still work to create the world                 as it should be.”
Barack Obama was an incredibly positive person even after all the unjust words berating him by our leaders and others.

Right before the 2016 elections, we had a labyrinth walk, and those attending wrote down their vision for the United States. I want to share two with
you again.

“I see America as a more unified, peaceful and prosperous country with a new awareness of caring for all. I see our new president as a person who is sensitive and aware of the needs of our country, and who can do what needs to be done to make the government work and to operate with the highest good in mind. I ask that our leaders be lifted to a higher, finer vibration of powerful insight, compassion, intelligence and love in order to take our country in a direction that will benefit not only the U.S., but the world. I pray that our new president, and our government, will work together peacefully and successfully for the good of all. I pray that whatever happens, all Americans will unite in peace, brotherhood, and that the children of America will inherit a highly functional, renewed government.”

“I see all people being taken care of – food, shelter, medical needs. People who have experienced earthquakes, floods, hurricanes etc. will be helped by our government. All children will have access to medical attention, schools and food. America will consider all of its citizens to be equal. Americans will show compassion to each other without regard to race or economic status. Americas will respect each other’s religions. Americans will help and honor each other and treat each other with dignity and respect.
Americans will look for the good in each other. Americans will look each other in the eye and honor our differences and what we have in common. We are all connected.”

Let us keep our hearts and minds FOCUSED on what we TRULY WANT.
Be the LIGHT in the darkness. Let’s create the world we know it can be.

Staying Positive,
Abigail

January 15th Birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

Dear Friends,
HAPPY January 15th  BIRTHDAY       Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
We admire what you stood for, peace; justice, equality,
and non-violence. Martin Luther King Day is January 21st. There will be marches and celebrations  all over the United States.

 

This also begins the AGNT
Season of Peace and Non-Violence


January to April.
Here are three great men whose shoulders we stand on. Let us reflect on what made them great. Was it success, money, many cars, big houses, property developments???? NO, it was their High Consciousness, Character, and Purposeful Ideals. Let us continue to hold these values and ideals in our hearts and minds for ourselves, all humanity and for all governments around the world. As the story goes, one little boy put his finger in the hole of the dam, to keep it from breaking. Each one of us is that little boy today. Each good thought, kind word, sense of moral integrity, purposeful action is the finger that is keeping this world together. The more people who keep their consciousness high, with actions of integrity, the stronger and more just the world will be.

“Martin Luther King often spoke of the need for unconditional love. In 1955 he told Black America, “We want to love our enemies – be good to them. This is what we must live by; we must meet hate with love. We must love our white brothers no matter what they do to us.” https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/369005-martin-luther-king-stood-up-for-more-than-love
“Gandhi used religious symbols to unite India’s diverse communities, reading from the Bible, the Koran and the Gita in his prayer meetings.
Above all, the Mahatma believed in the power of dialogue.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.in/neeti-nair/what-did-gandhi-stand-for-and-how-is-his-legacy-faring-in-today-s-india_a_23235130/
The Dalai Lama continues to reject violence as unethical and counterproductive…”

Holy Man: What Does the Dalai Lama Actually Stand For?


The core of every religion teaches, Peace, Love, Justice, Integrity, Forgiveness and Charity. Let us hold these values high and remain true to them. We have great leaders who have shown us the way.
It is up to us to plug that hole with the content of high character, consciousness and speaking up for what is right. As Ernest Holmes said, “Treat and move your feet.” Prayer is the first step. Speaking out and being an active participant in social and moral justice is our second responsibility and call to action.
Acting Consciously,
Abigail and Steve

2019 VISION BOARD

Dear Friends,
We are into our second week of the New Year. Many of us have attended Burning Bowl Ceremonies (letting go of what no longer serves us) and White Stone Ceremonies (choosing a purposeful word for this year.)
What I also like to do is create a new VISION Board. 2019 is a clean slate. As we start over in the new year, we can write and/or picture a new story for us. Instead of only words, we create with images, photos, and magazine pictures. Someone said,             “A picture is worth a 1,000 words.”
When we SEE something it tends to stay in our conscious mind more than when we read words. As we begin to put together a Vision Board, remember our subconscious mind is taking it in and beginning to move forward creating what we choose. Our subconscious does not know reality from imagination. Shown are a few Vision Board examples I found on the internet to share with you.


When you have cut out all the pictures you think you want, place your hand over your heart to see if you really want it. What are your feelings telling you? Do you really want it? Remember to say, “this or something better.”
Add a picture of a spiritual symbol that has value for you; a faith symbol, the picture of an avatar or master teacher, etc.
Add color, to make the photos POP and feel alive to you. Start off the New Year with fun, color, pictures and faith. Look at your Vision Board each day and affirm you already have it. Keep your affirmations in the present tense. Saying “I will have it,” only pushes the energy out in the future, never to manifest in the present.
Happy Vision Boarding!!!

 

January 1, 2019

Dear Friends,

I love celebrating the New Year with all its possibilities! Recently we watched the classic movie, “A Christmas Story.” I loved the little boy Richie having his heart set on a BB gun ( although I am definitely NOT a gun person.) The point is, no matter what anyone told him, he still IMAGINED receiving it.
And then he did!

When our heart imagines a dream, a gift, a purpose, a possibility, no one can stop us from gaining or achieving it. Our hearts want us to be happy, live life fully, love greatly and create purposefully. Everyone came to earth with a purpose. It is up to us to dream it, then be it. Sometimes identifying it, is a challenge. Your heart is your Wisdom guide. Place your hands over your heart and ask HER what is truly right and wonderful for you. She, your God(dess) intuition will always reveal your highest and best action, purpose and benefit.

Rev. Dr. John Waterhouse wrote in the Science of Mind December magazine,
“Begin by looking back on your life. When have you felt joyously empowered through what you were doing? Look for patterns of activities where you have made a difference in the lives of others. Then simply write a one-sentence statement that captures the essence of who you have come here to be – your purpose.”

Where is your imagination going right now? Are your thoughts making you happy? Are these thoughts making your heart sing? Day dreaming puts us in the right side of our brain where creativity happens. First we must feel the truth our heart is telling us, then our mind, through affirmative prayer, can help create what we desire.
New Thought says, “Love Leads the Way and Law Makes the Way Happen.”

Here is an Affirmation:
“As I enter the new year, I utilize my imagination to perceive possibilities that are not currently visible.”
(December -Daily Word)

If you are unsure of your purpose or what you wish to create, say daily.
“Thank you God for illuminating the Divine opportunities for me today to serve YOU with joy.”

Surrendering, in faith and trust, will always bring about the highest and best
for you. Happy New Year!

Happily Affirming,
Abigail